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Every NFL team’s biggest villain ever

FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS – JANUARY 04: Tom Brady, #12 of the New England Patriots, throws a pass in the AFC Wild Card Playoff game against the Tennessee Titans at Gillette Stadium on January 04, 2020, in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

Every NFL team has that one villain, the player who every opponent hated with a passion. Here is each team’s biggest villain ever.

Every NFL squad has that one guy who, for the most part, you are cool with so long as he is your teammate but hated to the core as an opponent. They weren’t necessarily bad guys per se, but beating them made it sweeter.

Someone who would get underneath your’s and other’s skin. You just knew you wanted to beat their team, if for no other reason but to shut them up. You knew that said player would be forced to be quiet in defeat. There’s no greater pleasure unless you win a Super Bowl, or in Tom Brady’s case, seven of them.

So how do you come up with villains? Some guys are obvious, but others have to be looked at. No, Eli Apple isn’t on this list. The man isn’t even good enough to be considered for this list, even though he is a villain. See Super Bowl LVI and recent times as well. The man has been on several teams with nothing to show for it, and he’s fortunate that the Bengals are not what they used to be.

Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s begin this list of the greatest villains, starting with the AFC East.

New England Patriots: QB Tom Brady

No question Tom Brady was a villain. He made life miserable for several teams and several players. Though the Giants got him in two Super Bowls and Nick Foles has the other, Big Blue and Philadelphia have had their memories of Brady giving them problems. Most teams can say the same.

The Falcons know it all too well, blowing a 28-3 lead. The Colts had the Deflategate scandal, which ultimately blew up in their face. The Jets have seen it so many times. The Bills, for sure, with Brady beating them the most in his career. Safe to say Brady was the real enemy, though his teammates were sure glad to have him.

However, it’s not just on the field; Brady made enemies off the field, mainly because he won so much. It’s well documented that FOX Sports shock jock Rob Parker has taken shot after shot at the quarterback given any opportunity, all of which led to the continuing erosion of Parker’s credibility. Too bad. The quarterback wins, and the analyst continues to lose. Now, Brady’s off to retirement with the last laugh and will soon have a gold jacket.

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