Poll: As a Skins fan, Should I hate the Ravens and Why?

[Gamebreaker]

Even though I hate the Ravens you cannot help but admire their consistent success forged by good decisions, by good people, year in and year out.

They have Ozzie Newsome to thank for that. I'd pay that guy whatever he wants to run my organization.

[GoSkins561]

Personally, I've never had an issue with any Ravens' fan. Besides, they're in the AFC, it's a waste of time to hate an AFC team that we've never had a single game of significance against. No problems with the Ravens here, probably my favorite AFC team.

I'm with you, i'm not going to buy a jersey, but like to see them do well. They are far from having any type of impact on The Redskins organization.

[illone]

Ravens don't bother me in the least, but I dont live in the DC area any longer. If I was back there and I had to listen to them all the time, Im sure my stance would be different.

I'm a Boldin fan, always have been, was actually hoping the Skins signed him a few years ago when he wanted out of AZ..... and I also like how Ed Reed plays the game, bigtime player.

[panel]

I think it is a must for Ravens fans to dislike the skins, but it is not a must for skins fans to hate the Ravens.

[Morneblade]

I cant stand the Ravens for a number of reasons. Right now they rank behind Dallas and Philly, in that order. I even rooted for the Pats to beat them, and I can't stand the Pats.

[HLF]

DC and Baltimore are night and day and only 30 minutes away. You want everyone to care less by showing how much you care? This doesn't make much sense. In terms of fans, there's a whole lot more I dislike than the Ravens. And as far as making an area look bad....outside the Georgia Dome they're stabbing people..

Makes you guys look like disgusting pathetic morons.

"You guys" lol I just live here bro. Im from MD lmao. Im positive u took what I said outta context about "the area"

[skinzwiz]

I'm a fan of Torrey Smith. It seems he's played even better after the death of his brother. I like and respect people that get stronger after tribulations. This is also why I have respect for Lewis for his turnaround the past decade.

Overall I do not care about the Ravens though. And Ngata didn't have park his obese *** on RGIII's knee like that!

[HighOnHendrix]

Considering they left all the team history and records in Cleveland and the Browns restarted their franchise with all their records intact, you can argue the Ravens are now the "expansion" team.

One can argue that but it's merely a matter of semantics. Lots of Ravens fans will try to sell the expansion team line because it assuages the guilt they would otherwise feel about welcoming in another city's team - which we know they all said they would NEVER do during the twelve years they had no team.

[SlinginSammy HOF '63]

I'm in the last category. No ties to the area so I had no idea of the DC/Bmore hatred until I joined Extremeskins.

[TD Riggo]

Well, first off their coach is a jerk. Second, I only watch the Ratbirds games on TV and their fans seem like a bunch seem like a bunch of pre-teen jackasses and hooligans. Third, they do that obnoxious "OOOOOOOOO" like at the Orioles games during the national anthem and that is extremely disrespectful.

So .. yeah .. I hate the Ratbirds because of their coach and their fans. The DC area only needs one team. Not some fly-by-the-dark-of-night moving van team that has no tradition. IMO, their one SB win was lucky. And we beat them this year.

[Spaceman Spiff]

There's the much talked about Baltimore inferiority complex that their fans inherently have. Baltimore fans will always have a chip on their shoulder.

I do believe part of their contempt for the Redskins is based on the fact that after the Colts left, Jack Kent Cooke tried to corner the Baltimore market by shoving the Redskins down their throat and in the mid 90's, tried to block the Browns move to Baltimore. Say what you want, but you'd probably hate the team that tried to block your city from getting a new franchise.

I don't really care about the Ravens all that much. I like Ray, I love Ed Reed. I won't care all that much if they lose, I won't care all that much if they win, either.

[HighOnHendrix]

There's the much talked about Baltimore inferiority complex that their fans inherently have. Baltimore fans will always have a chip on their shoulder.

^This. I lived there for five years, never been anywhere else that has penis envy of everybody else everywhere like they do. It must be rooted all the way back to post-Revolution America whey they were second fiddle to New York and Philadelphia, and later to DC. They talk like they should be king **** and that everybody else should recognize it but they realize they're not b/c Baltimore is just that dirty little city with a harbor that nobody cares about. And that realization IMO makes them crave recognition. All I've heard from the Ravens fans I know is how NOBODY picked them to beat Denver, NOBODY picked them over New England, and EVERYBODY should have KNOWN because Ray Lewis. When you calmly explain to them that their team limped into the playoffs having lost four out of five, Denver was the #1 seed at home, NE was the #2 seed at home, so why do you EXPECT "experts" to pick you? They're wrong a lot anyway. In closing, I'll repeat what many others have said: I don't hate the team, I dislike their fans, overall they like a 2 out of 10 on my relevance meter. They're annoying but I don't care much about what happens with an AFC team, even if they crave a rivalry with our storied franchise.

[BleedBNG]

I do believe part of their contempt for the Redskins is based on the fact that after the Colts left, Jack Kent Cooke tried to corner the Baltimore market by shoving the Redskins down their throat and in the mid 90's, tried to block the Browns move to Baltimore. Say what you want, but you'd probably hate the team that tried to block your city from getting a new franchise.

And this is where they should calm down a bit. As if Angelos was completely blameless in DC having to wait longer in getting a baseball club.

[FletchLives]

I'm a hater from Maryland.

The ravens are a stolen team, named after poem written by a guy who isn't even from their city. Their star player should be in prison. And they have one of the most arrogant and whiniest fanbases ever. (every game they lose is because of bad officiating)

I am so sick of hearing how every team they play is afraid of them, the Steelers / ravens rivalry is the greatest in sports and the AFC north is the toughest hardest hitting division in football. Then there are the cries that Ray is the greatest player to ever play the game and Reed is the greatest safety ever. Heck, last week one of the radio show host morons was even using the word "dynasty". Really??? I swear they think the NFL started in 2000.

I will say they have had good management and coaching. They have been pretty much consistently competitive since coming to Baltimore. But that won't last forever. And when it ends, their loudmouth fanbase will dwindle. HTTR!

Thank God it's hockey season!

[SkinsTerpsFan]

I don' know how you can say that with any certainty outside of a handful of examples you know of specifically. For all you know, the majority of the Ravens fanbase are just old Colts fans who once latched on to the Redskins as their local team for 25 years or whatever it was when the Colts packed up for Indy. They went back when MD got their own team back to get behind.

I also, see very little problem with any executive or mayor or whatever declaring his county, Ravens country. It is their state team, why would that possibly be a slap in the face to you? Do you hate the OKC Thunder fans? They were probably Maverick, Spur or Rocket fans before fate granted them a team to call their own.

As far as bandwagon jumpers, I guess you hate a large majority of Redskins fans too. We are getting and will continue to get a huge crowd of bandwagon fans with RG3 and our continued success. I wouldn't want some Ravens fan since birth painting the broad brush you just did hating on Redskins fans as bandwagon jumpers...

Your hate and anger seems misplaced.

yeah, that's why I said earlier that it's a generation thing. I don't have a problem with older (than me) ravens fans who not only remember the colts, but once cheered for them. It seems to me that when it comes to fans my age in my area, the ravens fans hate the redskins and vice versa. That's just the way it is.

The executive thing is just a personal thing. I'm not saying what he did was wrong, just makes me feel like a minority in my hometown. This is a place where they were teaching kids how to sing hail to the redskins in 91, now all our county buildings are lighted purple.. It's all personal to me, I don't expect everyone else to feel the same way.

And yes, all teams have band-wagoners when they win, this includes the redskins and the rg3 craze, and yes I hate them too.

Finally, this is by no means the only reason I hate them. Many other reasons have already been mentioned: obnoxious fans, Ray Lewis, etc..I have several friends of other teams (Cowboys, steelers, seahawks, giants, broncos) who all agree the Ravens have some of the most annoying fans.