GrogansArmy

For me: The Colts.

Although I hate the Jets more. IMO rivals are someone you respect, and I have zero respect for the Jets.

I think even Steelers are more of a rival than Jets. Then probably Miami.

JustEndTheSeason

Colts, than Jets

I say Colts solely because the Colts have been more competitive. We face the Colts every year, and every year the game comes down to the wire and anyone can win it. The Jets on the other hand have only recently put together a good football team. They haven't really been that good in the past 10 years, and we only saw the Jets in the regular season, while we saw the Colts in multiple playoff games. The combination of the Colts being a better team, and the fact that we saw the Colts in big games makes the Jets rivalry less meaningful. I do think Jets-Pats will become more intense soon though, for the Jets have assembled a good squad and look to make a serious run at the division every year.

BoTown

It's the Colts, their main AFC rival for the past decade.

The Jets are next up as there is history with the Tuna Bowls, the Mangini era, and the Wanna-Be Ravens era.

The Patriots and Steelers are rivals like the hammer and the nail are rivals. Patriots own them...Pittsburgh won both their SB's without having to go through the Pats to do it, and they know it.

TealSox

Hands down, the COLTS.

If you asked this question when Bill Parcells was coaching the Jets, it would be the Jets. To a lesser extent, when Mangini was coaching the Jets, they were a big rival but still not to the extent that the Colts were. Helps (overall) that we play them twice a year and they are in the AFC East.

Now the Colts were in the AFC East, which is where the rival started. Now that they are in their own division, they are HANDS DOWN the Patriots biggest rival.

The reason?

Start with the Belichick vs. Manning rivalry. Belichick owned Manning in the early 2000s, despite Manning building his resume as the best QB not named Favre.

Then bring up the Brady vs. Manning element. Is there a QB match up that reaches the height of this match up? Both could be considered the most successful QBs of the last decade, setting NFL records and winning championships.

And of course, the playoff match ups that opened the door to Super Bowl victories by each team. Twice, the Patriots had to go through the Colts to win the Super Bowl. The Colts had to overcome a huge deficit to make it to their NFL Championship.

Since the Jets are good, they are our best inter-division rival... when the Dolphins are good and the Jets aren't then it will be the Dolphins. I guess you got the NY vs. NE thing, but that is more applicable to baseball since we all know that the Jets play in Jersey and not NY.

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patsox23

Jets. No question for me.

Deus Irae

Dolphins. The rest are all fighting for 3rd place.

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Michael

Jets have no talent. The Pats and the Colts have been in 6 Super Bowls this decade. That's where the rivalry is.

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GrogansArmy

I can't believe almost half think Jets are our biggest rival.

It boggles the mind!

ALP

i think you might get a lot of jets or dolphins answers from the older members, who dont just know this past decade

i am not one of those, and this is the only decade of football that ive truly lived, so the colts

the steelers are in teh same boat as the colts, but to a much lesser degree

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PATRIOTSFANINPA

You really can't answer this question because rivalries change all the time,as a rival becomes a bad team the rivalry fades away.

The jets were never really big rivals because in the 90s they sucked pretty bad,back in the 90s it was the Dolphins who were the biggest rivals.

If a team in the same division is good like the Jets then it is a rivalry but there is no bigger rivalry..maybe in history than it is between Manning and Brady

Therefore it's an easy answer ...at this time it is the Colts,in 10 years it will probably be some other team.

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