Who do you hate? I mean truly dislike with all your energy, somebody you go out of the way to openly insult? For most of us, the list is pretty short if not non-existent. Humans should not hate other humans.

But when it comes to sports, our hate is out in the open. The Yankees hate the Red Sox, Duke hates North Carolina and Brett Favre hates the idea of retirement. And no division in all of sports is more hate-filled than the NFC East. So here at NFL Blog Blitz, we asked all our Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins bloggers to rank the other three team’s in the division in terms of hate, with one being the most hated and three being the least. All six inter-division matchups have had classic battles over the years, and that is reflected in the list. Here is the rankings of the Cowboys writers, but we suggest you visit the Eagles, Redskins and Giants pages as well to see what they think also.

There they are, just staring daggers at each other. The teams of the NFC East. There are other intense rivalries in the NFL, but there is no other division where such disdain exists between every single team. First of all, this is a traditionally successful division. The Cowboys have five Super Bowl wins and a record eight appearances, the Giants have three wins including the ruination of the Patriots perfect season, the Redskins have three wins, and even the Eagles have two Super Bowl appearances plus several NFC championship game appearances this decade. Historically, if your team makes it out of this grinder of a division, it will have a good playoff run.

These teams reside in old cities with a historical rivalry between them. New York and Washington are the metropolitan centers of the East Coast, and Philadelphia is right between them. Dallas is left out of this trifecta, but the whole "America's Team" nickname and 20 straight winning seasons under Tom Landry have more than made up for the location issue. Finally, these cities just have angry people. Philly fans are widely regarded as some of the nastiest in sports, while New York and Washington fans have never been known as "cordial." Dallas fans are considered arrogant and are so widespread throughout the U.S. that you can't go to a game without seeing a bushel of them driving the hometown fans crazy. It's a perfect mix of respect and hatred between these fan bases.

As a native Dallasite, I dislike every one of those other teams with nearly equal passion. If I had to make an NFC East hate list, this is the order I'd put it in:

3. Eagles-

Believe me, I hate the Eagles and I hate Philadelphia fans. They are obnoxious, ill-willed, and they boo anything that moves, whether it's Donovan McNabb or Santa Claus. They are just a despicable, angry group of malcontents. The reason the Eagles are number three on this list is simply because they haven't won a Super Bowl yet. They are not a threat because they have no hardware to show. Philadelphia has had so many great teams this decade, but none have managed to bring home the trophy. That makes me sleep better at night.

2. New York-

The Giants already have three trophies and have a good enough team to possibly get another in the next few years. The team has one of the most obnoxious NFL players--running back Brandon Jacobs--and since I lived in New York for several years, I have plenty of friends who can't wait to rub my nose in each Dallas loss. Despite my hatred for Big Blue, I have to respect the organization. From the top down, New York is a well-run football team that makes better decisions than a certain owner in Dallas. I give them props for this even though I still hate that team.

1. Washington-

I can confidently say that the Washington Redskins are my least favorite team in the NFL. Why? Let's see.... The team has an absolute power hungry jerk for an owner. Daniel Snyder has dressed down coaches in public, left his quarterback twisting in the wind for an entire off-season, and actually threatened play-by-play guys for other teams. He hasn't built any sort of winning team and deserves any ill-will that gets aimed towards him. The fans are still obsessed with Dallas to the point of absurdity. Washington radio stations still want to talk about Dallas losses almost as much as a Redskins win. As a city, Washington is full of power-hungry transplants who would rather be in a different city anyway. Have you ever been to Washington? The place is a nightmare to drive in and it's built on a swamp. On a SWAMP. It is a pathetic collection of self-centered zealots who are just as happy to see your team fail as they are to see their team succeed.

That is my completely unbiased list of the three NFC East teams I hate. It's a group of passionate, angry fans who would love nothing more than to see the Cowboys lose. And it's the best division in the NFL.

--- BRAD SEAL.

3. New York Giants

Given that the Giants are the most successful NFC East opponent over the last few years, I should probably channel my hatred towards them. Honestly, I have always had some admiration for the Giants. I rooted for them to beat the Bills in Superbowl XXI, and I thought the performance and coaching were admirable. My memories of this rivalry are filled mostly with Cowboys triumphs like Emmitt Smith's gritty performance in the 1993 season finale, further dulling the hate.

The driver of the Giants-Cowboys rivalry of late has been Brandon Jacobs, whose mouth has run more against the Cowboys than his legs have. Jacobs doesn't shut his piehole on the field, either, so it's no surprise that Demarcus Ware hates those Giants. If Jacobs and the rest of the Big Blue crew keep winning and talking, this rivalry will intensify for this fan as much as it has for the Cowboys players.

2. Philadelphia Eagles

I have hated the Eagles from the days of Wilbur Montgomery, Ron Jaworski, and Harold Carmichael. They crushed my nine-year-old heart when they totally dominated the NFC Conference Championship to earn the right to face the Raiders in Superbowl XV. The 1989 season added more fuel to the fire when Jimmy Johnson accused Eagles' coach Buddy Ryan of placing a bounty on former Eagles' kicker Luis Zendejas.

What makes the Eagles so easy to hate, though, are their fans. Their callousness and rancor is unmatched in the world of sports. The fans who booed Santa Claus, threw batteries at opposing players, and inspired the City of Philadelphia to open a jail in Veterans Stadium, cheerfully celebrated as Cowboys' wide receiver Michael Irvin lay motionless on the Veterans Stadium turf following a neck injury that would end his career. Eagles' fans want the opposition to fear and loathe them, and on the latter hope, I am glad to comply.

1. Washington Redskins

Far and away the team I hate the most, the Washington Redskins are the original arch-enemy for the Dallas Cowboys. Clint Murchison held the Redskins' fight song ransom just to get the Cowboys' franchise established in 1960. The stories surrounding this bitter rivalry are too many to recount, but any long-time Cowboys fan will remember many of them: Harvey Martin and the funeral wreath, Clint Longley's heroics, "We Want Dallas," the Cowboys' lone victory in 1989 in Washington, and the miracles to Santana Moss in 2005 on the night that Emmitt, Troy, and Michael saw their numbers retired.

Even though Washington is the laughingstock of the league, they remain the focus of my football hatred. If they never win another game, it will be too soon. Ironically, I will likely be rooting for the Redskins for parts of the remaining season, in part so that they will hurt the chances of other division rivals, in part to give the Cowboys-Redskins rivalry a little more meaning, but mostly in hopes that Jim Zorn and Vinny Cerrato remain in the picture.

--- BRIAN COOLEY.