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 Giants writers, but we suggest you visit the Cowboys, Eagles and Redskins pages as well to see what they think also.

3. Washington

I want to hate the Redskins. I have always wanted to. As I wrote at this blog’s inception, I actually began my football-watching life as a Cowboys fan, so I’ve been bred to hate the Redskins, even if I got over all other forms of that Dallas stupidity early.

There have just been too many likeable players there, however, for me to hate them entirely. My earliest Redskins memories involve John Riggins running over Miami in Super Bowl XVII. I was rooting for Miami, but how could you not be impressed with Riggins? Likewise, how could you not like Dave Butz, whose helmet looked as if each of his teammates spent 10 minutes each week slamming it down on the RFK Stadium parking lot for good luck? I always enjoyed watching the great Charles Mann – there was a great Coke commercial in which Butz and Mann settled a debate over who got the last can of Coke by flipping the Redskins kicker. (“Heads again,” Butz lamented.) I even felt for the troubled Dexter Manley and honestly believed the sincerity of all his apologies each time his addictions landed him in trouble.

The Redskins had the stately Art Monk, my fellow Syracuse alumnus, and the classy Doug Williams, who shattered the horribly held stereotype about black players and their ability to play “smart” positions on the football field. I also enjoyed the Fun Bunch, the synchronized high-five circle that often followed touchdowns.

Don’t get me wrong: I don’t like the Redskins, because it’s not possible to like a team the Giants have to play twice a year. It’s certainly not easy to like a team owned by Dan Snyder – which finally wore down my old college roommate Bill, who renounced the Redskins as his team after 30 years as a fan (only to become a Jets fan). The Redskins are no longer the likeable bunch they were in the 1980s, but they just haven’t been good enough for any length of time in more than 15 years, so it’s hard to muster up too much hatred. And least not when compared to …

2. Dallas

There is nothing so nauseating as a team who not only has a nation of bandwagon jumpers, but who has a nation of bandwagon jumpers who have to make a show of themselves everywhere they go. It’s bad enough that people all over places such as Massachusetts and Connecticut, two states that couldn’t possibly have less in common with Texas, root for the Cowboys. If you want to make a pariah out of yourself in your own home area, be my guest. But why did I have to spend the 1990s listening to chants of “Mooooooooooooooooooossssssssssssssssssssse” every time the Cowboys played on the road and Darryl Johnston caught a pass? It got to the point that when my friend Dave and I had season tickets, he almost refused to go to the Dallas game each year because the presence of so many Cowboy fans in New Jersey angered him so, and it was hard for me to disagree.

I never thought I’d get Dave to agree to make Dallas the destination for our annual Giants trip in 2005, but he reluctantly went along. Here’s what I discovered: Cowboy fans in, you know, Dallas? They’re not that bad. They’re like any other normal human being; they’re just rooting for the home team. It just so happens that their home team has a long history of dominance, having been to more Super Bowls, eight, than any other team, and having won more, five, than all but the Steelers and 49ers. I actually found myself rooting for Dallas in Super Bowl XXVII against Buffalo, as I still held my hatred for the Bills, built up as the Giants prepared to play them two years earlier, and with my nostalgic side enjoying seeing the team that was the alpha dog from my childhood return to prominence.

By the next year, however, I was pretty much done with the obnoxious, showboating Michael Irvin, the phony Emmitt Smith and the pompous Jerry Jones. And there were those awful bandwagon fans. Still, they’re not as bad as those nutcases in …

1. Philadelphia

Philadelphia is one of my favorite cities. It’s a big city that feels like a large town. It’s what Boston would be without the self-congratulating, phony-diehard fans. Philly fans don’t go out of their way to tell you how loyal they are. They just are. Nobody has been through more heartbreak in the name of their sports teams than the people of Philadelphia. You would almost want to root for them – if only they weren’t such a nasty bunch.

This is the part where I’m supposed to go on about how Eagles fans booed Santa Claus, and about how they long have had a jail cell in their stadium for all the drunks. I’m not going to. Those truths speak for themselves. But this is a place that is downright dangerous for visiting fans – and it’s a team that’s been dangerous to the Giants over the years.

Start with the dirty players. Andre Waters never met a receiver he wouldn’t hit low or late, and Brian Dawkins’ gutless cheap shot on Ike Hilliard in 2002 knocked him out for weeks. I wasn’t even born in 1960, but I’m still holding a grudge over Chuck Bednarik’s hit on Frank Gifford.

Then there was the annoying Randall Cunningham, who the Giants could never tackle – or beat. I can still see his feet in the air as Carl Banks sent him flying, only for him to put one hand on the ground, regain his feet and put the ball in the end zone. I like that Philly is a real football town. I’ve spent long stretches of time there in June with WIP on the radio, and they don’t talk about anything but the Eagles. But man, those E-A-G-L-E-S chants are annoying when they come out during baseball season, as is “Fly Eagles Fly,” the geekiest song in history – and that���s not even taking into account how pathetic it is for a pro team to have a fight song (that goes for you, too, Redskins fans).

I also like that Philly is a hockey town, a cheesesteak town and a great place for a history buff. But ultimately, I can never forgive the Eagles fans for their rude greeting to one of my college contemporaries. The only time I ever attended an NFL draft, I had to watch Donovan McNabb, who gave me some of my greatest sports memories as a Syracuse student, get ripped by a bunch of green-wearing morons because his name wasn’t Ricky Williams. How’d that work out for you, Philadelphia? Here’s hoping McNabb starts at quarterback for another team someday, preferably one that has never won a Super Bowl, beats the Eagles in the NFC Championship game – in Philly – and then takes that team to a title while the Eagles’ search for a first title since 1960 goes on. Forever.

--- PHIL SOTO-ORTIZ.

3. Washington

It's a bit hard to hate the Redskins right now — their hapless fans, FOX Broadcasting Company, and Twitter already hate them enough. Living in Virginia, I would literally pay someone to cut the television cables to the next Redskins telecast. Sure, I can go to my favorite local sports bar and watch other teams, but I can still see Washington on one of the screens, and these bars often choose the Redskins' game for the speakers. Thankfully they're playing on Monday night this week.

2. Dallas

Despising Dallas above all else seemed so natural in the nineties,and why not: They won three Super Bowls that decade. However, the 'Boys haven't won a playoff game since 1996, and that whole hate buzz wore off a little bit… until Tony Romo.

While the entire World Wide Leader in Sports seemed to sing his praises in unison, good ole' Eli couldn't catch any more unfair heat from the media. "HE HASN'T WON A PLAYOFF GAME EITHER" I would scream at the television, at my friends, in my empty car. That's why Big Blue's 2008 postseason win over Dallas ranks as the second most satisfying Giants win I have ever witnessed (I'm 21).

1. Philadelphia

Philly officially wrestled the hate mantle from Dallas late in the 2001 season, when they completed the season sweep of New York in Week 16. The clock — along with the Giants playoff chances — expired with Ron Dixon's kick return that ended painfully at the Eagles 6-yard line. The following years of Philly's NFC East domination only fueled the hatred, and cheap shots from Eagles linemen like Jon Runyan only cemented my disdain.

The whole Terrell Owens ordeal happened (wait, ideal!) and then helped me through the mid-decade, before the Eagles topped New York twice in a span of a month — the second knocking Big Blue from the playoffs in January of 2007.

Of course, New York's Super Bowl win the following year alleviated a substantial amount of the pain, but my complete and utter vitriol fully returned after Donovan "Chunky, not funny" McNabb decided to pick up the phone on OUR ####### sideline. I was really pulling for someone on the Giants bench to grab the phone and go Daniel Plainview at the end of "There Will Be Blood" on him, but no dice.

…OK, that's a little extreme. But maybe something more like this .

Consider the hate renewed.

--- THOMAS EMERICK.

This is almost unfair. Ranking my most hated Giants' rivals in the NFC East is like ranking which forms of dairy I'm most lactose intolerant to. They all turn my stomach.

3. Washington Redskins:

Don't get me wrong -- I don't like the Redskins one bit. But Washington has failed to win the division or reach the NFC championship game since their victory in Super Bowl XXVI. In Big Blue's most recent make-or-break game against the 'Skins, Tiki Barber ran for 234 yards and three touchdowns in a 34-28, playoff-clinching win. At this point, the Redskins are harmless, a fly buzzing around the Giants' neck that's not worth swatting.

2. Dallas Cowboys:

So many things to hate. Jerry Jones. Tony Romo. Cowboys' Stadium new 160-foot long, 72-feet high JumboJumboTron. "America's Team." The fall of offensive lineman Nate Newton, my childhood idol, after he was caught with 200+ pounds of weed in his car -- twice. Jerry Jones. Emmitt Smith's 229 total yards and a touchdown in Dallas' season-ending, division-clinching 16-13 win over the Giants in 1993. And did I mention Jerry Jones?

1. Philadelphia Eagles:

In 2001, the Giants played the Eagles in Week 16 needing a win to keep their slim division title hopes alive. Philly kicked a late field goal to take a 24-21 lead, and Big Blue got the ball back deep in its own territory for one last Hail Mary. The G-Men ran "76 Lambuth Special", a hook-and-ladder play from Barber to speedy receiver Ron Dixon. Dixon raced all the way up the sideline and got oh-so-close to pay dirt, getting tackled from behind at the Eagles' six.

I watched the tragic scene unfold on TV, left the room without saying a word, and went outside and shot baskets on the hoop in our driveway for hours. I was only 15 at the time, but it seemed like the worst moment of my young life as a fan. To this day, it remains the most bitter Giants' loss of my life, and that includes the 34-7 loss to the Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV. That by itself is enough to put the Eagles at the top of this list.

The Philadelphia fans (think the jail in the old Veterans Stadium) make the decision even easier. Worst fans in America, hands down.

--- JAKE SIMPSON.