The point in a good sports rivalry isn’t just to have someone that’s easy to hate for no real reason—although that’s a nice byproduct of it. No, the real pleasure of a rivalry comes when your team takes down that enemy. Nothing feels better than to watch the dejected fanbase of your rival either try to come up with some sort of excuse, or—even better—just admit that your team is the superior one.
The Detroit Lions haven’t had a ton of success against their rivals. Heck, you could argue that right now they don’t even have a true two-way rivalry.