Negativity Toward Bears Down Somewhat

The Bears could be only the 12th most disliked team in the NFL, if a canvassing of social media has merit.

According to the betting website Betonline.ag, the Kansas City Chiefs are the "new villains" of the NFL. They tracked 120,000 negative tweets over the past 90 days and the Bears were only 12th most disfavorable with 4,287 negative tweets.

The website cited several reasons drawn from tweets for the Chiefs being so disliked, including media overexposure of Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift, six straight AFC championship appearances and four Super Bowl appearances in five years, and perceived preferential treatment of the Chiefs by officials.

The Chiefs had 10,768 negative tweets of the 120,000. Although their postseason ended quickly, the Dallas Cowboys were No. 2 at 9,103.

NFL's Most Negatively Tweeted

1. Chiefs: 10,768

2. Cowboys: 9,103

3. Eagles: 7,955

4. Ravens: 6,241

5. Patriots: 5,679

6. Giants: 5,433

7. Jets: 5,211

8. Packers: 5,172

9. Steelers: 4,791

10. 49ers: 4,520

11. Dolphins: 4,367

12. Bears: 4,287

13. Raiders: 4,129

14. Bills: 3,671

15. Vikings: 3,431

16. Rams: 3,366

17. Browns: 3,219

18. Chargers: 3,205

19. Titans: 3,011

20. Broncos: 2,990

21. Panthers: 2,967

22. Saints: 2,834

23. Falcons: 2,521

24. Lions: 2,368

25. Texans: 2,274

26. Bengals: 2,180

27. Seahawks: 1,876

28. Cardinals: 1,699

29. Commanders: 1,230

30. Buccaneers: 1,123

31. Colts: 1,055

32. Jaguars: 941

Of course, getting few negative social media comments doesn't necessarily mean they're well liked. It can mean no one cares enough to comment about them.

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