5 NFL teammates who hated each other's guts

5 NFL Teammates who HATED each other

#3 - Richie Incognito and Jonathan Martin

Richie Incognito and Jonathan Martin of the Miami Dolphins

Offensive linemen Richie Incognito and Jonathan Martin had a massive bust up while they were both members of the Miami Dolphins. It was reported that Incognito, along with fellow linemen Mike Pouncey and John Jerry, regularly harassed Martin, which eventually caused him to leave the team.

Incognito took it a step further, however, apparently using gay slurs against Martin and making sexual references about Martin’s sister to him.

Incognito was suspended by the Dolphins after the revelations, but signed with the Buffalo Bills in 2015.

Martin was traded to the San Francisco 49ers in 2014, where he played for just one year before retiring from the NFL in July 2015.

#2 - Peyton Manning and Mike Vanderjagt

Indianapolis Colts v Baltimore Ravens

Peyton Manning had a massive falling out with his kicker Mike Vanderjagt when they were both members of the Indianapolis Colts. Following the Colts’ 41-0 defeat by the New York Jets in the 2002 Wildcard Playoff, Vanderjagt criticized coach Tony Dungy on Canadian television, calling him "mild-mannered" while also questioning Manning’s leadership skills.

Manning didn’t take kindly to these comments. He hit back at the Pro Bowl. When he was asked about the incident, he said Vanderjagt was an "idiot who got liquored up and ran his mouth."

The pair spent three more years together after the incident, with Vanderjagt making NFL First-Team All-Pro once he’d moved onto the Dallas Cowboys, while Manning won two Super Bowl titles and was a first-ballot Hall of Famer in 2021 after a storied 18-year NFL career.

#1 - Joe Montana and Steve Young

Joe Montana and Steve Young with the San Francisco 49ers

Arguably, the two best quarterbacks to ever play for the San Francisco 49ers, Joe Montana and Steve Young absolutely hated each other. Joe Montana was the undisputed starter when the team traded for Steve Young to back him up, but following Montana’s struggles with injury, Young stepped in to start and never looked back.

Montana felt as though the Niners had planned to replace him all along, which is why Young was brought in. The team's president at the time, Carmen Policy, said the situation had become so divisive the 49ers had no choice but to trade Joe Montana to the Kansas City Chiefs in 1993.

Reports claimed the two didn’t get along from the time Young was traded for in 1987, and things only got worse from there.

The pair, of course, will forever be known for what they gave to the NFL, especially the San Francisco 49ers. Both have been inducted into the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame, but they will also be forever tied together due to their hatred of each other.