I don’t know about players, but as for coaches – and I don’t think he’s even around any more, but…
Buddy Ryan is a minion of the devil.
Terrell Owens, whom I hate with a passion, (GO BIG BLUE), gave one of my favorite quotes of all time:
“People hate me because I’m good. But did you see what I just did? That was so good, I hate myself.”
My most hated player would have to be…Terandy Mowens…I just can’t pick between the two…sigh
OK, you want to hear the case against O’Donnell? I’ll give it to you, but remember that this is my own personal opinion based on my viewing of the game, some statistics, and common sense.
So, what we have here is the boxscore of the game. Please note, members of the jury, that the Steelers led in every significant offensive statistic, rushing, passing, total yards (by a good sized margin), and time of possession by nearly 8 minutes. Statistically speaking, the 'Boys got spanked. Now, you may say that that’s why they play the games, and I agree with you. But there’s more.
Here is a cite that gives both the game recap and confirms for me a vital statistic, one that was very highly publicized at the time:
So, what that means is he had, to that point in his career, thrown 1069 completions in 1871 attempts, for a 57% completion percentage, and only 39 picks, for an amazing 2% interception to attempt percentage. These statistics only serve to highlight the stupendous accuracy and/or patience O’Donnell had with the ball. He simply never threw the ball away.
Note also, from my previous cite, that the Steelers enjoyed an amazing 201-61 total yard advantage in the second half. The Steel Curtain shut down the vaunted Triplets, and the offense was playing some spirited smashmouth football. That is, until…
In the third quarter, during a Pittsburgh drive while down 13-7, O’Donnell throws a pass which is picked off by Larry Brown at the Dallas 38 and brought back 44 yards to put the Cowboys into scoring position. To this day, O’Donnell claims that the ball slipped. Except, as we have seen, with him the ball NEVER slips. Further, Larry Brown was the only one within 20 yards of the pass. Either he was beat so severely that he was picking up his jock, or he went there and waited for the ball to hit him in the numbers, which it did quite nicely.
Now, one interception you can write off as a fluke. It happens all the time. Even O’Donnell had thrown a few. So, to this point there’s really no conspiracy to speak of, just a drive killing interception.
So…it’s on to the fourth quarter. The hapless Dallas offense unable to score points, we have the Steelers, who are utterly dominating the second half except for the first errant pass that Dallas cashed in.
The Steelers are driving, down by only three points, and looking totally unstoppable. So what happens? Can it be? On what is characterized as a play in which the reciever ran the “wrong route”, just as had happened before with the same player on the same play, O’Donnell plugs Larry Brown for the second time, right in the numbers. Brown didn’t even have to move. The SAME play, the SAME guy, and the SAME receiver involved. From a guy who, as has been shown, almost NEVER threw interceptions. The three interceptions in that game, added to his 67 career regular season picks, would make up a whopping 4+% of his total career picks. This from a guy who has played in 124 career regular season games.
So, in conclusion, my contention is that O’Donnell tossed the game, and to support it I present statistics that prove conclusively that a) that game was such an aberration when compared to the rest of his career, b) they happened at crucial times in the game, and c) they were clearly aimed at Larry Brown, since he was the only one in the same zip code when the balls were intercepted.
At least Shoeless Joe troubled himself to make it look good.
Romo was my first thought as well, but of the given choices I’d go with Moss.
If you’re not a Vikings fan, it’s Randy “Sometimes I don’t even try” Moss.
OTOH, if you are a Vikings fan, it’s Brett Favre, hands down. 
I would say Moss. There’s no excuse for wasted talent.
I’ve also heard that Jerry Rice is extremely arrogant. Not that he can’t both talk the talk and walk the walk, but it doesn’t mean he can’t be humble.
Meshawn is pretty obnoxious for bad mouthing Wayne Chrebet, but I think I’ve read about him (Johnson) being very active in his former LA community home. He’s no criminal and gives back, that’s always good.
Player = Moss
Non-player = Jerry Jones
How about the Dallas Cowboys entire team?
I’d have to go with Bill Romanowski as well. I don’t even think any of his teammates like him. Remember that crap storm that brewed up when he said that he had to take supplements to keep up with the n******
Then there was the incident with him spitting on J. J. Stokes.
And again, breaking Collins jaw…
And…
Well… you get the idea.
To the posters who said Bill Romanowski:
YES…YES…YES…A THOUSAND TIMES YES.
He’s a cheap-ass, steriod-head, lying, racist, out-to-injure, piece of walking fecal matter who should be kicked in the balls EVERY FUCKING PLAY, and then dragged and hung from the cross-bar.
God, I hate him.
Moss may not try every down, and he’s one of the most conceited players ever, but he’s not out there spitting on other players, trying to injure them, and pumping himself up, all the while putting on a facade of a blue-color shmoe.
Romo by a mile.
Airman Doors: I can appreciate the frustration of a fan watching his team collapse because of numerous interceptions thrown by a usually successful QB. However, to take a admittedly horrible showing (#9 on ESPN’s list of worst Super Bowl performances), and alleging he threw the game is going way to far in your fan. You crossed over from fan to fanatic if the best evidence of the fix is the poor performance. For Og’s sake, Shoeless Joe admitted to agreeing to fix the World Series, and to compare O’Donnell’s performance to that is a tad bit libelous.
Of course, if your tongue was in your cheek, I apologize.
Hamlet, tell us what you really think about Romo 
I guess you won’t be picking up the Romonowski highlight film should it ever come out.
The players listed in the original post could be labelled as egotistical, lazy, or a selfish, but all of them combined could not compare to what a lowlife Romonowski is. At least those players don’t go trying to intentially end someones career.
Another player I would nominate would be Warren Sapp. What a loudmouth, cheap shot turd. Blindsiding the Green Bay Packer player last year after the play was over. What a moron.
I would have to add to the chorus about Bill Romanowski.
The man hires someone to go through his fecal matter every day for God’s sake.
I despised Romanowski just from watching his play, plus the Stokes affair. Then I started reading all the other crap he’d pulled, most of it mentioned above. The guy is a real jackass, plain and simple.
Can’t stand Terrell Owens either. Loads of talent but absolutely devoid of class.
Another that bothers me is Levar Arrington. He’s out to kill a quarterback and I have no respect for anyone that tries to actually permanently injure other players. He ended Aikman’s career with a cheap shot and he’s going to do it to someone else soon. Hard hits = good. Decapitation = bad.
How was the hit on Aikman a cheap shot? He didn’t go helmet to helmet or anything. Aikman was rolling out, Arrington was following him and Arrington hit him almost as soon as Aikman let go of the ball - if he had hit him a split second earlier it would have been a sack.
So many jackasses, so few unbiased jurors.
I’m sure he’s not the the most hated, but former Viking now Saint Todd Bouman desreves to be an honorable mention.
WARNING: This is vile! Read at your own risk.
Mr. Bouman was charged with sexual assult in Minnesota following his participation at a charity event last winter. According to KMSP television the woman who accused Bouman suffered two dislocated hips, several rug burns to the face and bleeding from her vagina and anus that lasted a week after the alleged assult. 
In Detroit: Scott Mitchell. Enough said. Makes Neil O’Donnell look like a saint (of the non-football variety).
Entire NFL: Wow, 35 posts in and no one mentions Warren Sapp? Maybe it’s a Detroit or even an NFC thing.
Y’know what you call a drug ring in Dallas?
A huddle.
Phew, so hard to pick just one.
Ryan Leaf is in my top 5 least liked and I know quite a few Chargers fans that would agree. What a primadonna.
I’ll throw in another vote for Rominowski. Never did like him or his style of play.
Emmitt Smith. The NFL’s all time leading rusher, thanks in large part to his teams dominating offensive line throughout the bulk of his career, and not due much to any exceptional skill on his part.
Not to say he is talentless, just that he’s no better than most other RB’s out there and he only got the record because he was lucky enough to spend a large part of his career playing for a team that held a dynasty. It irks me that he takes such pride in his accomplishment.
Warren Sapp. As much as I thought guys like Lynch and Brad Johnson and Alstott deserved a ring, I rooted against TB in the SB just to keep that loudmouth (and Keyshawn for that matter) from getting one. Wonder if he’ll promise to set the sack record for a season again this year.
Toss up between Terrell Owens and Keyshawn Johnson. If pressed I’d have to say Johnson, mostly because he put down one of my favorite players in Wayne Chrebet. At least the retribution was poetic when they played after his comments.
Non-players would be most any head coach or owner that doesn’t keep a low profile. And John Madden. Isn’t it about time for him to retire? Thankfully the Cowboys stink nowadays and he can’t suck on their collective dork while calling a game.
Yeah, Warren Sapp is a pretty big jackass. Exhibit A: that Packers lineman that he flattened, and then didn’t care that he got hurt. Yes, the play was legal, but it was hardly necessary. It had no effect on the outcome of the play.
How come Jeremy Shockey’s looks have been mentioned, but his loud-mouthed, mean-spirited, trash-talking, homophobic side hasn’t been?
Finally, about Terrell Owens–the only thing I hated about that sharpie thing is that he gave the ball to his freaking financial advisor. Besides, it gave me a great gag to pull in one of my broadcasting classes. After my sports segment was over that week, I pulled a pen out of my coat pocket, signed a page of my script, and handed it to the co-anchor. The professor loved it.