It seems safe to say that former NFL head coach Dick Vermeil is not a fan of the New England Patriots.

Vermeil, who coached the Kansas City Chiefs from 2001 through 2005, picked the Chiefs to beat the Patriots in the AFC Championship Game this Sunday:

“I think they've [the Patriots] met their match this time,” Vermeil said on 610 Sports Radio. “It's time for them to win this one and the next one.”

He also made his feelings on New England perfectly clear:

“They've done it the right way,” said Vermeil of the Chiefs. “They haven't been accused of cheating.”

Of course, Vermeil is not alone in his hatred of the Patriots. As a matter of fact, you would be hard-pressed to find an NFL team that is despised more nationwide, and one might even go as far to say that the Pats are the most hated non-New York Yankees professional sports franchise in America.

Vermeil went 44-36 during his five-year run with the Chiefs, leading them to one playoff appearance after a 13-3 campaign in 2003.

Prior to coaching Kansas City, Vermeil had coached the Philadelphia Eagles from 1976 through 1982, leading the Eagles to a Super Bowl appearance in 1980 and going 54-47 overall. He then made his way to the St. Louis Rams, where he went 22-26 but ended his three-year tenure with the team by winning the Super Bowl during the 1999-00 campaign.

The 82-year-old owns a lifetime record of 120-109 as an NFL head coach, making six playoff appearances.

The Patriots and Chiefs met earlier in the year in Foxborough, a 43-40 win for New England.