NFL Game of the Week - Week 4

[93henfan]

Better matchups this week. Upped the choices to six.

[93henfan]

I went homer. Genuinely interested in the matchup.

[GannonFan]

Me too, Eagles just more interesting and the Vikings falling like they did to Buffalo makes the matchup on Thursday in LA far less interesting.

[89Hen]

Ravens/Steelers... best rivalry in football right now.

[GannonFan]

Ravens/Steelers... best rivalry in football right now.

For a Ravens or Steelers fan, maybe. No problem with a homer vote, but call it for what it is.

[89Hen]

Ravens/Steelers... best rivalry in football right now.

For a Ravens or Steelers fan, maybe. No problem with a homer vote, but call it for what it is.

What rivalry is better on a national level? Honest question.

[Gil Dobie]

For a Ravens or Steelers fan, maybe. No problem with a homer vote, but call it for what it is.

What rivalry is better on a national level? Honest question.

Ravens would have been about the 10th team I would have thought of as a rivalry for the Steelers.

Cowboys anyone
Packers Bears
New England Miami
just to start with.

[93henfan]

Ravens/Steelers... best rivalry in football right now.

That was why I upped it to six games this week. Always a bloodbath. Hardest hitting during the regular season every year. So much hate.

[93henfan]

What rivalry is better on a national level? Honest question.

Ravens would have been about the 10th team I would have thought of as a rivalry for the Steelers.

Cowboys anyone
Packers Bears
New England Miami
just to start with.

You haven't spent much time in Baltimore or Pittsburgh I'd wager. The buzz is real on Black and Purple weeks around those towns. I really got to experience that for the five years I worked in Annapolis.

[Gil Dobie]

Ravens/Steelers... best rivalry in football right now.

That was why I upped it to six games this week. Always a bloodbath. Hardest hitting during the regular season every year. So much hate.

Never knew it was a big rivalry.

[93henfan]

That was why I upped it to six games this week. Always a bloodbath. Hardest hitting during the regular season every year. So much hate.

Never knew it was a big rivalry.

Think about it from a Baltimore fan perspective. They have no hockey or basketball team. They only have the Triple-A Orioles in baseball. The Ravens are their only hope, and they came over a decade after the Colts skipped town and Baltimorons lost all hope. The Ravens were like Jesus beaming back down, and they arrived just as Ripken was retiring and Angelos was destroying the Os.

Meanwhile, the Steelers fans watched the Browns move to Baltimore, put on different uniforms, and suddenly start winning Super Bowls.

[Gil Dobie]

Never knew it was a big rivalry.

Think about it from a Baltimore fan perspective. They have no hockey or basketball team. They only have the Triple-A Orioles in baseball. The Ravens are their only hope, and they came over a decade after the Colts skipped town and Baltimorons lost all hope. The Ravens were like Jesus beaming back down, and they arrived just as Ripken was retiring and DeAngelos was destroying the Os.

Meanwhile, the Steelers fans watched the Browns move to Baltimore, put on different uniforms, and suddenly start winning Super Bowls.

Still more on a Baltimore scale than a national scale.

[93henfan]

Think about it from a Baltimore fan perspective. They have no hockey or basketball team. They only have the Triple-A Orioles in baseball. The Ravens are their only hope, and they came over a decade after the Colts skipped town and Baltimorons lost all hope. The Ravens were like Jesus beaming back down, and they arrived just as Ripken was retiring and DeAngelos was destroying the Os.

Meanwhile, the Steelers fans watched the Browns move to Baltimore, put on different uniforms, and suddenly start winning Super Bowls.

Still more on a Baltimore scale than a national scale.

Ray Lewis and Ben Roethlisberger had a pretty national reach I'd say. Every kid in America was trying to perfect the Ray Ray intro dance ten years ago.

[Gil Dobie]

Still more on a Baltimore scale than a national scale.

Ray Lewis and Ben Roethlisberger had a pretty national reach I'd say. Every kid in America was trying to perfect the Ray Ray intro dance ten years ago.

How was your Ray Ray dance?

[93henfan]

Ray Lewis and Ben Roethlisberger had a pretty national reach I'd say. Every kid in America was trying to perfect the Ray Ray intro dance ten years ago.

How was your Ray Ray dance?

I'm white.

[UNI88]

Think about it from a Baltimore fan perspective. They have no hockey or basketball team. They only have the Triple-A Orioles in baseball. The Ravens are their only hope, and they came over a decade after the Colts skipped town and Baltimorons lost all hope. The Ravens were like Jesus beaming back down, and they arrived just as Ripken was retiring and DeAngelos was destroying the Os.

Meanwhile, the Steelers fans watched the Browns move to Baltimore, put on different uniforms, and suddenly start winning Super Bowls.

Still more on a Baltimore scale than a national scale.

I'm with 93 on this one. Steelers/Ravens used to be a slobberknocker that was fun to watch. It's lost its luster with the Ravens and Frosted Joe slipping over the last several years though.

[css75]

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[Ivytalk]

Ravens/Steelers... best rivalry in football right now.

I will agree that this is the best game of the week. Best rivalry in football? Bears-Packers and Eagles-Cowboys come to mind.

[GannonFan]

Still more on a Baltimore scale than a national scale.

Ray Lewis and Ben Roethlisberger had a pretty national reach I'd say. Every kid in America was trying to perfect the Ray Ray intro dance ten years ago.

Ray Lewis hasn't played football since 2013. Yeah, when both teams were really good this was a really good game. But 4-5 years does not a "best rivalry in the NFL" make. Just saying.

[93henfan]

Ray Lewis and Ben Roethlisberger had a pretty national reach I'd say. Every kid in America was trying to perfect the Ray Ray intro dance ten years ago.

Ray Lewis hasn't played football since 2013. Yeah, when both teams were really good this was a really good game. But 4-5 years does not a "best rivalry in the NFL" make. Just saying.

So when was the last 4-5 years that the Packers and Bears or the Eagles and Cowboys were both playoff teams at the same time?

I submit that Steelers-Ravens is far more of a meaningful rivalry this millennium.

Packers-Bears circa Gayle Sayers era? Sure.

Eagles-Cowboys 1979-1982? Sure.

That's a long time ago.

[GannonFan]

Ray Lewis hasn't played football since 2013. Yeah, when both teams were really good this was a really good game. But 4-5 years does not a "best rivalry in the NFL" make. Just saying.

So when was the last 4-5 years that the Packers and Bears or the Eagles and Cowboys were both playoff teams at the same time?

I submit that Steelers-Ravens is far more of a meaningful rivalry this millennium.

Packers-Bears circa Gayle Sayers era? Sure.

Eagles-Cowboys 1979-1982? Sure.

That's a long time ago.

Doesn't matter if the cowboys are good or not, and yes, they haven't been good since Clinton was in the White House. But a good rivalry needs an awful, hated, piece of waste team on the other side of the rivalry and the cowboys fit that bill perfectly. The fact that they've sucked for so long (thanks Jerry!!) just makes it even better.

[CAA Flagship]

Redskins have a bye in Week 4.
So they play 3 games and get a bye week, then play 13 straight weeks.
Stupid fucking scheduling.

IMO, all byes should be between Week 7 through Week 12.

[89Hen]

Ravens/Steelers... best rivalry in football right now.

I will agree that this is the best game of the week. Best rivalry in football? Bears-Packers and Eagles-Cowboys come to mind.

Bears haven't been relevant consistently in a long time (1 trip to the playoffs in the last 10+ years) and the Eagles aren't even the Cowboys #1 rival. Both in the discussion, but not current.

[Gil Dobie]

Relevance doesn't matter in a rivalry game. People can conveniently pick 5 years here or 10 years there, but playing 197 games against each other with a 97-94-6 record in the rivalry, that's all that needs to be said. I'm sure there must be a rivalry between the Steelers and Ravens, at least according to the ECB guys, but that sounds similar to the Packers vs Vikings rivalry, very fierce, but that's only 116 games, 60-53-3. Steelers vs Ravens is whopping 48 games, Steelers leading 27-21.

[GannonFan]

the Eagles aren't even the Cowboys #1 rival. Both in the discussion, but not current.

We just hate them so much more it makes up for the feigned lack of enthusiasm on their side.