NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Better matchups this week. Upped the choices to six.
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I went homer. Genuinely interested in the matchup.
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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.
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Ravens/Steelers... best rivalry in football right now.
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For a Ravens or Steelers fan, maybe. No problem with a homer vote, but call it for what it is.89Hen wrote:Ravens/Steelers... best rivalry in football right now.
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What rivalry is better on a national level? Honest question.GannonFan wrote:For a Ravens or Steelers fan, maybe. No problem with a homer vote, but call it for what it is.89Hen wrote:Ravens/Steelers... best rivalry in football right now.
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Ravens would have been about the 10th team I would have thought of as a rivalry for the Steelers.89Hen wrote:What rivalry is better on a national level? Honest question.GannonFan wrote:
For a Ravens or Steelers fan, maybe. No problem with a homer vote, but call it for what it is.
Cowboys anyone
Packers Bears
New England Miami
just to start with.
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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.89Hen wrote:Ravens/Steelers... best rivalry in football right now.
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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 wrote:Ravens would have been about the 10th team I would have thought of as a rivalry for the Steelers.89Hen wrote: What rivalry is better on a national level? Honest question.
Cowboys anyone
Packers Bears
New England Miami
just to start with.
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Never knew it was a big rivalry.93henfan wrote: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.89Hen wrote:Ravens/Steelers... best rivalry in football right now.
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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.Gil Dobie wrote:Never knew it was a big rivalry.93henfan wrote:
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.
Meanwhile, the Steelers fans watched the Browns move to Baltimore, put on different uniforms, and suddenly start winning Super Bowls.
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Still more on a Baltimore scale than a national scale.93henfan wrote: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.Gil Dobie wrote:
Never knew it was a big rivalry.
Meanwhile, the Steelers fans watched the Browns move to Baltimore, put on different uniforms, and suddenly start winning Super Bowls.
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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 wrote:Still more on a Baltimore scale than a national scale.93henfan wrote:
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.
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How was your Ray Ray dance?93henfan wrote: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 wrote:
Still more on a Baltimore scale than a national scale.
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I'm white.Gil Dobie wrote:How was your Ray Ray dance?93henfan wrote:
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.
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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.Gil Dobie wrote:Still more on a Baltimore scale than a national scale.93henfan wrote:
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.
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I will agree that this is the best game of the week. Best rivalry in football? Bears-Packers and Eagles-Cowboys come to mind.89Hen wrote:Ravens/Steelers... best rivalry in football right now.
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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 wrote: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 wrote:
Still more on a Baltimore scale than a national scale.
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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?GannonFan wrote: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 wrote:
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.
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.
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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.93henfan wrote: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?GannonFan wrote:
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.Ivytalk wrote:I will agree that this is the best game of the week. Best rivalry in football? Bears-Packers and Eagles-Cowboys come to mind.89Hen wrote:Ravens/Steelers... best rivalry in football right now.
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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.
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We just hate them so much more it makes up for the feigned lack of enthusiasm on their side.89Hen wrote: the Eagles aren't even the Cowboys #1 rival. Both in the discussion, but not current.
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