![]() ![]() The saying goes, as I recall, “familiarity breeds contempt.” When it comes to these teams squaring off, head-to-head (often literally), defensive slug-fests are not at a premium. Perhaps this mirror identity since their NFL inception is the best explanation for the rivalry. Steelers fans know the fiery ire that burns bird feathers! The Ravens’ strategy has always started with defense. As history builds onto the tradition, the heated glare from either side will continue to be enough to put the letters of c-h-a-r into arch-rivals. ![]() While the “new Browns” stake claim to the old record book of Cleveland Browns lore, the true fans know that with the original Browns moved the Steelers’ greatest foes. The flame was ignited seventeen years ago, when the former Cleveland Browns relocated to Baltimore, making Art Modell the most ire-inspiring man in the state of Ohio, narrowly beating John Elway and heftily out-menacing the devil himself. Steelers-Ravens is as much your mother's football game as a Cadillac is your janitor's mode of transportation. If you're a real fan of real football (and these fans know exactly what that means), you have a stake claimed in each contest, all of them a chapter in the clear precedent set for modern ballgame battery. Hundred-yard rushers and west coast precision: that isn't Steelers-Ravens. Leave it to the old Browns, Modell’s Movers, to have more than picked up the slack. While the Raiders and Browns of yesteryear have given the Steelers’ Black n’ Gold a little bit of extra blues, their competitiveness has since feigned. These are the top 20 Ravens-Steelers games, to-date!Īrguably the greatest modern NFL rivalry, the Steelers and Ravens are unmistakably each others’ greatest nemeses. In order to truly appreciate the match-ups, let's take a trip down Nostalgia Way, otherwise known as Touchdown Drive, and more aptly dubbed as Memory Lane. Although only established in 1996 when Cleveland's "Anti-Clause" to the normal Santa Clause moved their beloved Browns to Maryland, the rivalry has still already yielded a number of great memories. These are the top 20 games in the history of the Steelers- Ravens rivalry. From Kordell Stewart to Ben Roethlisberger, Trent Dilfer to Joe Flacco, Bam Morris to Ray Rice, and Yancy Thigpen to Hines Ward, this countdown should be a pleasant reprieve from those lockout blues. Let's take a moment to jump from the white collar world of CBA's and into the most blue-collar, heavy-hitting match-up in the game today. The perfect cure for what ails all is an article dedicated to the most hardest-hitting rivalry in the NFL today, ranking the best of the best of what happens between the white stripes and not in a boardroom. Tired of the same, boring NFL Lockout chitter-chatter? I think that we all are basically on the same page regarding the monotony of this summer's NFL headlines.ĭe-certification has become.certifiably boring. ![]()
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