Pittsburgh’s Forgotten Classics: Ravens vs. Steelers, 2002

April 4, 2012   ·   Joshua Hayes   ·   Jump to comments

The rivalry between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens is one of the most vicious in NFL history—each contest serving like a seeming bloodbath as much as a battle. 
What is Steelers vs. Ravens?  Simply, it's a lesson in ___________.  Many words could fill in the blank.
Passion...
Smashmouth...
Grittiness...
Defense...
Hundred-yard rushers and West Coast precision: that usually isn't Steelers-Ravens. 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. Steelers-Ravens is as much your mother's football game as a Cadillac is your janitor's mode of transportation.
Yet, it surely didn't start that way.
Initially, after Art Modell moved the Browns to Baltimore, the rivalry—which was now completely resurfaced unrecognizably—didn't quite have its spark...

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