Pittsburgh Steelers

I’m penning this early Monday morning in an effort to ignore the news.  The news, of course, is deeply entrenched in assorted interpretations of the latest Trump administration’s (largely illegal) efforts to scuttle congressionally-mandated funding for aid programs.  The ensuing courtroom tilts will be long, bloody and exhaustive, and will likely result in nothing more…

…and it all came crashing down.  Again. In the wake of the Ravens’ divisional round loss to the Buffalo Bills Sunday evening, the utterly predictable finger-pointing and play-shaming has become tiresome.  Ravens fans are indeed a passionate bunch, but I fear they – and perhaps NFL fans in general – have fallen victim to the…

…in which two AFC North teams squared off for the 47th time this season. Okay.  It was only the third time.  But players for both teams have often cited the familiarity the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens have with one another, as well as mutual animosity.  “There’s no love lost between these teams” implies…

Heyo. After the 18th and final week of the 2024 regular season, the Ravens and Steelers clinched playoff berths and traded the top spot in the division, eventually settling on the Ravens.  Despite their notable late-season surge and eye-popping offensive numbers, the Bengals were unceremoniously booted from playoff contention by virtue of the Broncos’ decisive…