Quote:Pittsburgh games are always my favorite, though if the trajectories of the Jags and Raiders hold true I can see that developing into a rivalry with annual meetings.  

 

The thing about Pittsburgh is I don't think they think of us as much of a rival like we do with them.  Their division is very competitive minus the Browns so they have strong rivalries with all of their division foes as well as the Patriots whom they tend to play annually.  When we are on their schedule, they've got several other bigger games to worry about.  

 

Our division has been hot garbage as of late.  As much as the Jaguars ascendance is overdue, needed and deserved, I think the division as a whole getting better helps us as well.  I'd love to have a rivalry develop with one of our division mates that mimics the Steelers/Ravens rivalry or what was for a time 49ers/Seahawks rivalry.  That only happens when both teams are good and stay good for a while.

 

You'd be surprised although you do bring up excellent points.

 

Living in Western Maryland, smack dab in the middle of Redskins, Ravens and Steelers countries I can tell you that Steelers fans who are old enough to remember the AFC Central do still consider us something of a rival and they rarely, if ever, look at us on their schedule as a gimme win no matter how bad we may be. Needless to say, I count a fair number of die hard Steelers fans as friends and nearly all of them look forward to the games we play and, more importantly, seem to genuinely want us to do do well outside of when we play them.

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