Due to its short schedule compared to other major sports, the NFL limits how many times we can see teams and players play each other if they are in separate conferences. For example, can we really call Aaron Rodgers vs. Tom Brady a rivalry if they’ve only faced off once?
Andy Dalton and the Bengals vs. Cam Newton and the Panthers is a matchup we’ve only seen once in the now eight years the two have been in the league, and that game ended in a tie.