Even the heyday of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens rivalry had nothing on the Steelers versus the Oakland Raiders in the 1970s. In a different era where that outlined few limits of what players could do before or after the whistle, the Steelers and Raiders hated each other. Raiders safety George Atkinson led the charge, a dirty player who gained an edge however he could.
In an episode of Peyton’s Place recently uploaded to his Omaha Productions YouTube page, WR Lynn Swann spoke with Manning about the rivalry and how Swann handled being cheap-shotted by Atkinson and company at every turn, especially in the 1975 AFC Championship Game.