On ESPN’s First Take today, the group of panelists discussed which NFL rivalry was most similar to a college rivalry. The Steelers were mentioned twice, with Courtney Cronin choosing Steelers-Bengals and Damien Woody choosing Steelers-Ravens.
Cronin chose Steelers-Bengals due to the hatred between the two teams and the changing dynamics of the rivalry.
“We know what happened with Vontaze Burfict and Antonio Brown a couple years ago, Kimo von Oelhoffen slamming into Carson Palmer and tearing his ACL and MCL, these two franchises absolutely hate each other,” Cronin said But this one screams bad blood to me.