Can a rivalry really be a rivalry if it doesn’t have decades of history behind it? The Ravens and Patriots are giving that definition a fierce test.
What both teams bring into Monday night's game in Foxborough has been building for only 10 seasons, nine of those with John Harbaugh coaching the Ravens. Yet a case can be made that the Patriots and Ravens have packed more drama, consequences, bitterness, harsh words and feelings into that decade than they’ve each managed against their actual, traditional rivals.
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Monday night is their 10th meeting in the last 10 seasons, regular and postseason combined; the Patriots are 6-3.