The Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers are like Ali and Frasier. Both great, both champions, and both scoring victory over the other. It's what a rivalry should be, and the NFL is better for it. But lets face it, the rivalry is done. With the departures of Ray Lewis, Anquan Boldin (hold that thought), James Harrison, and soon to be Mike Wallace, the rivalry doesn't peak our interest anymore...at least not the casual fan. Thanks to a couple of good moves today, we may get the opportunity to enjoy a new rendition of that rivalry. Only it's the Seattle Seahawks and San Fransisco 49'ers.
Seattle and San Fransisco pulled off huge trades today, adding to what were already playoff ready teams. Seattle (or the Fluke Carol's as I like to describe them...but I digress) added multidimensional offensive threat Percy Harvin today. Russell Wilson is a multidimensional threat in his own right at qb. Harvin brings about 2,500 total yards of offense when healthy. He can line up in the back field, catch passes, and return kicks...and he's proficient in all three areas.
Not to be outdone, San Fransisco brought in veteran wide receiver Anquan Boldin. Anyone that watched the AFC playoffs will tell you that Boldin...not Ray Lewis...not Joe Flacco...played the best of anyone on that Ravens team. Boldin brings veteran leadership, a championship pedigree, and a tough as nails attitude to a team full of tough as nails attitudes.
The Ravens and Steelers rivalry had several key ingredients that both the Seahawks and 49ers have today. They're in the same division. Their both physical, especially on defense. They both have tough running games. They both have dual threat quarterbacks. They both have weapons at just about every position (now). They both have head coaches that excelled at the collegiate and professional level. They're both good at the same time. And most importantly...they both have to knock the other off to win a title.
Now that's a rivalry!
With Kaepernick and Wilson being so young and talented at qb, we may see the beginnings of a great new rivalry. A new "we don't like each other...and oh by the way...the winner goes to the Super Bowl" type of annual match up between these two teams. In sports...so many bad teams are content with being bad. You see it. You know the teams. It's good to see that some teams want to win too. And something tells me both teams will...for the foreseeable future. follow @plcolter
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