Ravens Forget Season Includes 14 Games Against Teams Other Than Steelers
I can’t ever really ignore the opportunity to comment on the Ratbirds and their constant fall from grace. I guess if there is a positive spin from a Steelers’ loss at the hand of the Ravens, it would be that the following week the Ravens lose to one of the sorrier teams in the NFL. Well it just so happens that happened…. twice. The Titans in Week 2. And then the Seahawks in Week 10. In fact their three losses on the season have come at the hands of very weak teams (and they came oh so close to losing a fourth to Arizona). So what is it about this trend?
Super Bowl hangover. Yeah seems kind of stupid (and believe me, it is), but the Ravens feel that playing the Steelers is their own little Super Bowl – though they will never openly admit to that. The games are chalk full of drama, usually tightly contested and big plays abound. The tensions are high and everything is riding on the line. The defeats are gut wrenching. The victories full of celebration and (gag) gatorade showers. Nothing is sweeter to them than winning those games against the vile Black and Gold.
Johnny ‘Jagoff’ Harbaugh gets that Cheshire cat grin when victory is upon him, yet is quick to whine and point fingers at anyone other than himself or his players when they lose to the Steelers. This team is totally consumed with two weeks out of the entire season. And somebody ought to knock on their door and show them a friggin’ calendar – there are 14 other weeks to worry about. It’s quite pathetic that a team that is supposed to be so dominant after beating their bitter divisional rivals fall to teams that are ranked outside of the top 15 in overall offense and defense and have a combined record of 11-16. Yoi.
The Ratbirds play like a bunch of delinquent boys during some back yard ball – lots of trash talking, cheap shot plays and rub your face in the mud when they beat you. But they also have the foresight of those same boys – they don’t realize that the best way to ‘get at’ the Steelers and Steelers Nation is to bust through the playoffs and make it to the Super Bowl. And if you want to really make our heads explode – win the whole damn thing. The maturity behind a team would tell you that it doesn’t matter who you face – win it all and you will be hated by all, but with the respect that you deserve. And if you beat your hated rivals along the way, well that’s just the icing on the cake. Get a clue.
So I say to my hated Ratbird fans: You should be pissed at your team for behaving the way they are and playing the way they are. You can keep your two wins this season against the Steelers. They are short lived. No one – not the Steelers, not the fans, not the media – give a rat’s ass about those wins and how it identifies the type of football team you are. You’ve proven how short lived your awesomeness can be when playing against the Titans and Seahawks. Until you get through the playoffs, until you get to the Super Bowl, no one cares. You will always be the team that are a bunch of underachievers – slated to be Super Bowl contenders at the beginning of the season, only to blow it in the 4th quarter in a divisional playoff game. You will always be questioned as to how good you really are. Until you actually WIN that Super Bowl (your first in 10+ years), anyone wearing Black and Gold or sporting a Terrible Towel can flash six fingers and give a smug smile towards your pathetic state of football ‘greatness.’ So enjoy your exuberant celebrations and gatorade showers during a regular season game – until your team ‘grows up,’ it will be the only ones you ever experience.
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