ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown heads to Pittsburgh for Steelers game against rival Patriots

Here comes the hype for what's potentially the biggest regular season NFL game of the year.

Randy Moss, Rex Ryan, Matt Hasselbeck and the crew of ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown will broadcast live Sunday from Jerome Bettis' Grille 36 on Pittsburgh's North Shore to add even more pregame buildup to the Steelers dramatic contest against nemesis New England Patriots.

The show will mark the second time Sunday NFL Countdown has traveled to a regular season game site in the program's 32-year history.

Before the Patriots and Steelers kick off at Heinz Field, Sunday NFL Countdown will be live from Grille 36 from 10 a.m. through 1 p.m. Kickoff is 4:25 p.m.

"This is a unique opportunity to bring our signature NFL pregame show on the road for the game of the year," Seth Markman, ESPN senior coordinating producer, NFL studio shows, said in a statement. "Pittsburgh is a great NFL city filled with passionate fans, and the atmosphere surrounding this game is going to have a playoff feel to it."

The show is free and open to the public.

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We aren't their rivals. Have to win some games against them more frequently

Steelers and Patriots are not rivals.

This is a bigger game for the Steelers than it is for the Patriots. As far as New England is concerned. They're not bothered by the Steelers and see Pittsburgh as nothing more than a road bump. Look on all Patriot forums and they're pretty much calling this a lockdown win. Frankly, I don't blame them.

This game is less like a rivalry and more like a team trying to prove itself against another. A team trying to beat its bully. A big game with big ramifications? Yes. A rivalry? Nope.

Meh. Hasselbeck's a clown and Rex will be fighting to examine AB's toe. Moss will probably try and race Bongtavious.

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Meh. Hasselbeck's a clown and Rex will be fighting to examine AB's toe. Moss will probably try and race Bongtavious.

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Hasselbeck will probably be biased against the Steelers because he's still butthurt over taking half a minute to run a play at the end of each half in Super Bowl 40

So are they going to have to put on the mascot heads when they make their picks? Can you imagine Rex Ryan in the Steeley McBeam head?

Or Hasselback with the Patriots mascot head...

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So are they going to have to put on the mascot heads when they make their picks? Can you imagine Rex Ryan in the Steeley McBeam head?

Or Hasselback with the Patriots mascot head...

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Yeah, they should have fans make some crazy signs like College Gameday and do the mascot heads.