Welcome to the NFL's real rivalry
Let's start with what an NFL rivalry is not: Despite what you've been hearing this week, an NFL rivalry is not two teams separated by six touchdowns that are so desperate to manufacture any kind of emotional buy-in that they feign disgust because someone dared to point a finger the wrong way.
Yes, you read that right. Apparently, Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie thinks Tom Brady is an a-hole because, five weeks ago in the Patriots' 45-3 laugher, the QB might have pointed toward the NY bench after the third or fourth time he burned Cromartie (honestly, I lost count). It's sad, really, that this is what we're left with in trying to muster up some kind of drama regarding Jets-Pats III -- cruel, bone-chilling accusations of improper etiquette.
To me, I gotta be honest, JPIII feels as if it has the potential to be the football equivalent of a NASCAR driver slap fight. Normally, when the hype for a game like this gets out of hand, it usually isn't that big a deal. But I'm afraid if we can't tear ourselves away from the relentless pub surrounding the Pats-Jets game -- hey, I'm not saying it will be easy, I just read a blog post about Rex Ryan's sweater vest -- we're all gonna miss out on Pittsburgh-Baltimore III. You know, a real, honest-to-goodness, old-fashioned bare-knuckle back-alley brawl of a rivalry that's the best in the NFL, if not all sports.
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Originally Posted by Preacher
