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Most Steeler fan friends of mine hate every single rival we have, and don't want to saying anything about them other than hating them.
I have hated some foes in the past, but not all of them.
Most hated
Late 90's Jags. Boy I hated those teams. I think some of it - other than the fact they were good - was because they were an expansion team they found success very quickly. That felt wrong. We toiled for decades in pure futility before we started to win in the 1970's. The Jags beat us in our very first meeting. That was embarrassing and I hated them ever since that first game. I hated Coughlin. I hated Brunell, McCardell, Jimmy Smith, Tony Brackens, Fred Taylor, Boselli, hated them all. But that was a good team. I remember in 1999 they only lost to ONE team, THREE times (TN). Now I like Coughlin and Brunell. They were my neighbors.
The late 80's Browns. This was just about the only era, in my life time, that the Browns were better than Pgh (other than maybe two isolated seasons). Other than the late 80's, we were always better than the Browns. And having to look up to them in those years was not fun. I hated Marty, Bernie, Dixon, Minnifield, Mack, Byner, Brennen, Slaughter. But those were very good teams. They haven't had a decent team since (other than the one Belichick was building before they bolted for Balt.)
The Ravens, but I did root form them in both Super Bowls they won.
Foes I respected, liked
The early 90''s Oilers
It's a shame that team won no rings. They were something to behold. They were stacked with talent EVERY WHERE. And I thought their unis were cool, loved the colors. Start at QB, with Warren Moon, who throw the nicest spirals in the history of the NFL. Then look at the O line, where every player was a 1st round pick and GOOD. Then you had Lorenzo White, Gary Brown, Spencer Tillman and Highsmith, who might be most-underrated back ever (short career, from bad knee). At WR, they had talent out the wazzoooo: Webster Slaughter, Givens, Duncan, Jefferies, it was ridiculous. And on D they were equally as stacked starting up front: Fuller, Sean Jones, Ray Childress. Gimmee a break. At LB they had Bowden, Lamar Lathon, Eddie Robinson, Eugene Seal. Wow. and DBs were good too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6c_NK96bMI
I know I was supposed to hate them, but I didn't. Not that I rooted for them or anything, but they were fun to watch.
I have hated some foes in the past, but not all of them.
Most hated
Late 90's Jags. Boy I hated those teams. I think some of it - other than the fact they were good - was because they were an expansion team they found success very quickly. That felt wrong. We toiled for decades in pure futility before we started to win in the 1970's. The Jags beat us in our very first meeting. That was embarrassing and I hated them ever since that first game. I hated Coughlin. I hated Brunell, McCardell, Jimmy Smith, Tony Brackens, Fred Taylor, Boselli, hated them all. But that was a good team. I remember in 1999 they only lost to ONE team, THREE times (TN). Now I like Coughlin and Brunell. They were my neighbors.
The late 80's Browns. This was just about the only era, in my life time, that the Browns were better than Pgh (other than maybe two isolated seasons). Other than the late 80's, we were always better than the Browns. And having to look up to them in those years was not fun. I hated Marty, Bernie, Dixon, Minnifield, Mack, Byner, Brennen, Slaughter. But those were very good teams. They haven't had a decent team since (other than the one Belichick was building before they bolted for Balt.)
The Ravens, but I did root form them in both Super Bowls they won.
Foes I respected, liked
The early 90''s Oilers
It's a shame that team won no rings. They were something to behold. They were stacked with talent EVERY WHERE. And I thought their unis were cool, loved the colors. Start at QB, with Warren Moon, who throw the nicest spirals in the history of the NFL. Then look at the O line, where every player was a 1st round pick and GOOD. Then you had Lorenzo White, Gary Brown, Spencer Tillman and Highsmith, who might be most-underrated back ever (short career, from bad knee). At WR, they had talent out the wazzoooo: Webster Slaughter, Givens, Duncan, Jefferies, it was ridiculous. And on D they were equally as stacked starting up front: Fuller, Sean Jones, Ray Childress. Gimmee a break. At LB they had Bowden, Lamar Lathon, Eddie Robinson, Eugene Seal. Wow. and DBs were good too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6c_NK96bMI
I know I was supposed to hate them, but I didn't. Not that I rooted for them or anything, but they were fun to watch.
