[News] Will Ravens Root For Steelers Or Patriots?

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The two AFC North rivals will match up in the NFL opener Thursday night.

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[berniemc2015]

Really I do not like the Pats and I hate Pittsburgh if Ihad to vote for a team it has to be The Pats uuugggg the tastes in mouth stinks. there it is no more comment. now going to wash my mouth

[ellicottraven]

Hate them both with a passion unknown to mankind, but in this particular instance I will root against the one that has some semblance of morality and fair play ethics - the Steelers. It is the dichotomy of being a Ravens fan! Very sad predicament for us. Like Mom Gene said, the ideal outcome would be for the Steelers to beat the snot out of Brady and make him squeal in pain, but yet lose the game!

[harfordravenfan]

I can only root for a tie

[jaege]

Much as I hate the Steelers, I can at least respect them. They play tough smash mouth football. Sure they play dirty sometimes, and their fan base has questionable intellect and parentage, but they respect the game and do not cheat (for the most part).

The Patriots, their QB and head coach are scum. They have no morals, and no shame. I loath them. I want the Steelers to destroy them.

[FloridalovesRavens]

Guess it has to be Pats boo hiss because the Steelers are in our division. Maybe just maybe Brady will stink up the place and Garoppolo will come in to win the game. I do however respect the Steelers but loathe cheaters (Pats). Go Ravens.

[Raven552]

I have to go with the Steelers (it hurts to just type that).. in a perfect world they win and Harrison takes out Brady. 

[Raveninwv]

I think we can handle the steelers both games this year. So them beating the Patriots, would keep them a game Closer to us in the home field at the end of the year. (which they always get because they play in a Waste products division) Respect the Steelers, hate the Patriots!

[ravens4life86]

Im not watching the game because I cant watch a Cheater, classless, no integrity, low life like Tom Shady.

For me this game is like stabbing my eyes with syringes....

My only wish in this game(not maliciously but if it happened by gods hand I will applaud) Tom Shady and or other signicant cheatriots go down with season ending injuries.

[RavensFanMania]

I can't root for the Steelers, but I hate the Cheatriots almost as much.  That being said I'm rooting for the Pats, but hope Brady gets sacked an unprecedented amount of times.

[stampedehero]

We as fans hate both teams.  I hope the Steelers lose only so they have a loss in their divisional column

[stampedehero]

Im not watching the game because I cant watch a Cheater, classless, no integrity, low life like Tom Shady.

For me this game is like stabbing my eyes with syringes....

My only wish in this game(not maliciously but if it happened by gods hand I will applaud) Tom Shady and or other signicant cheatriots go down with season ending injuries.

C'mon    Watch it and pray for vicious  hits on #12 and 7

[MyRavenHaven]

I want both teams to beat each other senseless. I refuse to cheer for either team but of course it would benefit the Ravens for the Steelers to lose for obvious reasons. We'll take the Pats out in the playoffs come January...how sweet will that feel?

[salamander]

I mostly hope that the 2 teams play ultra physical and that both teams take a serious pounding. Though the Steelers losing would be to our divisional advantage, there's a part of me that wants to see the Steelers take down the smug, self righteous team of cheaters who just got away with their shenanigans. The more I see Brady sacked, the happier I will be. In fact, Brady pouting, whining or having multiple hissy fits would make it a glorious "back to Football" evening for me. Best case scenario, Steelers lose, make Brady's life a living hell and everybody from both teams has to "ICE UP" for 3 days. That works for me.

Edited September 9, 2015 by salamander

[757RavensFan]

I will always root for the team that helps the Ravens in the conference/division. So removing all emotions, I'm hoping the Pats win tomorrow and then go 0-15 the rest of the season.

[ALSKAN RAVEN FAN]

That's an easy one root for the Steelers to lose.

[reed20fence]

We hate them both and a tie is unlikely. So there really isn't room for our degree of hate to be the deciding factor. All that matters is which scenario makes our road to the playoffs easier. So with that in mind, we don't root, but calculate that the Patriots winning would be best.

And I'm not comfortable rooting for any of these guys to get injured. If we learned anything from destroying Pittsburg in their house and ruining Polamlu and Lebeau's retirement party last year, it's that rival fans will find any way to weasel an excuse (Laveon) out of a loss.

Edited September 9, 2015 by reed20fence

[Fullblack_RAVEN]

I hope the steelers obliterate them. I don't care if that means they get a win in outer-divisional play. I also don't care that they are the ravens' biggest rival. At least their franchise is ethical as far as competitive spirit goes. Yeah, they have slipped up a couple of times (tomlin's electric slide vs. jacoby jones) but overall, they don't bend the rules to win.

 

The pats do. They have done so for over a decade. They have been caught yet still do shady stuff. I don't respect that. What's even more infuriating is their smugness about it. They don't admit guilt. They'd rather disparage the accuser instead of admitting their faulty ways. I'm not talking about deflategate, either. 

 

I find their fans hilarious, though. They call the ravens a lowlife, classless franchise when their own franchise bends rules at every turn to win. How can your franchise be first class when your team from the top down will bend the rules and be unapologetic about it? No ethics = No class. That's what the pats are. They are a classless franchise. Yeah, i said it. Classless. 

[llxxGrimxxll]

who do we root for? IDK, an explosion in the building destroying both teams? maybe the defenses getting season ending sacks on both QB's? i know, i root for the NFL winning the action against brady.. there we go

[RRRRRavens]

I think it would be great fun as the two teams meet on the field just before the beginning of the game for Rothlisburger to hand Brady a football so flattened it looks like an ovoid pancake right on national TV. It'd be funny but I suppose the refs would flag it as being unsportsmanlike. No sense of humor in those guys!

[boldtown]

when did the patriots become afc north rival? i thought they were in the afc east

[boldtown]

i am praying for a tie.

Edited September 9, 2015 by boldtown

[bioLarzen]

"Will Ravens Root For Steelers Or Patriots?"

 

Is "neither" an acceptable answer?

Edited September 9, 2015 by bioLarzen

[bioLarzen]

We as fans hate both teams.  I hope the Steelers lose only so they have a loss in their divisional column

 

I hate neither. I just don't want the steelers to win because they are division rivals, and cannot respect the Pats.

[Moderator 3]

I'm kind of hoping for a meteor to crash mid-field during play.

[bigcatfrank1]

Its gonna be great because one of them is going to lose!

[Cillmatic]

Hate both teams, but the steelers losing helps us more than the patriots losing would.

[cbrook1862]

I strongly dislike Pitts , but despise and have no respect for the Pats, so imma have to go with Pitts on this one. But just this one time.

[Bandit666]

Hate them both, but Pitt more. I don't wish bad for anyone, but in this case -- To me a win win would be Pitt loses game and NE loses Brady for the year with a torn ACL and a year long concussion.

[reed20fence]

People ask how we'll ever get justice against Bellichick and his nefarious, dark, evil ways. I say the rate at which the media keeps pounding them for their shadiness and the fact that some 19 franchises have filed complaints against them over the last decade for spying, faulty communications equipment, mysteriously time-sensative failure of communications eqiupment at Gillete, having to lockdown their visitor lockerrooms, employing multiple sideline signal callers, deploying fake play scripts, combing hotels during departure for plays or playbooks and now illegal formations and deflated balls... karma is itching to strike.

Bellichick may well get blackballed by the Hall of Fame voters for his legacy of being an absolute nuisance to the League office, the Competition Committee, Rules Committee, and rest of the league.

The Cleveland delegation has blackballed Modell unjustly from induction for years, I say they use their votes for good and bar Belichick for life. If the last 2 days of articles are any indication, writers from St. Louis, Philly, Carolina, Baltimore, Indy, Pittsburg, New York etc could be onboard for a lifetime ban.

Edited September 10, 2015 by reed20fence