... the history of the NFL, there are few rivalries as nasty as the Steelers vs. Raiders. In the distant past, such matches were blood feuds with playoff implications.

 

Rules of the game were different than they are today. For example, there is no way the Immaculate Deception would have occurred in today’s instant-replay environment.

 

Another example was George Atkinson’s forearm blow to the head of Lynn Swann.  In today’s league, Atkinson would be suspended and fined. Instead, he filed a lawsuit for defamation of character after Chuck Noll made a “crimina...

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