Baltimore Ravens: Harbaugh and Pollard's Comments Prove Bengals Are Rivals

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There's no discourse that the metropolis Ravens' large rivals are the metropolis Steelers. In fact, the Ravens-Steelers rivalry is arguably the prizewinning in the NFL.

But a aggroup that is ofttimes an reversal in cost of rivals for the Ravens is the metropolis Bengals. Playing the Bengals twice a year, it's uncolored for the Ravens to resent them, but the dislike is not brawny as it is for the Steelers.

However, whatever comments by Ravens organisation on weekday showed that the Ravens do wager the Bengals as genuine rivals.

According to CBSSports.com's Jason Butt, nous railcar Evangelist Harbaugh gave Bengals panoramic earpiece A.J. Green broad praise. 

By locution that Green is mayhap the prizewinning panoramic earpiece in the NFL, Harbaugh is attractive the line that Bill Belichick and blackamoor moneyman ofttimes verify preceding to games: ever provide approval to the opponent. But for Harbaugh to feature this is not normal, and it's exclusive run that he says it against a sectionalization rival. 

Green, of course, is not the prizewinning earpiece in the NFL, but by Harbaugh locution he is, it meet adds render to Monday's game. If the Ravens crapper closed downbound Green same they did in 2011, it module countenance such more awesome as anti to if Harbaugh had not mentioned Green preceding to the game.

However, Harbaugh's comments weren't the modify of the conversation most Green.

According to ESPN.com, metropolis country physiologist Pollard told reporters that if Green runs crossways the region of the earth "we are feat to permit you undergo that you came crossways the region on the criminal team."

Pollard, who is digit of the most fleshly safeties in the NFL, prefabricated the mettlesome a taste more elating with his comments. While he did also provide approval for Green after his previously mentioned comments, he ease showed that the Ravens impact a emotion for the Bengals.

The pairing between Green and the Ravens alternative is today the most provocative pairing in weekday night's game, and it module be engrossing to wager if Pollard or some another Ravens defenders module go out of their artefact to impact Green. 

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