Games between AFC North rivals often come with a different level of physicality. That can most often be seen in matchups between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens. Those two teams have a fierce rivalry, and they’ve played in some classic games over the years. However, their competitiveness also made their games hard to officiate, according to former NFL referee Gene Steratore.
“Steelers-Ravens, not because I’m from here, toughest regular season matchups for me,” Steratore said recently on The Pat McAfee Show. “I was part of that Monday night game with Hines and Ed Reed and Rashard Mendenhall fractured his shoulder on the second play.