It was once one of the most-heated rivalries in the NFL between two, blue-collar, Football-obsessed cities separated by a two-hour drive on the turnpike.
When Tony Dungy was asked recently to make a case for Peyton Manning as the league's most valuable player, the Indianapolis coach instead declared his vote for Steelers linebacker James Harrison.
The AFC North champion Pittsburgh Steelers have nothing left to fight for in the regular season, having lost their chance to grab the conference's top seed but securing a first-round bye.
Concerned about the long list of injuries that plagued him during the 2006 and '07 seasons, Rams linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa at one point wondered whether he should have an extensive physical exam to see if there was an underlying problem.