Some rivalries are forever: Think Dallas-Washington or Oakland-Denver. Others are short-term wars, inexorably linked to an era in parallel team history. We old guys fondly recall the annual clashes (including six head-to-heads in 1978 and ’79 alone) between those Pittsburgh Steelers and then-AFC Central division mates Houston Oilers, even if the...

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