With plenty of great choices, it’s time to take a look at the 30 greatest NFL rivalries of all-time.
Whether it happens to be the NFL or another professional league, rivalries tend to bring out the best in teams. They are one of many reasons why football fans get so excited about them, since their intensity tend to be off the charts.
NFL teams facing each rival twice a year was already intense enough. But the league deserves a ton of credit for scheduling the final game of each regular season within the division. Doing this make things a little more interesting for when teams are still in the hunt for the division crown.
Of course, another great aspect of the NFL is the rivalries that have developed for teams outside their respective divisions as well.
As exciting as it can be for two NFC North rivals in the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers to square off twice a year (or three if they happen to see each other in the playoffs), football fans also love surprise rivalries that emerge out of nowhere.
For instance, how great was it to watch Peyton Manning and Tom Brady go head-to-head all those years when the Indianapolis Colts would take on the New England Patriots?
Brady and the Patriots may have earned the upper hand from an overall perspective, but Manning did help the Colts pull off some amazing wins as well to make the rival one of the best in the league at the time.
Once again, the 2019 season will see plenty of great rivals squaring off against one another, even if some of them aren’t as intense as others.
To have a little fun, let’s take a look at the 30 greatest rivalries of all-time in regards to the NFL, since this happens to be one of most debatable topics of discussion.