One defense is No. 1 in the NFL in the four major categories. The other is similarly Scrooge-like and has scored six touchdowns - or seven fewer than the Cincinnati Bengals, St. Louis Rams and Oakland Raiders have produced offensively this season.
The question of whether the Steelers' defense trumps the Baltimore Ravens' defense, or vice versa, makes for good talk-radio chatter and bar-stool banter. And it may ultimately come down to the flip of a coin.
Safeties Troy Polamalu and Ed Reed personify how close the defenses that will be front and center in today's AFC North showdown are. Ask Derrick Mason which player is better and the Ravens wide receiver refuses to touch it, as if the question is a live wire. Continue
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