Steelers NT Hampton: Ravens 'talk themselves into' tough play
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Published: Sept. 6, 2011 at 10:05 a.m. Updated: Sept. 6, 2011 at 02:42 p.m.
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For the Baltimore Ravens, the 2011 season will pick up right where the 2010 campaign left off, with the Pittsburgh Steelers lining up across from them.
The Ravens will play host to the Steelers on Sunday in what amounts to a chance to avenge January's 31-24 AFC divisional-playoff loss.
Inside the Steelers' locker room, some players don't see the rivalry as a balanced one.
"They talk a whole lot," nose tackle Casey Hampton told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "They don't like us. I think they don't like us a lot more than we don't like them. I think they have to talk themselves into it, kind of, know what I mean?
"Since I've been here, we've beat them a lot more than they beat us. They have to talk about it a whole lot."
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