By Rick Morris
NOTE: This
feature is serialized from PRO
FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2013, your ultimate guide to this year’s NFL Draft.
1T San
Francisco at Seattle (Sunday, September 15, NBC primetime) and Seattle at San
Francisco (Sunday, December 8): This is now the early front-runner for best rivalry
of the 2010s.
3 New England
at Baltimore (Sunday, December 22, NBC primetime): The preeminent rivalry in
the AFC over the past two seasons erupts again.
4 Denver at New
York Giants (Sunday, September 15): This will probably be the final Manning
Bowl.
5 Denver at
Indianapolis (Sunday, October 20, NBC primetime): Peyton comes back to his old
home to take on Andrew Luck? Wow!
6 Baltimore at
Denver (Thursday, September 5 – Season Opener): Think the Broncos will be up
for revenge much?
7 Denver at New
England (Sunday, November 24, NBC primetime): At this stage of the game, any
Peyton-Brady matchup could be the last one.
8 Atlanta at
San Francisco (Monday, December 23, ESPN primetime): The rematch of the NFC
Championship Game will take place in the home of the conference champions.
9 Houston at
San Francisco (Sunday, October 6, NBC primetime): This is my early pick for the
Super Bowl preview.
10 Seattle at
Houston (Sunday, September 29): This is also a good bet for a Super Bowl
preview.
11 Seattle at
Atlanta (Sunday, November 10): Given another chance, the Hawks won’t play Matt
Ryan so loosely in the last few minutes.
12 New England
at Houston (Sunday, December 1): This will be a big test for the Texans as they
try to work their way up the ladder of legitimate title contenders.
13T Given the
intrigue with football’s toughest three-way battle for division supremacy,
we’re including every game between Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Baltimore
(Monday, September 16, Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, ESPN primetime, Sunday,
October 20, Baltimore at Pittsburgh, Sunday November 10, Cincinnati at
Baltimore, Thanksgiving Thursday, November 28, Pittsburgh at Baltimore, NBC
primetime, Sunday, December 15, Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, NBC primetime, Sunday,
December 29, Baltimore at Cincinnati)
19 Green Bay at
New York Giants (Sunday, November 17, NBC primetime): This battle of two of the
last three Super Bowl champions matches incredible offenses and spotty
defenses.
20 Green Bay at
Baltimore (Sunday, October 13): This is the other battle of two of the last
three Super Bowl champions, featuring two teams who have much to prove in 2013.
21 Seattle at
Indianapolis (Sunday, October 6): It’s the first battle of two of the top QBs
of the epic class of 2012, Luck and Russell Wilson.
22 Pittsburgh
at Green Bay (Sunday, December 22): This rematch of Super Bowl 45 features two
teams who haven’t even been back to Championship Sunday since then.
23 Green Bay at
San Francisco (Sunday, September 8): The renewal of this great ‘90s rivalry is
back in full force.
24 Indianapolis
at San Francisco (Sunday, September 22): Along the lines of Luck vs. Wilson,
how much do you like Luck vs. Colin Kaepernick?
25 Pittsburgh
at New England (Sunday, November 3): This was a great, albeit one-sided rivalry
in the 2000s and still means something in the AFC hierarchy.
HONORABLE
MENTION
^ both New York
Giants/Dallas games (New York at Dallas Sunday, September 8, NBC primetime and Dallas
at New York, Sunday, November 24)
^ both
Houston/Indianapolis games (Sunday, November 3, Indianapolis at Houston, NBC
primetime, Sunday, December 15, Houston at Indianapolis
^ both Green
Bay/Chicago games (Monday, November 4, Chicago at Green Bay, Sunday, December
29, Green Bay at Chicago)
^ New England
at Atlanta (Sunday, September 29)
^ Green Bay at
Cincinnati (Sunday, September 22)
^ New England
at Cincinnati (Sunday, October 6)
^ Houston at
Denver (Sunday, December 22)
^ San Francisco
at New Orleans (Sunday, November 17)
^ Houston at
Baltimore (Sunday, September 22)
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