Live from Southern California, this is the Jim Rome show.

And here we are. Here we are. Here the bleep we are.

Now, you want to talk about legacy games. You want to talk about some absolutely desperate fan bases that are desperate, starving for Lombardi.

You want to talk about iconic quarterbacks squaring off like old school heavyweight fighters.

All these games have some of those elements to some degree.

But one game, one game actually has all of it.

You know the game, Ravens v. Bills.

Not only to me, the unquestioned game of the year in the NFL, but one of the best and most important divisional games pretty much ever.

And I don't want to make it all about the quarterbacks because these are two

damn good teams and solid franchises that have been building to this moment for years.

I mean, with so much writing on it. And by so much, I mean, pretty much everything, right? For both.

So there is a lot to talk about besides just the quarterbacks. That said,

how can you not start with the quarterbacks? How can you not start with the two best players in the

sport this season? The two obvious MVP candidates. And more than that, the two dudes who need a trip

to the Super Bowl probably more so than any other player in the league.

See, that's the thing about the matchup.

It's not just that it's the two best players in the league this year.

It's that they both desperately need this game.

I mean, desperately.

It's breakthrough time for Josh Allen and it's

breakthrough time for Lamar Jackson. In fact, actually, it's past breakthrough time. Past

playoff breakthrough time for both of them. But the problem is, of course, only one of them

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