Schadenfreude, Ravens-style!

Baltimore fans must be very proud.

As much antipathy as Joey Porter's Pit Bulls feel toward the New England Boston Patriots, it would have been really disgusting to see the Baltimore Ravens go to the Super Bowl.

Think how nauseating it would have been for us to endure a full two weeks of nonstop, intense, microspective media coverage of rah-rah John Harbaugh, T-Sizzle, Weird Ed Reed, Ra-Ri, and the always touchy and reflexively defensive Joe "No Respect" Flacco.  It would have been too much.

At least New England owner Robert Kraft is a sympathetic figure, and you can respect how his team seemed to genuinely rally around the man during his grief after losing his wife.

For all that, we're rooting for Rooney Mara's New York Giants to win the Super Bowl.

Oh, and you know who would look good in a Steelers' uniform next season? Ben Grubs, that's who.  Grubbs, Baltimore's 27-year-old Pro Bowl left guard, is an unrestricted free agent. Sign him up!

While we're at it, the Steelers might also take a look at Baltimore linebacker Jarret Johnson, another unrestricted free agent, and cornerback Lardarius Webb, a restricted free agent.