Anual Realignment Talk

[calicowboy54]

Draft over now & the wait until June Mini Camp... Their is not alot going on... Lets talk realignment of the NFL to get more the teams more centrally located, I know I know the Tradition the rivalries throw it out the window teams make new rivalries all the time here is my crack at it with the existing 8 Divisions

Realignment



AFC East:

New England

New York G

New York J

Phili



AFC North

Buffalo

Pittsburgh

Cleveland

Detroit



AFC South:

Jacksonville

Tampa Bay

Miami

New Orleans



AFC West

LaRams

LaChargers

SF

Seattle



NFC East:

Baltimore

Washington

Carolina

Atlanta



NFC North:

Chicago

Green Bay

Minnesota

Denver



NFC South:

Nashville

Cincinnati

Indianapolis

Kansas City





NFC West:

Dallas

Houston

LasVegas

Arizona





Blast away...

 

[KingintheNorth]

The old argument for not moving the Cowboys out of the NFC East was that the league needed those traditional rivalries. I would argue you that with how popular the NFL is now, we don't really need the established rivalries. Second point I would make is that whoever the Cowboys played annually would quickly become a rivalry and the shorter distances would increase the likelihood of fans traveling to those destinations each year.

I doubt the NFL wants two Texas teams (markets) in the same conference or the two Los Angeles teams in the same conference.

Dallas to New Orleans is less than an 8 hour drive and about a 90-minute flight. That would quickly become a solid rivalry IMO.

An easier fix would just be swapping Dallas with Carolina.

NFC East - Carolina, NYG, Philadelphia, Washington

NFC South - Atlanta, Dallas, New Orleans, Tampa Bay

 

[jday]

Draft over now & the wait until June Mini Camp... Their is not alot going on... Lets talk realignment of the NFL to get more the teams more centrally located, I know I know the Tradition the rivalries throw it out the window teams make new rivalries all the time here is my crack at it with the existing 8 Divisions

Realignment



AFC East:

New England

New York G

New York J

Phili



AFC North

Buffalo

Pittsburgh

Cleveland

Detroit



AFC South:

Jacksonville

Tampa Bay

Miami

New Orleans



AFC West

LaRams

LaChargers

SF

Seattle



NFC East:

Baltimore

Washington

Carolina

Atlanta



NFC North:

Chicago

Green Bay

Minnesota

Denver



NFC South:

Nashville

Cincinnati

Indianapolis

Kansas City





NFC West:

Dallas

Houston

LasVegas

Arizona





Blast away...

I'm actually for realignment. I've always thought it a bit of a disadvantage for Dallas to play in a cold-weather division...especially considering that the NFL more often than not figures out away to let those Northern teams play us at home during the second meeting.

 

[Fletch]

Eventually it’s going to happen. Might be 5 years from now, but if they talk about it long enough, they’ll do it.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

The Cowboys belong in the East. The end.

 

[Hardline]

I don't care what they do as long as they leave the NFC East alone.

 

[Point-of-the-Star]

I like being in the NFC East simply for the rivalry aspect. But logically that causes some travel disadvantages with distance and time zones not to mention unnatural weather differentials.

Another thingy here ... how the heck do weenie states like NY (Buffalo ... really?) or Fla get 3 teams and Texas only get 2 ? San Antonio is the 10th largest metro area in the US.

As far as teams in the same state also in the same division you have Cleveland and Cincy and NYJets and Buffalo.

I like the idea of regional alignments. I'm not sure NYG and Philthy fans are all that enamored to have a southern team in the same division with them.

 

[zrinkill]

This would not mean as much now as it would have in the 90's

Let them realign.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

I don't care what they do as long as they leave the NFC East alone.

Same here. The NFC East needs to stay as is.

 

[jrumann59]

Draft over now & the wait until June Mini Camp... Their is not alot going on... Lets talk realignment of the NFL to get more the teams more centrally located, I know I know the Tradition the rivalries throw it out the window teams make new rivalries all the time here is my crack at it with the existing 8 Divisions

Realignment



AFC East:

New England

New York G

New York J

Phili



AFC North

Buffalo

Pittsburgh

Cleveland

Detroit



AFC South:

Jacksonville

Tampa Bay

Miami

New Orleans



AFC West

LaRams

LaChargers

SF

Seattle



NFC East:

Baltimore

Washington

Carolina

Atlanta



NFC North:

Chicago

Green Bay

Minnesota

Denver Cincinatti



NFC South:

Nashville

Cincinnati Dallas

Indianapolis

Kansas City





NFC West:

DallasDenver

Houston

LasVegas

Arizona





Blast away...

I made three changes that fit the geographical you were going for...maybe

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

The only reason you people keeping demanding realignment is because of the division names, and because they're not technically geographically perfect, and not because of who's in them. Do you really want to be in divisions with the Cardinals or the Buccaneeers or the Falcons? Who would? We've got a great thing going here in the most stacked division in football.

So let's just change the division names and leave everything else as is.

 

[atlantacowboy]

Nominee for dumbest thread of the year

 

[csirl]

The old argument for not moving the Cowboys out of the NFC East was that the league needed those traditional rivalries. I would argue you that with how popular the NFL is now, we don't really need the established rivalries. Second point I would make is that whoever the Cowboys played annually would quickly become a rivalry and the shorter distances would increase the likelihood of fans traveling to those destinations each year.

I doubt the NFL wants two Texas teams (markets) in the same conference or the two Los Angeles teams in the same conference.

Dallas to New Orleans is less than an 8 hour drive and about a 90-minute flight. That would quickly become a solid rivalry IMO.

An easier fix would just be swapping Dallas with Carolina.

NFC East - Carolina, NYG, Philadelphia, Washington

NFC South - Atlanta, Dallas, New Orleans, Tampa Bay

+1 Dallas suffers from having a load of long away trips to a different climate within the division. The only reason we have long standing rivalries with NY, Phil & Wash is because we're in the same division. There are no natural rivalries between Dallas and these cities. The same intense rivalries will develop in time in a different division.

I think the NFL will re-align in the near future, but only after the current round of franchise relocations settles down. Still at least 2 more moves to happen - Chargers and Jags.

 

[StylisticS]

The old argument for not moving the Cowboys out of the NFC East was that the league needed those traditional rivalries. I would argue you that with how popular the NFL is now, we don't really need the established rivalries. Second point I would make is that whoever the Cowboys played annually would quickly become a rivalry and the shorter distances would increase the likelihood of fans traveling to those destinations each year.

I doubt the NFL wants two Texas teams (markets) in the same conference or the two Los Angeles teams in the same conference.

Dallas to New Orleans is less than an 8 hour drive and about a 90-minute flight. That would quickly become a solid rivalry IMO.

An easier fix would just be swapping Dallas with Carolina.

NFC East - Carolina, NYG, Philadelphia, Washington

NFC South - Atlanta, Dallas, New Orleans, Tampa Bay

I would hate this division. Those teams do nothing for me. They should never break up the Cowboys and Commanders. I have no interested building a rivalry with the Saints either.

 

[Doomsday101]

I love being part of the NFC East and hope the Cowboys, Giants, Commanders and Eagles remain as members of the NFC East.

 

[KingintheNorth]

I would hate this division. Those teams do nothing for me. They should never break up the Cowboys and Commanders. I have no interested building a rivalry with the Saints either.

People used to hate the idea of the forward pass too.

In time, you'd be fine.

 

[StylisticS]

People used to hate the idea of the forward pass too.

In time, you'd be fine.

Maybe. But I’d still hate not playing the skins, eagles, and giants every year. The falcons, Saints, and bucs do nothing for me.

 

[EST_1986]

Nominee for dumbest thread of the year

haven't seen any of @Verdict threads?

 

[Jake]

The OP's idea has too many moving parts, but we could use a few tweaks.

AFC East:

New England
Buffalo
New York Jets
Baltimore


AFC North

Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Indianapolis


AFC South:

Jacksonville
Tennessee
Miami
Tampa Bay


AFC West

LA Chargers
Las Vegas
Denver
Kansas City


NFC East:

New York Giants
Washington
Philadelphia
Dallas


NFC North:

Chicago
Green Bay
Minnesota
Detroit


NFC South:

Atlanta
New Orleans
Houston
Carolina


NFC West:

Seattle
LA Rams
San Fran
Arizona

 

[John813]

Maybe. But I’d still hate not playing the skins, eagles, and giants every year. The falcons, Saints, and bucs do nothing for me.

For now. But if we are competing with any of those three for the division I'm sure you would adapt.
Especially when you play them twice a year.

I'm all for keeping things as is, but it's not that huge of a deal to me.