Just For Fun... Realignment

[Zaxor]

I am gonna cheat and make some 6 and 7 team divisions

lets see how it goes

east

New England Pats
NY Giants
NY Jets
Philly Eagles
Baltimore Ravens
Wash


Central

Pitt Steelers
Cincy Bengals
Cle Browns
Indy Colts
Det Lions
Chicago Bears
Green Bay Packers

South Central

Tenn
Atl
TB
Miam
Car
jak

Mid West

Minn Vikings
Den
KC
NO
Hou
Dall

West

SF
Sea
Oak
SD
AZ
LA Bills

now I have to break the playoff format and have no conf.... bah still won't work

 

[Established1971]

Baseball is talking realignment. 5 teams are discussing a move to Los Angeles and there is labor unrest in the NFL.

Assuming one of the 5 teams will actually move to LA and teams would re-align in order to save costs and take advantage to geographic locations...how would you align the 32 teams in the NFL to take advantage?

Here are the 5 teams alleged to have had discussions about a move to LA.

Jacksonville, Minnesota, St. Louis, San Diego, and the ever not happy Oakland.

Try as well to keep the AFC and NFC equally powerful as far as TV markets.

Okay, that's your assignment. How would you do it?

I'll work on mine and post it separate from this post.

just put us in the nfc west for goodness sake, I want a run on division titles , something like 14 of 15 years

 

[CowboyDan]

Wild, Wild West Division--Cowboys, Commanders, Chiefs, 49ers.

Ocean Predators Division--Bucs, Raiders, Vikings, Seahawks.

Big Cat Division--Jags, Panthers, Lions, Bengals.

Bunch of Birds Division--Eagles, Ravens, Falcons, Cardinals.

Big Business Division--Steelers, Packers, Jets, Chargers--originally the 'Credit Chargers'.

Groups of Guys Division--Saints, Patriots, Texans, Browns (named after Paul B.)

At The Zoo Division--Bears, Rams, Colts, Broncos.

Dumb Name For a Football Team Division--Bills, Titans, Giants, Dolphins.

Similar play on the mascots.....

Seaworthy Division...Dolphins,Seahawks,Raiders,Bucs
Furry 4-legged Division...Rams,Bears,Bills,Browns
Birds of Prey Division...Eagles,Falcons,Ravens,Cardinals
Wild, Wild West Division...Cowboys,Commanders,Chiefs,Texans
Cat Scratch Fever Division...Panthers,Bengals,Lions,Jaguars
Blue Collar Job Division...Chargers(electric company),Steelers,49ers,Packers
Larger than Life Division...Jets,Giants, Saints,Titans
I don't know what you call this Division....Patriots,Vikings,Colts,Broncos

 

[Echo9]

I would switch Dallas to nfc south and panthers to nfc east

No way would Jerry ever allow Dallas to move out of the east. Aside from the rivalries, the exposure in the top markets is huge.

 

[Biggems]

NFC
North: GB, Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota
East: Washington, Philly, Pitt, Baltimore
South: Dallas, Houston, NO, St. Louis
West: SF, LA, Oakland, Seattle

AFC
North: Tenn, Indy, Cleveland, Cincy
East: NE, NY, NY, Buffalo
South: Panthers, Falcons, Dolphins, TB
West: SD, KC, Denver, Arizona

 

[Biggems]

Similar play on the mascots.....

Seaworthy Division...Dolphins,Seahawks,Raiders,Bucs
Furry 4-legged Division...Rams,Bears,Bills,Browns
Birds of Prey Division...Eagles,Falcons,Ravens,Cardinals
Wild, Wild West Division...Cowboys,Commanders,Chiefs,Texans
Cat Scratch Fever Division...Panthers,Bengals,Lions,Jaguars
Blue Collar Job Division...Chargers(electric company),Steelers,49ers,Packers
Larger than Life Division...Jets,Giants, Saints,Titans
I don't know what you call this Division....Patriots,Vikings,Colts,Broncos

Move the Vikings to the Seaworthy Division, move the Seahawks to the Birds of Prey Division, move the Cardinals to the I don't know Division

 

[pancakeman]

NFC
North: GB, Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota
East: Washington, Philly, Pitt, Baltimore
South: Dallas, Houston, NO, St. Louis
West: SF, LA, Oakland, Seattle

AFC
North: Tenn, Indy, Cleveland, Cincy
East: NE, NY, NY, Buffalo
South: Panthers, Falcons, Dolphins, TB
West: SD, KC, Denver, Arizona

This looks good (except I think the two NYC teams in the same division is problematic as I mentioned before). I like the potential division rivalries between the two Texas teams, the two Bay-Area teams, the two Florida teams, the two Ohio teams, and (one that I didn't have in my plan) the two Pennsylvania teams. I think the Eagles and Steelers could be a great rivalry.

 

[Hostile]

Okay, so Jacksonville today says they are not moving to LA.

Juggling this info and still putting a team in LA I am going to return the Rams to LA. They can opt out of their lease if they don't get a new stadium by 2014.

AFC South
Dolphins
Jaguars
Buccaneers
Falcons

NFC West
Chargers
Rams
Raiders
49ers

AFC West
Seahawks
Broncos
Cardinals
Chiefs

NFC South
Cowboys
Texans
Saints
Titans

NFC North
Bears
Lions
Packers
Vikings

AFC North
Bills
Giants
Patriots
Jets

NFC East
Commanders
Eagles
Ravens
Panthers

AFC East
Steelers
Browns
Colts
Bengals