I would use team history, success, prestige, etc as factors. You can use whatever you want to determine which teams are worth keeping around. Obviously, this would never happen in reality as there is too much money to be made by having 32 teams, so this is purely hypothetical. To even the playing field a little, I'll only take into account teams/games in the Super Bowl era. So...teams 1-16 would remain in the NFL, and teams 17-32 would be cut. And remember, there is no difference between 1 and 16, only between 16 and 17.
MADE THE CUT (get to stay in the NFL)
1. Dallas Cowboys - 5 championships, Americas team 2. San Fransisco 49ers - 5 championships 3. Pittsburgh Steelers - again, cant argue with the team's success 4. Green Bay Packers - prestigious 5. New England Patriots - Dynasty of the 2000s, and made Super Bowl apperances in the 80s and 90s 6. New York Giants 7. Chicago Bears - only 1 championship, but the tradition is there 8. Washington Redskins 9. Oakland Raiders - 6 years of sucktitude doesnt outweigh 30 years of excellence 10. Denver Broncos - history of success 11. Minnesota Vikings 12. Indianapolis Colts 13. Miami Dolphins - having the only perfect season gets them over the hump 14. Philadelphia Eagles 15. Buffalo Bills - something has to be said for making 4 straight Super Bowls 16. Kansas City Chiefs
DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT
17. Cleveland Browns 18. New York Jets 19. Baltimore Ravens 20. Tampa Bay Bucs - one ring doesn't quite make up for decades of losing 21. St. Louis Rams 22. Tennessee Titans 23. San Diego Chargers - getting a little better 24. Atlanta Falcons 25. Seattle Seahawks 26. Cincinnati Bengals - at least they've been in a couple of Super Bowls 27. Carolina Panthers - a victim of being too new 28. Jacksonville Jaguars - see above 29. New Orleans Saints 30. Arizona Cardinals - the Clippers of the NFL 31. Houston Texans - again, too new 32. Detroit Lions - yuck
New York Jets: Put the AFL on the map with win over Baltimore Colts in SB III, helped pave way for AFL-NFL merger. Also, have Brett Favre. Baltimore Ravens: Newer team (not counting their years as the Browns), but they've been a consistently good team for their short number of years. Won a Super Bowl, have great management and ownership.
Teams I'd get rid of:
Philadelphia Eagles: Aside from 1980 Super Bowl appearance, haven't been good until this decade. Kansas City Chiefs: Apart from victory in Super Bowl IV, haven't done anything notable on the field.
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The Chiefs were one of the ones I thought could go... Eagles fans have always been some of the most hardcore and thought that deserved warrant in the discussion. So I felt they were cool in the list. I agree on the Jets... Not so sure on the Ravens.
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Howie wrote:I would use team history, success, prestige, etc as factors. You can use whatever you want to determine which teams are worth keeping around. Obviously, this would never happen in reality as there is too much money to be made by having 32 teams, so this is purely hypothetical. To even the playing field a little, I'll only take into account teams/games in the Super Bowl era. So...teams 1-16 would remain in the NFL, and teams 17-32 would be cut. And remember, there is no difference between 1 and 16, only between 16 and 17.
MADE THE CUT (get to stay in the NFL)
1. Dallas Cowboys - 5 championships, Americas team 2. San Fransisco 49ers - 5 championships 3. Pittsburgh Steelers - again, cant argue with the team's success 4. Green Bay Packers - prestigious 5. New England Patriots - Dynasty of the 2000s, and made Super Bowl apperances in the 80s and 90s 6. New York Giants 7. Chicago Bears - only 1 championship, but the tradition is there 8. Washington Redskins 9. Oakland Raiders - 6 years of sucktitude doesnt outweigh 30 years of excellence 10. Denver Broncos - history of success 11. Minnesota Vikings 12. Indianapolis Colts 13. Miami Dolphins - having the only perfect season gets them over the hump 14. Philadelphia Eagles 15. Buffalo Bills - something has to be said for making 4 straight Super Bowls 16. Kansas City Chiefs
DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT
17. Cleveland Browns 18. New York Jets 19. Baltimore Ravens 20. Tampa Bay Bucs - one ring doesn't quite make up for decades of losing 21. St. Louis Rams 22. Tennessee Titans 23. San Diego Chargers - getting a little better 24. Atlanta Falcons 25. Seattle Seahawks 26. Cincinnati Bengals - at least they've been in a couple of Super Bowls 27. Carolina Panthers - a victim of being too new 28. Jacksonville Jaguars - see above 29. New Orleans Saints 30. Arizona Cardinals - the Clippers of the NFL 31. Houston Texans - again, too new 32. Detroit Lions - yuck
As a Jets/Giants fan, the 1st 6 teams to go would be the Pats, Dolphins, Bills, Cowboys, Eagles, & Redskins. Then I'd axe Indy & AZ because they both used to be in our divisions. Then I'd axe Houston, Jax, Car, & Balt because they're too new (like you said). Last 4 would be Detroit, NO, Tenn & Cleveland because they've never played in a SB.
I would cut the half that contains all the lawyers, agents, and non ex-football players (at least collegiate level). Leave the half that contains those who play or have played the game. They would have a better understanding of the game and how to make it better. I couldn't cut a single team out, as addicted as I am.
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