How can people have the Eagles and Browns on their cut lists? These teams are integral pieces of the NFL with long histories. Plus what would the Giants do without the Eagles. They are like our Joker. They complete us.
stomperrob wrote:I'm with deluxe and spodog - ya don't add by subtraction! We need more teams. Poor fans in LA been waiting for a team long enough.
And how 'bout awarding a franchise to Detroit - poor fans there have been without a pro football team for half a century!!!
Remember there are Lions fans that are Mods, so once I go and find them you are going to be in big trouble mister
Lol, from someone who sat in the cavernous Silverdome numerous times surrounded by empty seats, I meant that with the utmost sympathy for the long-suffering Lions fans who deserve far better than the Fords have given them.
Hey maybe we could kill two birds with one stone - convince the Ford's to move the team to LA, but make 'em leave the team name & uniform colors behind (like they did with the Browns) and then award a Detroit franchise to someone with an iota of common sense!!!
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stomperrob wrote:I'm with deluxe and spodog - ya don't add by subtraction! We need more teams. Poor fans in LA been waiting for a team long enough.
And how 'bout awarding a franchise to Detroit - poor fans there have been without a pro football team for half a century!!!
Remember there are Lions fans that are Mods, so once I go and find them you are going to be in big trouble mister
Lol, from someone who sat in the cavernous Silverdome numerous times surrounded by empty seats, I meant that with the utmost sympathy for the long-suffering Lions fans who deserve far better than the Fords have given them.
Hey maybe we could kill two birds with one stone - convince the Ford's to move the team to LA, but make 'em leave the team name & uniform colors behind (like they did with the Browns) and then award a Detroit franchise to someone with an iota of common sense!!!
dream_017 wrote:Remember there are Lions fans that are Mods, so once I go and find them you are going to be in big trouble mister
Lol, from someone who sat in the cavernous Silverdome numerous times surrounded by empty seats, I meant that with the utmost sympathy for the long-suffering Lions fans who deserve far better than the Fords have given them.
Hey maybe we could kill two birds with one stone - convince the Ford's to move the team to LA, but make 'em leave the team name & uniform colors behind (like they did with the Browns) and then award a Detroit franchise to someone with an iota of common sense!!!
Would say cut each division in half, but then wouldn't feel right dropping any of the NFC East. So here goes, the teams i've kept have generally either been kept for history, to represent a region, or both.
So... keep list...
AFC East
Miami Dolphins (keep one team in Florida, plus the most historically-successful franchise) New England Patriots (who else would everyone hate, right? Plus have won most SBs out of the 'other three', and are bigger-market than Bills.)
AFC South
Cut the three 'new teams.' Colts, see below.
AFC North
Keep Steelers and Browns.
AFC West
Keep Raiders (anyone who even considers dropping a franchise with that history is joking, surely?) and Chargers (need a team in SoCal). Cut Broncos. See below for KC.
NFC East
Keep the lot. With the Jets being cut, there definitely needs to be a team in NY, the Skins ARE Washington sports, Dallas is a no-brainer, Philly is the closest but it's still a big market and a passionate fanbase.
NFC North
Packers and Bears stay. Obvobv. Other two can go.
NFC South
Keep the Saints. That's it. Carolina don't have the history, and of the other three, I'd pick the Saints to be my bearer of the flag of historic mediocrity. I think they're just more interesting than Atlanta or TB.
NFC West
Keep the Niners, obviously. Get rid of the Cards and Rams.
Which I believe leaves two from three from the SeaHawks, Chiefs, and Colts. I'd keep the Seahawks as the only team in the Pacific Northwest, for divisional balance that makes most sense. That leaves Indy vs KC as the last midwest team, and frankly I'd rather keep the Chiefs. Indy is pretty close to Chicago, whilst it'd leave no teams between Ohio and Texas if the Chiefs were cut.
So your divisions would look like this:
East:
Patriots Giants Eagles Steelers
Midwest:
Bears Packers Browns Chiefs
South:
Redskins Dolphins Saints Cowboys
West:
Niners Chargers Seahawks Raiders
I think that aligns quite nicely, actually. Everyone in the division twice for a total of six, then play ten of the remaining twelve each year on a rotating basis. Only two states get multiple teams- Cali, and Pennsylvania.
Only thing of note is I might prefer a 'Los Angeles Colts' franchise to the Chargers, since you'd have the bigger market, and the Colts' colors line up with the Dodgers.
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These teams are integral pieces of the NFL with long histories. Plus what would the Giants do without the Eagles. They are like our Joker. They complete us. 
