AmishBengalFan Posted December 22, 2013 Report Share Posted December 22, 2013 I expect the league will want to move them into the NFC. The argument they'll make is that San Diego and Oakland are already in the AFC - conveniently ignoring the fact that San Francisco has an NFC team right across the bay from the Raiders. The real reason is because, frankly, the league considers the NFC to be the "big boy" conference, and will want their new LA team to be spotlighted there rather than the AFC. Regardless of the public or private reasons, when that happens there will be a need to realign someone from the NFC back to the AFC... plus some shifting of teams to get everyone back to 4-team divisions. Here's one such scenario: Browns from Cleveland (AFC North) to Los Angeles (NFC West) Rams from NFC West to AFC South Indianapolis from AFC South to AFC North Giving you: AFC-E: BUF MIA NEP NYJ AFC-N: BAL CIN IND PIT AFC-S: HOU JAX STL TEN AFC-W: DEN KCC OAK SDC NFC-E: DAL NYG PHI WAS NFC-N: CHI DET GBP MIN NFC-S: ATL CAR NOS TBB NFC-W: ARI LAB SFF SEA The Rams are in geographic "no-mans land". They're in the West, but their closest three opponent cities are Chicago (NFC North), Indy and Tennessee (AFC South). They could just as easily move to the NFC South if the Browns remain in the AFC, or to the AFC South to replace Jacksonville if the Jaguars beat Cleveland to Farmers Field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishBengalFan Posted January 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Also, when the Cavaliers move to Baltimore, you can expect Cleveland's crack litigation team to jump in to prevent THIS from happening: There's an easy fix. Just rename them.... Browns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishBengalFan Posted January 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I want one of these: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Harley| Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 I think the Jags go to LA and eventually the Bills go to England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|High School Harry| Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Ohio State will move to Cleveland giving them their first professional football team in the last several decades. The Cleveland Buckeyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tigre Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Also, when the Cavaliers move to Baltimore, you can expect Cleveland's crack litigation team to jump in to prevent THIS from happening: There's an easy fix. Just rename them.... Browns. I know Cleveland is all about "history"...but they would be misplaced in attempting to block the historicity of Cavaliers in Maryland. Although most Cavaliers who fled Cromwellian England in the mid-17th Century wound up in Virginia, some also found favor with the loyalists in Maryland. None, that I know of, settled in NE Ohio. Game...set...match...Maryland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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