NFL Playoffs - no Patriots

[Commish]

I was talking to my dad about the Patriots not making the playoffs… and said that I knew it would happen someday, having 8 divisions of 4. There is no geographic way to have 4 divisions of 8, but you could do this.

AFC

DIVISION 1
NY Jets
New England Patriots
Buffalo Bills
Pittsburgh Steelers
Cincinnati Bengals
Cleveland Browns

DIVISION 2
Baltimore Ravens
Miami Dolphins
Jacksonville Jaguars
Tennessee Titans
Indianapolis Colts

DIVISION 3
Houston Texans
San Diego Chargers
Oakland Raiders
Denver Broncos
Kansas City Chiefs

NFC

DIVISION 1
NY Giants
Philadelphia Eagles
Washington Redskins
Carolina Panthers
Atlanta Falcons
Tampa Bay Buccaneers

DIVISION 2
Minnesota Vikings
Green Bay Packers
Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
St. Louis Rams

DIVISION 3
Dallas Cowboys
New Orleans Saints
Seattle Seahawks
San Francisco 49ers
Arizona Cardinals

[Commish]

Ironically, the 'Division 3' would still suck, with best team at 8-8, and New England would still be out.

#1 - Tennessee
#2 - Pittsburgh
#3 - San Diego
#4 - Indianapolis
#5 - Miami
#6 - Baltimore

#1 - NY Giants
#2 - Minnesota
#3 - Dallas
#4 - Carolina
#5 - Atlanta
#6 - Philadelphia

[Connecticut]

I'm happy the pats didn't make the playoffs. Whatever the scenario is for them to never make the playoffs again is, i'd vote for it!

The first glaring issue I see with your proposed restructure is that you can't split up the Cowboys and Redskins. Its the best rivalry in football!

Rob
:o)

[KevinGMHON]

sorry but bears and packers is the greatest rivalry

[Connecticut]

sure, if you are talking about the history of american football, then yeah the bears/pack have been playing each other since the 20s or something which is the longest rivarly in football. And of course its still a good rivalry. But since the NFL merger, the best/biggest/most popular rivalry is the cowboys/skins.

[Green Bay Bombers]

Green Bay/Chicago RULES!!! has and always will... ya gotta be from Chicago or Green Bay areas to understand it, but it ABSOLUTELY can make or break a season for either team TWICE!

[TC]

I'm happy the pats didn't make the playoffs. Whatever the scenario is for them to never make the playoffs again is, i'd vote for it!

The first glaring issue I see with your proposed restructure is that you can't split up the Cowboys and Redskins. Its the best rivalry in football!

Rob
)

I'd vote for that scenario too!

Fins-Jets is the best rivalry!

-TC