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A good weekend of pro football sil
just ended, and the playoff situa- as
tion is getting clearer. This week,
I'm going to review the first half ne
of the season and talk about the T1
upcoming divisional realignment in N
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If the playoffs started this \i
weekend, the Redskins, Bears and e\
Saints would win the NFC divi- pi
sional crowns. The Giants, Cow- tv
boys and Lions would enter as sc
NFC Wild Cards. In the AFC, the ar
Bills, Oilers and Broncos would
win their respective divisions. All A
AFC Wild Cards would be from rc
the AFC West (the Chiefs, Raiders e:
and Seahawks). cl
Thankfully, the season is not w
over. The Niners, Falcons, Cardi- it
nals, Browns, Jets and Steelers are (<
all alive. However, the race for the T
Wild Cards is so tight in the NFC ui
that almost any loss will be fatal to
the competitors' chances. ir
Case in point: this weekend, the g
4-4 San Francisco 49ers play at the n
4-4 Atlanta Falcons. The loser is e:
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this point, barring miracles. But b
watch'out, Falcons, rumor has it s
Kirby Puckett and Jack Morris C
were signed as free agents by the g
Niners, and they certainly know
how to burn Atlanta. h
I was bored in class yesterday ^
(imagine that), and I whiled away n
the time by figuring out how to ^
realign the NFL to 1. accommo- ^
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eaking up classic NFL grudges
switch many teams from one
inference to the other. According
Sports Illustrated, the Carolinas
id St. Louis are the most likely
tes for expansion teams, so I'm
suming they get them.
First, the Tampa Bay Buccals
are sent to the AFC East
len the Buffalo Bills go to the
FC East. Buffalo-Miami is s
>od rivalry, but a Bills-Giants riilry
would soon develop into ar
ren better one. Tampa Bay woulc
ay its cross-state neighbor Miam
/ice a year (and they don't de
>rve to be in the NFC Centra
lvway).
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FC East to the Central, making
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cpansion team. Indianapolis i:
loser to the Central teams any
ay, and as a bonus it would reun
e all three ex-NFL AFC team:
Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Indy)
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tichanged.
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lore. Phoenix of the NFC Eas
oes to the West. The Falcon
love to the Central. The St. Loui
xpansion team is started in th<
/est. Realistically, Dallas shouli
e in the Central and the Falcon
hould be in the East, but th
lowboys-Redskins rivalry is to
ood to break up.
This is just a suggestion. Th
1FL may decide to totally alte
leir division and conference foi
iat, so who knows. This is jui
lie humble suggestion of an NF
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