• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • In-Season Rankings
    • Standard
    • PPR
  • Waiver Wire
  • Members Only
    • DFS LU TOOL
    • Player Tracker
    • Forum
    • Cheat Sheets
    • Log In
  • Join
Fantasy Knuckleheads

Fantasy Knuckleheads

Fantasy sports news, rankings, sleepers, cheat sheets, stats and tools.

What Could A Possible NFL Realignment Look Like?

April 10, 2014 by Andy Schmidt

With the NFL season four months away and the NFL Draft still a month away, there is time to think about other topics around the league. One thing that has come to mind is the idea of what the NFL could do to realign their divisions. It isn’t something that is on the front burner but in this age of player safety and wanting to make travel as easy as possible, there is always the idea of moving some teams around.

There will always be teams that have to travel long distances no matter what like Seattle. However, there is no reason why the idea of having some fun with realignment wouldn’t hurt at this point of the offseason. The schedule would remain at 16 games but with this twist. The first place team in each division plays the other seven divisional winners the following season along with a rotation of playing the other three teams in a certain division and the normal home-and-home against the other three teams in their own division.

Here is how the newest realigned divisions would look like with the 32 teams in place right now. This doesn’t include the idea of teams moving or the league adding any teams and would eliminate the AFC and NFC with just eight standard divisions. The eight division winners would make the playoffs with six wild card teams since the NFL is heading towards 14 playoff teams anyway.

West: Seattle, Oakland, San Francisco, San Diego

Southwest: Arizona, Denver, Dallas, Houston

Southeast: New Orleans, Tampa Bay, Miami, Jacksonville

Mideast: Kansas City, St. Louis, Tennessee, Atlanta

North: Minnesota, Green Bay, Chicago, Indianapolis

Midwest: Detroit, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Pittsburgh

East: New England, NY Giants, NY Jets, Buffalo

South: Carolina, Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia

There are some odd ones out there like Carolina in the South with three teams close to each other along with Atlanta in the Mideast with Kansas City and St. Louis. Those kinds of things are going to happen with realignment unfortunately. It is just something to think about as a conversation starter with the NFL offseason about to heat up again.

A sample schedule for the Super Bowl champion Seahawks would have the team playing their six divisional games along with games against Denver, New Orleans, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, New England and Carolina as each would have won their division using the team’s 2013 records and the other three teams in the Southwest Division. It would definitely bring a new dynamic to the game.

Category - NFL Coverage - What Could A Possible NFL Realignment Look Like?

Dominate Your League

Primary Sidebar

Recent Articles

  • Fantasy Football Draft Psychology: How To Outsmart Your League Mates

    Fantasy Football Draft Psychology: How To Outsmart Your League Mates

  • Which Quarterback Should You Draft in 2021?

    Which Quarterback Should You Draft in 2021?

  • Team Defense Committee vs Streaming Draft Strategy

    Team Defense Committee vs Streaming Draft Strategy

  • Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups

    Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups

  • Week 15 Waiver Wire Pickups

    Week 15 Waiver Wire Pickups

Need To Know

  • Fantasy Football Rankings
  • Average Draft Position (ADP) Report
  • Fantasy Football Draft Projections
  • The Best Waiver Wire Picks
  • Best Optimal Lineup Tool
  • ESPN Insider Coupon Code
  • Premium Fantasy Football Draft Guide
  • Fantasy Football Projections Video Series

Footer

ABOUT US

Established in the summer of 2009, Fantasy Knuckleheads is devoted to providing quality fantasy football news, advice, cheat sheets, tools and services. We’re not a mega-sports-site that churns out content by the pound. We’re simply a small, tight knit group of fantasy experts turned writers that love what we do, especially when we’re right. We strive to tell you something you don’t already know that’s actionable and at the very least, informative.

Fantasy Blog Network

Get This <a href="https://fantasyknuckleheads.com" title="Fantasy Football Rankings"><b>Fantasy Football for all you knuckleheads</b></a>

INFORMATION

  • Staff
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
  • About Us
  • Write For Us
  • Fantasy Sports Widget

Copyright © 2023 · Fantasy Knuckleheads ·

Copyright © 2023 · Magazine Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in