rox Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 - If/when the NFL offers St. Louis an expansion team in an effort to resolve the Rams relocation litigation, the league wouldn’t move to an odd number of teams. The league would add a second team, if it adds a first one.Which gives rise to a bigger question. How many more teams could the NFL eventually add? - - Yes, 40 teams. If the expansion process from 32 begins, 40 becomes the natural ending point. That would result in eight divisions of five teams each. And it would make sense at that point to have 16 playoff teams.There could even be a preliminary round that trims a field of 20 teams to 16, with six teams in each conference getting a bye and four others playing in a new wild-card round, locking in a field of eight teams per conference. - - - The conversations about possibly growing to 40 teams already are happening, at the highest levels of the league. It will take time to get there, but in time it will happen. The money will make it so. - - https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/11/16/expansion-to-40-teams-isnt-as-crazy-as-it-sounds/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ecuadorian Jet Posted November 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 16, 2021 this would make more sense if the league moves to a Serie A and Serie B like format, so awful teams such as the Jets are buried in Serie B and truly have to fight their way out to be promoted to the "premiere" league. So in a way, the Jets who were part of the reason the AFL and NFL joined, could be now part of the reason for a split. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Peace Frog Posted November 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 16, 2021 So the NFL is finally coming to North Dakota? 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rox Posted November 16, 2021 Author Share Posted November 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Peace Frog said: So the NFL is finally coming to North Dakota? South Dakota - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gastineau Lives Posted November 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 16, 2021 Id drop the Jets in a heartbeat for a Bensonhurst team. 2 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lith Posted November 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 16, 2021 We can't even sniff a Super Bowl with 32 teams. How the heck are they going to get there in my lifetime if it goes up to 40. Odds are heavily against me as it is. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origen Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 10 minutes ago, Peace Frog said: So the NFL is finally coming to North Dakota? London baby. NFL Europe is Back! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSNY Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Let’s Water down the talent even more throughout the league. Hell maybe Hackenburg would finally get his first NFL snap 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustInFudge Posted November 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 16, 2021 40 teams? I already don’t care, adding that much more don’t care to the league seems like an overwhelming amount of teams not to care about. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Snook Posted November 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 16, 2021 There’s not enough quality QBs as it stands now, the only thing this will do is add more crappy teams. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Harris Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, Snook said: There’s not enough quality QBs as it stands now, the only thing this will do is add more crappy teams. Exactly what I was thinking. There’s 5 good QB’s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docdhc Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 34 minutes ago, rox said: - If/when the NFL offers St. Louis an expansion team in an effort to resolve the Rams relocation litigation, the league wouldn’t move to an odd number of teams. The league would add a second team, if it adds a first one.Which gives rise to a bigger question. How many more teams could the NFL eventually add? - - Yes, 40 teams. If the expansion process from 32 begins, 40 becomes the natural ending point. That would result in eight divisions of five teams each. And it would make sense at that point to have 16 playoff teams.There could even be a preliminary round that trims a field of 20 teams to 16, with six teams in each conference getting a bye and four others playing in a new wild-card round, locking in a field of eight teams per conference. - - - The conversations about possibly growing to 40 teams already are happening, at the highest levels of the league. It will take time to get there, but in time it will happen. The money will make it so. - - https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/11/16/expansion-to-40-teams-isnt-as-crazy-as-it-sounds/ Great. We haven’t won in 52 years and now they’ll be 8 more teams to beat. I’m not gonna live long enough to see the Jets get back to a Super Bowl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jackhuntr Posted November 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, docdhc said: Great. We haven’t won in 52 years and now they’ll be 8 more teams to beat. I’m not gonna live long enough to see the Jets get back to a Super Bowl! Even in a 4 team league I doubt the Jets would get back to the Super Bowl 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 36 minutes ago, Ecuadorian Jet said: this would make more sense if the league moves to a Serie A and Serie B like format, so awful teams such as the Jets are buried in Serie B and truly have to fight their way out to be promoted to the "premiere" league. So in a way, the Jets who were part of the reason the AFL and NFL joined, could be now part of the reason for a split. Yep, only way this # (or anything close to it) would make sense is with relegation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecuadorian Jet Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Jetsfan80 said: Yep, only way this # (or anything close to it) would make sense is with relegation. and do away with divisions and switch to all vs all within the same Serie A 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, Ecuadorian Jet said: and do away with divisions and switch to all vs all within the same Serie A Yeah, I guess if you're going to have relegation there wouldn't be enough teams within each level for there to be divisions any longer. Particularly since you don't know which teams will be up or down. The Jets wouldn't be playing the Patriots after getting relegated, for instance, so traditional division rivalries would essentially be dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peebag Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 If you think there's bad football now, just wait. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hex Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 I think 36 would be the maximum that would allow for enough quality teams. By 40, you're running out of places to put teams and gain money from. There aren't enough places that would work. 36 might be ok though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecuadorian Jet Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 10 minutes ago, peebag said: If you think there's bad football now, just wait. Quite the "contraire", by having a relegation or a Serie B, you would only have the really good teams playing against each other, thus having quality football on display without having to wait for playoffs. For instances you would have a weekly basis of Chiefs playing the Cardinals, Packers playing the Bills, Ravens vs Bucaneers, ets. week in and week out. On the other hand you, as a national audience, never have to suffer watching teams such as te Jets , Jaguars, Lions, etc. And then maybe, just maybe, you get the owner to actually care for its football team. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Beerfish Posted November 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 17, 2021 Laugh now, but ya'll won't be laughing when the 2030 super bowl winners are the Saskatchewan Ruff Ryders led by seasoned vet, super bowl mvp James Morgan. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hex Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Just now, Beerfish said: Laugh now, but ya'll won't be laughing when the 2030 super bowl winners are the Saskatchewan Ruff Ryders led by seasoned vet, super bowl mvp James Morgan. And coached by Adam Gase 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgb Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 With 40 teams, Darnold might not be the worst NFL starter 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 1 minute ago, jgb said: With 40 teams, Darnold might not be the worst NFL starter "Hold my boogie board" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hex Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 In order to have 40 teams and strong markets in each team, we would need to expand to Canada In that case, let's combine the CFL and NFL to make the International Football League. We can sack Roger Goodell in the process Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sperm Edwards Posted November 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 17, 2021 A 17-week season of injuries makes rosters pretty thin for 32 teams, with so much talent dilution league-wide even when everyone's healthy. 34 would/will be even worse. 40 is some dumbass s***, no matter how much someone imagines the symmetry of updated playoff brackets. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchmemory Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 The Nepal Sherpas. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Horrible idea **** the owners and **** 17 games 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecuadorian Jet Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 If you have 40 teams, as I have said, the only way that I see it working is with a relegation system. And if that happens, teams will finally, finally be penalized for tanking. And that will be a great idea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerfish Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 New York Jets vs Burnley United. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PS17 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Gastineau Lives said: Id drop the Jets in a heartbeat for a Bensonhurst team. The Bensonhurst Goombas. Put Paulie Walnuts’ silver wingtips on a black helmet. 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantasy Island Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 1 hour ago, rox said: - If/when the NFL offers St. Louis an expansion team in an effort to resolve the Rams relocation litigation, the league wouldn’t move to an odd number of teams. The league would add a second team, if it adds a first one.Which gives rise to a bigger question. How many more teams could the NFL eventually add? - - Yes, 40 teams. If the expansion process from 32 begins, 40 becomes the natural ending point. That would result in eight divisions of five teams each. And it would make sense at that point to have 16 playoff teams.There could even be a preliminary round that trims a field of 20 teams to 16, with six teams in each conference getting a bye and four others playing in a new wild-card round, locking in a field of eight teams per conference. - - - The conversations about possibly growing to 40 teams already are happening, at the highest levels of the league. It will take time to get there, but in time it will happen. The money will make it so. - - https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/11/16/expansion-to-40-teams-isnt-as-crazy-as-it-sounds/ It’s too diluted now as is 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantasy Island Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 25 minutes ago, Hex said: And coached by Adam Gase Too far 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hex Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Just now, Fantasy Island said: Too far Fine. Fat Rex (not thin Rex) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FootballLove Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 43 minutes ago, Ecuadorian Jet said: Quite the "contraire", by having a relegation or a Serie B, you would only have the really good teams playing against each other, thus having quality football on display without having to wait for playoffs. For instances you would have a weekly basis of Chiefs playing the Cardinals, Packers playing the Bills, Ravens vs Bucaneers, ets. week in and week out. On the other hand you, as a national audience, never have to suffer watching teams such as te Jets , Jaguars, Lions, etc. And then maybe, just maybe, you get the owner to actually care for its football team. ...if they can ban the Jets from streaming services too so we don't have to torcher ourselves, I'm in! DOIT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeDouglasFart Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 NY Jets will still be the bottom feeders of the NFL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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