Could the NFL seriously do away with divisions? It probably won't happen, but Denver Broncos head coach Vic Fangio threw around the idea earlier this week, proposing that AFC teams play the other AFC teams 15 times a year, and vice versa for NFC clubs. As for the final game? Fangio suggested a rivalry game, like Giants-Jets, Cowboys-Texans and Eagles-Steelers.
The top six teams in each conference would then advance to the playoffs.
It certainly sounds interesting, but it's also pretty unrealistic.
Fangio's plan was due to how horrific the NFC East division is this season, where there currently is not one team at .500 or better (the Dallas Cowboys and Eagles are tied for first place at 6-7).
But don't count Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones among those who thinks ridding the league of divisions is a good idea:
“I don’t see that,” Jones said Friday on 105.3 The Fan. “I think too many people are traditionalists here and believe in the way we’ve done things with divisions. You’re going to have the odd year where eight divisions all are not playing well. Historically, the [NFC] East has been strong in our league. But obviously this year certainly being pointed out that the East is struggling more than normal, but I certainly don’t see a big appetite for realignment.”
Jones has a point.
You really can't completely change the landscape of the NFL based on how one division is playing in one isolated season, but to Fangio's point, there generally is always one division in the league that flat out stinks each year.
Regardless, none of this is happening, so it's all a moot point, anyway.
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