NFL: The Jacksonville Jaguars are fighting to survive, leading to some speculation they might have to move. - ESPN

Godspeed, Sparkle Kitties...I hope they can turn things around down there. If not, well, they had a good run and deserve a lot of respect for being a solid team over the years.

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Hopefully they'll turn it around

That yearly trip to London would be a B$&*# for the AFC South Teams (or even the trip to LA for that matter).

Ignore the hype; look at the results.

by harperslaw on Nov 5, 2009 3:09 PM EST reply actions

Ouch

On Sunday, when the Kansas City Chiefs visit the Jacksonville Jaguars, the crowd is likely to be less than half the size of [the] Florida-Georgia [game]

How can you not love a team that does this?

by LovinBlue on Nov 5, 2009 4:08 PM EST reply actions

The only good thing that would

come out of the Jags moving to LA would be realignment. Then the NFL would have another chance to finally do it right.

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by Cassieper on Nov 5, 2009 4:15 PM EST reply actions

Seriously?

AFC North: Not much of a chance the Ravens, Browns, Steelers, and Bengals break up
AFC East: Not much of a chance the Bills, Patriots, Jets, and Dolphins break up
AFC West (which would make no sense for any of the South teams): Raiders, Chargers, Broncos, and Chiefs aren’t breaking up

Those teams all have deep rooted history (besides the Ravens/Browns), and I sincerely doubt the owners would care to break those ties.

Out of all the divisions the AFC South is the division of “we don’t want ’em”.
NFC East: Yeah, they’re not breaking up any time soon
NFC North: Ditto. Too much history/rivalry
NFC South: Bucs/Panthers/Falcons/Saints fit together pretty well. They have growing rivalries there.
NFC West: The teams are not great, but who would go to another division? Ultimate example of “We don’t want ’em” and being close together.

Ignore the hype; look at the results.

by harperslaw on Nov 5, 2009 6:47 PM EST up reply actions

This isn't about rivalries.

The divisions should be based on geography. There will be new rivalries if there was realignment.

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by Cassieper on Nov 5, 2009 7:34 PM EST up reply actions

I wouldn't trade the NFC East or NFC North Rivalries for Re-alignment

What’s a better division game? Houston vs Jacksonville or any division game in the NFC East? Some of the rivalries have been brewing for 40+ years. Would you break up Chicago vs Green Bay twice a year?

The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) did their own NFL realignment based on geography:
1 Atlanta, Carolina, Cincinnati, Tennessee
2 Baltimore, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Washington
3 New England, New York Giants, New York Jets, Philadelphia
4 Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis
5 Dallas, Denver, Arizona, Houston
6 Jacksonville, Miami, New Orleans, Tampa Bay
7 Kansas City, Green Bay, Minnesota, St Louis
8 Oakland, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle

Not that Vic Ketchman is the end all or most accurate guy, but he answers this better than I ever could:
“The realignment of divisions for the 2002 season was mostly according to tradition and geography. There are a number of "holy alliances" in the league that are going to be honored. For example, the four teams in the AFC East have a "blood oath" to stay together, from their days in the AFL. Cleveland and Pittsburgh will forever be linked and Cleveland and Cincinnati wanted to be with each other and Pittsburgh and Baltimore wanted to be with each other so that made the AFC North easy to do. The four teams in the AFC West are another "blood oath" quartet from their days in the AFL. That left Jacksonville, Indianapolis, Tennessee and Houston in the AFC and they formed the AFC South.

The same kind of logic applied to realignment in the NFC. After you gather the "blood oath" teams, such as Washington and Dallas, Chicago and Green Bay, Philadelphia and the Giants, etc., you end up with some leftovers that were put into the same division. In the NFC, Seattle, St. Louis, Arizona and San Francisco are the leftovers. In time, the leftovers develop their own tradition."

How would you like to see the divisions?

Ignore the hype; look at the results.

by harperslaw on Nov 5, 2009 9:09 PM EST up reply actions

I feel bad for their fans. That's gotta hurt.

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by Indy Lori on Nov 5, 2009 6:43 PM EST reply actions