afc east/afc south

[Sandman42]

Quote: Originally Posted by SPTO

BTW if you want to all the way back the Colts were originally an NFL team pre-merger and were in the NFL Coastal dvision!! So in a sense the geographic inconsistencies is an NFL staple just like how in the CFL Winnipeg is in the East when realistically they should be in the West.

Well the Colts played in Baltimore so it would make sense because Baltimore is on the coast. I know what your getting at though, as the directional names don't really mean much because the NFL wanted to keep it's rivalries intact.

[Arctic Blast]

The sole reason was/is because of the longstanding rivalries between Miami, Buffalo, NE and NYJ. It's the same reason Dallas was kept in a division with Washington, New York and Philly, which makes even less sense geographically.