Where Should the NFL Expand?

As someone who has lived in Salt Lake City my whole life, I think an NFL team would be a massive success. I had a hard time choosing a team as a kid and eventually chose the Ravens due to family ties. Football is huge in Utah and a team would do very well. Only issue is games being on Sunday and some Mormon fans wouldn’t go

The problem isn’t that LA can’t support two NFL teams, it’s that they don’t want to. The fact the Chargers are in third place in that city says everything about the move

To add a team to each division for expansion Is exactly what I thought the USFL and XFL positioned themselves for to be grafted into the NFL, which would be perfect.

I’m a little disappointed you didn’t chose Toronto as an NFL expansion. I know it’ll never happen because it’ll kill the CFL, but it really does otherwise make sense. Every other pro Toronto team is massively popular with the Blue Jays and Raptors being Canada-wide teams. And Toronto itself had a huge football market with tons of current Bills fans

As a Titans fan living in North AL, it would be cool for Memphis and Birmingham to have teams.

As a Raider fan from the East Bay idk about putting a new team here. We still love our Raiders no matter how bad it hurt by them moving AGAIN. I personally would prefer to wait the 20-30 years for the lease in Vegas to expire and have the Raiders move back. We're too passionate about the Raiders to be a fan of a new team that moves to Oakland but I appreciate the love and sympathy for how dirty we got done. I wish we just played at Levi's stadium until we could get a new stadium out here. Just seemed too logical to me

Prior to the last time the NFL expanded and realigned the divisions. The Colts were in the AFC East with the Jets, Patriots, Bills, Dolphins. (It was a 5 team division back then).

The Jaguars and the Dolphins have no rivalry between each other. We rarely play each other, and I generally go for the Dolphins when they're not playing the Jags, because they and Tampa Bay are also from Florida. The next cities to have a team are more likely to be San Antonio, Austin, Portland, St.Louis again, San Diego again, Omaha, Birmingham and Memphis.

Would LOVE for Portland to have an NFL team but Providence is about 35,000 seats short of the league minimum (60K). If the NFL were to be willing to reduce minimum threshold, then certainly Seattle and Portland would be MUST see TV. They HATE each others sports teams when they have the same sport.

You should probably change the title to "Where I want the NFL to expand to." A few things: 1. The Chargers, for better or worse, CANNOT leave LA for 20 years. Either San Diego gets a new team, or they wait. 2. Oakland has proven that they are incapable of sustaining teams in ANY league. 3. Texas is the fastest-growing state, with the fastest-growing metropolis (Austin). This state can easily support two more teams, in San Antonio and Austin. 4. St. Louis and Portland make sense. Birmingham is intriguing. Not the biggest market, but it would be the first pro league in the state, and I think football is the one sport that could pull that off there, given the football culture there.

The NFL should put Teams in St.louis, San Antonio, San Diego, Oakland, Salt Lake Utah, Birmingham, Virginia Beach, Raleigh, NC, Orlando, Hartford CT,

One thing I'll say about a Portland team (which, imo, is one of the most compelling) is that the colour needs to be Green. The ducks and the timbers (who theyd share a stadium with) are both green, and I think the "breakers" branding just didn't hit. I'd go for the Portland Lumberjacks, or Bigfoots, or Mountainmen, or something like that. I'd go green and orangey-brown (thus a homage to both the Ducks and the Beavers, as well as staying similar in colour scheme to the timbers.

The problem with adding so many teams is that it would dilute the quality of play in the NFL

I think a Breakers-Seahawks rivalry would be great because of the Sounders-Timbers rivalry and Huskies-Ducks rivalry

As a Seahawks fan A Portland vs Seattle Rivalry would be dope 🔥🔥🔥

Portland, Oregon - The metro area has 2,511,612 (2020) people. Oregon Ducks are 4th in PAC 12 attendance (49,468). And the city only has one Big Four team (NBA), so the market is untapped. They would have a logical rival with the Seattle Seahawks - the battle of the Pacific Northwest would be crazy exciting! St. Louis, Missouri - The metro area has 2,809,299 (2020) people. St. Louis Battlehawks are the highest attended XFL team (35,104). And the city only has two Big Four teams (NHL, and MLB), so the market is under saturated. They would have a logical rivalry with the Kansas City Chiefs, and the battle of Missouri can come back to the NFL. In 2015 the St. Louis Rams came up with a viable stadium plan to keep the team, but the owners approved relocation to Los Angeles, despite fan protests. San Diego, California - The metro area has 3,276,208 (2020) people, making San Diego the second largest market in the United States without an NFL team. San Diego is also across the border from Tijuana, Mexico, and Tijuana has a population of 2,157,853 (2020) people. And there is no NFL to represent Southern California-Mexican border anymore. If the NFL wants to expand into the Mexican market, San Diego is 30% latino, so this might be an option to grow the sport with Mexican fans, and it would give the 3.2 Million people in San Diego their team back. There would be natural rivalries with the Los Angeles Rams, and especially with the Los Angeles Chargers. San Antonio, Texas or Austin, Texas - The San Antonio metro area is 2,601,788 (2020) and the Austin metro area is 2,421,115 (2020). This is football country. San Antonio is the largest market in the United States without an NFL, and it's only 1 hour and 30 minutes to Austin, Texas (the third largest market in the United States without an NFL team). This area is a no brainer. San Antonio has one Big Four team (NBA) and Austin has zero Big Four teams. This is the most under utilized market available to the NFL. University of Texas in Austin averages (91,938) per game, while Texas A&M (half way between Austin and Houston) averages (98,407) per game. This team would would have rivalries with the Dallas Cowboys and with the Houston Texans to determine who is the best football team in all of Texas. Toronto, Ontario - The metro area has 6,202,225 (2020) people, that's 1,179,322 more people than San Antonio and Austin combined. Toronto is the largest market in Canada, or the US without an NFL team. Canada invented football in 1861, so they have a history. Toronto has great NFL TV ratings (4th in North America; Toronto-Hamilton 8.3 million viewers). Plus Toronto already has a team in the MLB, MLS, NHL and NBA. It has 6.2 Million people (2021) just waiting for a team. And it would have geographic rivals with the Buffalo Bills and the Detroit Lions.

As a Utah resident, we could definitely support an NFL team. Yeah Sundays would be an issue for attendance sometimes. I think if more teams are added and scheduling is adjusted something can work out. Utah has also sold out countless Jazz games for years on end for like 20 years. Even in rebuild. The reason the stallions attendance was horrible was because the AAF lasted like a season lol. Hardly anyone knew they existed out here since it was like a feeder league and there was virtually no marketing to it. But those who did loved the team. Attendance was actually growing near the end of the season. Another thing is putting the team in Provo doesn’t make any sense. You’re making the attendance issue worse doing that having them out of the city. So transportation will be highly different with busses, trains and also traffic, plus you’re putting them in a more statistically Mormon area so you’ll probably be making attendance worse. SLC is a more prepared area for big events because they held the Olympics in 2002 so all of those things make the city more viable for a team. Utah has actually prepared an area by the SLC airport that will be used for future stadiums if pro sports leagues do decide to move out here and also more area for the entertainment industry like concerts, restraunts, etc. So I could see more of that area for more pro teams since it will make travel and everything way more viable if teams come to play here.

I think it would be really cool to have a team called the “Albuquerque Vipers”

San Diego has built a new stadium. Expandable to 75,000 No new division per conference is needed. Make it 20 regular season with 2 by weeks. Austin won't work due to Texas Longhorns. Birmingham built a new stadium 2 years ago. 72,000 seats I think.

A great idea I came up with for an 18 game season is to mandate players sit for 4 full halves of games however that can be attained and would add an insane strategy dynamic of when to rest your stars. Players hate having g to play 17 games an I feel this would make owners and players happy

id love to see the nfl come to canada. toronto and montreal would be such a cool expansion, toronto for obvious reasons but montreal fans have a real die hard following for all their sports teams, and with the nfl’s branding ability they could definitely get a really solid fan base in montreal

These are some good ideas. Another idea to start expansion would be to add four teams in one division, call it the Regional Division, and focus it on markets. Each year two of the teams will contend in the AFC, the other two in the NFC, and the next year they swap. The teams could be: - North Tundra (Montana and the Dakotas) - Western Traverse (Oregon, Idaho, and Wyoming) - Central Plains (Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma) - Southern Gulf (Arkansas, Alabama, and Mississippi) Then you create teams for markets and states that might not support them on their own, and build up fanbases and interest in those areas

Frankly, Chargers to Ciudad de Mexico makes more sense than Chargers to San Diego. Honestly tho, they deserve contraction. The difference between Spanos and Thanos? Thanos only wanted to kill half the Chargers fan base, Spanos wanted to kill all of it. Also, in the end, Thanos failed, and Spanos did not 😂 Also, Oakland does not deserve to have nice things

As a texan fan, if theres a team going to san antonio and okc i wouldnt mind seeing the afc south be houston, dallas, san antonio, okc, and kc. Keeps everything close and the rivalries between the 3 tx teams would get heated as well as kc, okc, and dallas. Keeps the travel to a minimum. Id like to see the whole league go to more of a true regional divisions vs how spread it is now

The Virginia Beach area would be a killer spot for a new team. It’s a huge population center with Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton, and Chesapeake all within ~30 minutes, and they’d probably pull fans from as far a Richmond as well. Plus Virginia technically has no major sports franchises in the state, so the citizens would probably be elated to finally get one.

Living in the Northwest, its always frustrating having literally everyone in the country ignore us. The hawks are the only reason anyone's ever heard of us. We might as well be Alaska.

Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, SA/Austin, Louisville, Portland, St Louis, and San Diego. One team added to each division. 20 Regular season games. 16 playoff teams. No preseason. 2 bye weeks. 10 division games. 5 games against a rotating division in the conference. 5 in a rotating division out of conference. My final controversial rule: Players are only allowed to play in 16 games total with the exception of Kicker and Punter. They get paid the same money as they do now. The additional revenue goes to an expanded roster of 67 players. Teams must strategically choose when to bench starters.

just a question would it be possible to push the nfl into Canada kinda like the NBA did or is it not something that's doable?

I think if the NFL ever considers expansion, it’s looking international. I think Toronto deserves a spot somewhere

If the league expands again it will test international markets and put at least 1 team in Canada and 1 team in Mexico City. With that said I do not think the league expands again any time soon, I think they will first try to create a true minor league system by supporting and funding either the Spring League or the proposed new D1 Subdivision.

A chance for an Elvis mascot too. “You ain’t nothing but a hound dog”

Very well put together video, guy deserves more subs

Great vid! I am curious as to how you view a potential Toronto based team

Any options for Toronto or Montreal?

I believe that Birmingham, Memphis and Omaha would be great additions to the NFL, as Tram locations. Zero Trams near Alabama and They could play at the University of Alabama until Their stadium was built, or work it out. Memphis would be a shoe in, but since they’ve got the Nashville Tennessee Titans, it might not happen. Omaha, Nebraska is a great choice because of the Fan base for Football and they could use the University of Omaha stadium, just work it out. The 2 nearest Teams a in that area is Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs, that’s a huge gap. In Omaha the Fans would fill the seats in the Stadium.

Keep the NFL at 32 teams. Have an 8-team minor league. To oppose tanking, have a Tank Bowl during the bye between the Super Bowl and the Conference Championships. The winner gets the #1 draft pick, while the loser gets relegated into the minor league, where its champion gets the #2 draft pick. This may cause teams to switch divisions but it will be for the best.

Here are my top 10 relocation cities and team names: 1. San Antonio Spartans (my personal favorite) 2. OKC Rattlers 3. Salt Lake City Badgers 4. San Diego Fleet (AAF rights purchased) 5. St. Louis Bulldawgs 6. Orlando Apollos (AAF rights purchased) 7. Portland Mountain Lions 8. Birmingham Iron (AAF rights purchased) 9. Oakland Gladiators 10. Sacramento Condors (Madden NFL expansion rights)

Indianapolis BELONGS IN THE AFC NORTH NOT THE EAST. They are closer in travel to the teams of the AFC North. Move Baltimore to the East

Speaking to the original premise... Adding 8 new teams does keep the existing divisions balanced, but that's a lot of teams to add all at once. Although 18 games does work out (your own division members twice each [8 games] + two other divisions [10 games]) Its possible to add only 4 teams and still keep a good balance. You just have to restructure the divisions - two conferences, with two divisions, each with 9 teams. Each plays their entire division once (8 games) and another division's teams once each (9 games) for a total of 17 games. What I like about this is that you eliminate the problem of weak division winners (e.g. 8-9) getting a top-seed playoff berth. As I write this, the worst of the top 4 teams between AFC and NFC is looking at maybe a 12-5 record, which is clearly a winning team. The other 10 slots would still be rounded out with wildcards.

A+, great video. keep it up

Moving the chargers back to SD is the popular move.

Teams have to play too many games in a season which is why a significant percentage of teams are playing backup QBs. Injuries play too much of a factor in recent years. Years ago it was only a 12 game season. I think the league should keep the current 18 week season but give each team 3 bye weeks so each team plays 15 games.

Fun video. I love concept videos with possibilities

I feel like the colts would fit better in the AFC north, they already have a decent rivalry with the Steelers and Anthony Richardson and Lamar Jackson I feel would have a good rivalry naturally based on their play styles.(I know you made the video before the draft but with knowing what I know now) plus geographically it makes sense. afc south even without the colts could be better with receiving 2 new teams based on the fact that it’s a fairly competitive division this season, plus adding the Memphis team in the same division as the titans would be good for marketing as well. You might be able to add the dolphins to the afc south but I feel the bills would end up owning the east based on playing the jets, pats, and 2 new teams, and have better stats than they actually should have dipping the new teams popularity. Instead maybe(without any research) a Maine team or ignore the geography part and add one other the other teams you mentioned. Hope than made sense, as a colts fan it’s always bothered me we are afc south and not north with how close we are to them and I feel the expansion would justify a switch.

I like the idea of the XFL and the USFL doing a merger of sorts and a small expansion to some cities that could use a NFL team but may be to lacking in enough support for a full on NFL expansion to them. I don't feel there is enough talent of the caliber the NFL requires and these smaller markets could field capable teams for XFL/USFL play. America could sure use a spring league that is viable and could stick around.

I became a chargers fan when they moved to LA but I work in San Diego once a week so I’m still in favor of moving them back down. Look at the padres attendance this year! They can definitely support another pro team

As a Canadian i pray every year that the NFL expands into Canada and puts an end to the joke of the league that is the CFL

Louisville Stallions, Oklahoma Tornadoes, Omaha Wolves, St Louis Pumas, Portland Owls, New Mexico Rattlesnakes, Virginia Vipers, Mississippi Rivers

I found it interesting that you didn’t put a team in Columbus because you said it was too close to the Bengals. As a person that lives in Columbus, I see a more people rooting for the Browns than the Bengals, so I’d say a Columbus team would interfere more with Cleveland’s market oddly enough.

“Tennessee is three hours from Memphis” Brother Memphis is IN Tennessee

I'm surprised you wouldn't consider 36 before 40. With 2 conferences of three 6-team divisions you would have plenty of paths to a logical schedule format. One possible alignment: AFC East: Buffalo, New England, NY Jets, Miami, Jacksonville, Indianapolis AFC Central: Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Tennessee, San Antonio AFC West: Kansas City, Denver, Las Vegas, LA Chargers, Houston, Portland NFC East: NY Giants, Philadelphia, Washington, Dallas, Carolina, Atlanta NFC Central: Detroit, Chicago, Green Bay, Minnesota, Tampa Bay, Birmingham NFC West: Seattle, San Francisco, LA Rams, Arizona, New Orleans, St. Louis You could also go with an imbalanced 4 division split to not mess up the south too much, but the scheduling would be a bit rougher to do: AFC East: Buffalo, New England, NY Jets, Miami AFC North: Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati AFC South: Jacksonville, Indianapolis, Tennessee, Houston, San Antonio AFC West: Kansas City, Denver, Las Vegas, LA Chargers, Portland NFC East: NY Giants, Philadelphia, Washington, Dallas, Carolina NFC North: Detroit, Chicago, Green Bay, Minnesota, St. Louis NFC South: Tampa Bay, Atlanta, New Orleans, Birmingham NFC West: Seattle, San Francisco, LA Rams, Arizona

I would start with going back to East, Central, West Divisions. Six teams each. That way we only expand four teams (two in each conference). After a while, when it makes to expand again, we can move back to the East, North, South, West alignment.

I think some of the easiest options that get overlooked are teams in Canada. You could pretty easily justify putting a team in both Toronto and Vancouver, and even potentially some other cities. Assuming that the Vancouver team is placed in a western division, and the Toronto one in the north, travel times shouldn't be that much worse than some teams already experience.

Utah needs an NFL team, we have an MLS and NBA team and have so many football fans but no home team

Toronto Ontario would be a huge massive success for the NFL. Massivie Cowboys, Steelers and Bills following here.

I think the NFL should expand back to St. Louis. Various reasons explain, they should move the Colts. Indianapolis has no reason to have an NFL team, while St. Louis is quite bigger and has more major league sports teams.

As a Dolphins fan I wouldn't mind us being in the afc south

I would love the Jets back into Queens and have a new team share MetLife with the Giants, but the new team is nominally a New Jersey team, like how the New Jersey Devils are in the NYC market but still represent all of NJ

They've also talked about expanding teams to Mexico City, and over in Europe. That's one of the reasons they play games over in London EVERY YEAR

Great video! I strongly agree with you on Portland and Oklahoma City. Great choices. I think Albuquerque could get behind a football team. I've lived there twice and people are either Bronco, Cowboy, or Steeler fan. I think having San Antonio be in a different conference than the Cowboys would make for an interesting rivalry.

The Dolphins originally were suppose to be moved into the AFC South along with the Titans, Jags and Texans. That was the original plan by the NFL. But the owner of the Miami Dolphins at the time, Wayne Huizenga, wanted Miami to keep its traditional rivaly between the Bills and Jets going, so the NFL gave in to his command and put the Dolphins in the AFC East and Indy in the AFC South. It makes soooo much more sense to put Indy in the East and Miami in the South, I agree, but I also agree with not giving up the Jets and Bills rivalry. Im a Dolphins fan, so I know this, but ive always said the Dolphins would of done a lot better in the last 20 years if they were in the AFC South. Think about the AFC East in the last 20 years, just being dominated by Brady and the Patriots, sure Miami beat the Pats more than any other AFC East team, but they still beat us more than we beat them. Look at the AFC South the last 20 years, during that stretch the Dolphins could of won that division more times the the amount of times they won the AFC East in the last 20 years. Neither the Jags, Titans or Texans have been as truly dominant as the Pats have in the last 20 years, just saying the AFC South has been a lot more wide open than the AFC East has been, giving the possibility that Miami could of won that division more times than they won the AFC East, which has been like once in the last 20 years.

I've actually said, ever since the Raiders moved to Vegas that they should drop the name Raiders and give it back to the state of California, if not the city of Oakland specifically.(side note: I've been a Kansas City Chiefs fan since 1992, so that rivalry is big for me.) if that happens, what do you think the Vegas team should be re-named?

I feel like Albuquerque gets overlooked a lot in these types of discussions. An NFL team would do very well there, but they would have to build a new stadium

my bet is the next 4 expansion cities are primarily international: London, Frankfurt, Mexico City, and in the US, San Antonio. If you want to go to 40, it's St. Louis, Oklahoma City, San Diego, and likely Amsterdam or another northern European city.

7:01 "Tennessee is 3 hours away from Memphis-" Isn't... Memphis... in Tennessee?

It would be funny if they put a team in a random-ass place like Rochester, NY lol

I think the most likely expansion would be the addition of a European division of 4 teams

that last one would be an expensive travel cost, maybe somewhere in upper new england would work?

I'm disappointed you didn't discuss the opportunities globally. The fact that international games are quite successful tends to lead to the obvious conclusion that it will happen at some time. This will be good to put American Football on an international stage and if spread out evenly will even out the possible impact of time zone differentials.

Big fan of the idea of a NFL team in OKC as someone from Oklahoma born and raised there is a ton of football support, with people usually opting for the Chiefs so having our own team would give us some individuality and some maybe rivalry with Dallas? Idk but it would be cool

This is cool, I think it's best to have expansion teams that don't already have a pre existing team they root for (ie even though Toronto isn't Buffalo it and most of Eastern Ontario are already solid Bills Country). For that criteria, I think Utah(isn't solidly Broncos or Chiefs country , and can also historically sell out tickets (notably St Louis (same as Utah, plus they've had an NFL team there and thus have proven that butts will be in seats if a team goes over there), and perhaps Birmingham or OKC(Alabama is football country so huge potential there).

Considering the enormous success of the international games there’s got to be a serious consideration of a London team. Call it the British redcoats - creates a natural rivalry with literally all the other teams just by doing that. For east coast teams it doesn’t really make much travel time difference compared to flying to the west coast either.

I like the expansion to 40. 18 games season, 2 bye weeks. 20 weeks total. But I'd include international teams over some of those cities. Mexico into nfc south. Toronto into nfc north London into nfc east. Germany into afc east. Portland into nfc west. Oklahoma into afc west. St. Louis into afc north Alabama into afc south

If you're going to do an 8-team expansion without going overseas. You definitely need a few teams outside the US I think. Oklahoma/Texas area being over-saturated with teams is not a good idea. (5 teams if you count the Saints in Louisiana) I do love moving the Chargers back to San Diego, they never should've left. No new team in Oakland though, they did that to themselves honestly. You keep Miami and Indy in the AFC East and South respectively NFC East - Toronto. You need to get into Canada with at least one team. And having a natural rivalry with NYC and Toronto (NHL O6 rival) could be something big NFC North - I do love the idea of having St Louis getting a new expansion NFC South - Putting a team in AL does make sense because of fans passion, but geographically, it doesn't, you're in the middle of 4 teams geographically (Atlanta, Jacksonville, Tennessee, New Orleans). If you put any team in the NFC South, it should be somewhere like Memphis (yes, I know, just stated that exact argument against Birmingham, AL, but Memphis is a much bigger city) NFC West - Portland geographically makes perfect sense, you could also put a team in Salt Lake City as mentioned in your video AFC East - hear me out on this one, this is to build an I-95 division basically (pretty much what the AFC East is outside Buffalo), Savannah, GA or Charleston, SC. Either team could be the natural rival to the NFC team in that state (Falcons for GA, Panthers in NC) AFC North - another team in Canada, Calgary or Winnipeg would make the most sense geographically as they have the population centers. Probably Winnipeg as it is closer geographically to the other 4 teams AFC South - Mexico City. Nothing else needs to be said. AFC West - There are a couple of options here. If you go with Salt Lake in the NFC West, Portland as a Conference-regional rival with Seattle makes perfect sense, as Seattle originally was an AFC West team. You could also go the international route and have a Border War Battle and put a 3rd team in Canada with a team in Vancouver

Nicely done. I actually think Sacramento would be on board. We used to pack Sac City Hughes Stadium and Sac State Hornet Stadium for the Sacramento Surge of the world league Gold Miners for the failed CFL expansion to the USA and the Mountain Lions of the UFL. I agree with someone who was a Raiders fan that stated they would not support a new team in Oakland unless you changed the name back to the Raiders and turned the Las Vegas Raiders into a different team name. Sacramento on the other hand putting a team there I feel like more fans would get on board. Obviously the old site of Arco would be cool we also have the old Railyard near downtown that we are trying to build a new Soccer Stadium for the Republic FC maybe a combination MLS/NFL stadium could be built.

Colts n Miami changing divisions makes sense i never knew why they did it like that in first place

If there ever happened to be a team in Omaha be fitting that Peyton Manning would own the team Edit: Also as a Raider fan living in the Bay area, if the NFL ever returned to Oakland I would ditch the Raiders to become a fan of the new Oakland team. I'm sure Ownership will get this team competing for the Raiders ever will again.

I feel St. Louis should get a team first after having lost two in the past. Also I think Oakland should get one next. Any other cities that lost teams should have first consideration. Those cities were devastated emotionally and financially by losing their teams.

An NFL team in Montreal would be amazing. The Alouettes just won the CFL Grey Cup and people in Montreal went nuts when that happened. For a stadium, I think they could either do a serious expansion of the Stade Percival-Molson near McGill University (where their teams play already in Quebec’s version of the NCAA) or they should replace Olympic Stadium with something new.

New Orleans breakers but you taught me something I didn’t know the Breakers played in Portland

Orlando shows up for the Guardians, the stadium didn’t sell tickets for one side of the stadium for some reason

I don’t know…4 teams in Cali? And adding teams to states that already have teams? I’d love to see the Chargers back in San Diego. And I’d love to see the USFL and XFL get absorbed by the NFL. I think a team in Alabama could produce a good rivalry with the Falcons in Georgia given that the two states biggest college football programs, the Crimson Tide and the Bulldogs respectively. But the NFL mainly needs to expand to new states and particularly to the Midwest. and I just…I feel like the NFL should focus on expanding elsewhere in the US.

Yeah, the trend for the NFL seems to be expanding outside the US. There is a distinct possibility of an expansion team popping up in London, and also Frankfurt. Toronto and OKC would be on the list too.

AFC East... Toronto, built in rivalry with Buffalo plus Boston and New York. Then I would put the Portland team in Vancouver. Still get the Seattle rivalry and a bigger city + venue

What about adding some foreign teams like Toronto and Vancouver? Both have decent stadiums already and large populations. Or maybe even London, UK? I think it would be a logistical nightmare, but any team moving to London would be popular

In the USA..I think San Diego & St Louis should get their NFL teams back..But the dam greedy former owners got in the way...Mayb Portland OR..or Salt Lake City..I mightv said San Antonio TX (but they hav trouble supportng an USFL team..2x now)..DAL Cowboys are the kings Texas..It’s a shame the Oilers left for NSH..Those “Luv Ya Blue” Earl Campbell late 70s & Warren Moon in early 90s teams were dam good..The Texans are re-buildng..yet again..Im a fan of the international NFL games..in London..Frankfurt/Berlin..Mexico City.. They did a few games in the Tokyo Dome in Japan in the 90s...I mean, Y call a NFL team “World Champs”..when they didnt even play or beat anybody from overseas ? That was always a pet peeve of mine..If the BFLO Bills or KC Chiefs beat the London Regals 👑or Tokyo Dragons 🐉 in the Super Bowl.. or evn durng the season..Then yes..U can then call yourselvs “World Champs”...Yes the timezone & logistics would be a pain in the ass..U already hav to get up at 9am to watch a game in London..Probably 7-8am for a Berlin game...But if its “our team”..We’ll set our alarm clocks ⏰ to be up in time to watch the game...I wish the Olympics would drop ballroom dancing or bad-minton or synchronized swimming..& replace them with Amer football (U get 4 yrs for coaches to learn the game/gameplan..rules & train your athletes/playrs)..Love for NFL football to catch on globally..Like FIFA & The World Cup soccer is now

As a San Antonio Native, we cannot support an NFL team. We've tried to make one in years past but it was not accepted. Also the Alamodome cannot support NFL games and no way they want to build a new stadium.

As for Portland I think it would be great if they got a team. The Portland Timbers "soccer stadium" is Providence Park which only has a seating capacity of about 25,000. In the late fall many of the high school playoff games are played at Providence as well. The Timbers play into September and October with games on Sunday. So scheduling is probably going to be an issue given all the other teams that play there.

I could see Salt Lake getting a team but let them play in Salt Lake instead of Provo. It wouldn't work very well in Provo because of the people would attend the church services before any games, Check out how many games the Jazz play on Sunday at home. Thanks for thinking of Utah having a team, if they did, I'd suggest the Rocky Mountain Battalion.

I’d do something like AFC East: Toronto (proximity to Buffalo and to a lesser extent Boston and NY) AFC North: Richmond/Hampton Roads area (Natural rivalry with Ravens) AFC South: Oklahoma City (big and growing city, geographically makes sense with Houston and Tennessee) AFC West: Salt Lake City (natural rivalry with Kansas City or Las Vegas) NFC East: St. Louis (Cardinals played in St. Louis in the NFCE for most of their history, halfway between Dallas and the East Coast teams) NFC North: Omaha (proximity to other NFCN teams) NFC South: San Antonio (big city, geographically follows the arc from Charlotte-Atlanta-New Orleans) NFC West: Portland (Natural rivalry with Seattle)

My ideas for expansion teams are: Salt Lake City blizzards ( yeti mascot) , Virginia vipers , Toronto tigers , San Antonio pumas , and London redcoats/ monarchs

No Toronto or Mexico City?

I’d love to see the Canton Bulldogs come back into the league. It’d be hard for me to not still cheer for my Browns, but my hometown getting a team back would just be sick as hell

I’d like to see the following Teams in the Expansion NFL : Albany Firebirds, Birmingham Stallions, Memphis Hound Dogs, Oakland Invaders, Omaha Black Knights, Portland Breakers, Salt Lake City Vipers, St Louis Stampede, (New Mexico Aztecs,) just to cover places that don’t have a Team. Teams could play in nearby Universities to play football. And Fans would definitely want to see Their Teams playing Football there. I avoided States with Teams like California and Texas, New York only has one Team the Buffalo Bills, the other Teams play in New Jersey. Placing Teams in States without NFL Teams. This would benefit the most for the NFL.

Anchorage could be a cool city to expand to and my friend suggested New Mexican Aztecs which is just such a good name I can’t deny it.

San Diego, St Louis, Birmingham, Albuquerque, Salt Lake City, Louisville, Oklahoma City, Portland

Using the ufl needs to be the expansion development, have them grow a franchise big enough to be NFL size. And you allow them in the league with a new stadium, league approval, and a certain percentage of consistent fan attendance

The only thing is that Hound Dogs' logo needs a LOT of work. That one just screams "Arena Football".

The NFL should also expand to a second tier league and introduce relegation to demote the worse 3 teams out of the NFL and promote the top 3 teams from the 2nd tier league

As someone who lives in Birmingham I do think people would show up I most definitely would and I will say people do want an nfl team