Tuesday, May 22 Updated: May 23, 12:07 PM ET Upon Further Review: The real realignment By Joe Lago ESPN.com |
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Man, the NFL owners must be one happy bunch. Well, all of them except for the guy wearing sunglasses and the white Vegas Elvis get-up.
The morning after the NFL stuck it to public enemy No. 1 Al Davis, they had barely slept off their champagne buzzes ("Uh Georgia, could you pass the Advil?") before taking a mere morning to OK a realignment plan. And what are the eight four-team divisions realignment has reaped? Essentially a New South for the NFL, a Mason-Dixon line division in the AFC and NFC. Nevermind that the Cowboys are still an "East" team in the NFC. We applaud the owners for their sentimentality and desire to see grown men wearing pig snouts and dresses at Fed Ex Field grunt at Jerry Jones' boys. However, we would like to have seen a little ingenuity on their part. The following are divisions the owners missed the boat on ... a true realignment with meaning in this wacky new NFL world order.
Killed by the Salary Cap Division:
So Desperate We Considered Trent Dilfer Division:
So Desperate We Had Rick Freakin' Mirer Division:
Mayflower Moving Van Division:
State Farm Earthquake Insurance Division:
Gentlemen's Club Paradise Division:
Second Chance Cities Division:
Mark Cuban Makes Our Owners Look Sane Division:
Can't Believe Hockey Is Here Division:
Southern California Dreamin' Division: Joe Lago is the NFL editor for ESPN.com. |
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