AFC East
Team	Realignment's impact
	It would have been sinful for the Bills to lose their longtime rivalry against the Dolphins, but they can't feel bad about not having Peyton Manning throwing at their pass defense twice a year.
	Peyton Manning's completion percentage will rise not playing the Dolphins cornerbacks twice a season. Of course, not seeing Manning will add years to the lives of the Dolphins defensive coaches.
	The paper shredder will work overtime destroying all those game plans Bill Belichick designed to stop Peyton Manning.
	Chad Pennington won't have to worry about how well he stacked up to Peyton Manning. He's up against Jay Fiedler, Rob Johnson and Drew Bledsoe.

AFC South
Team	Realignment's impact
	New teams don't have much say in realignments, but it definitely will be interesting when the Titans – the Oilers of yesteryears – return to Houston.
	It seems like the Colts are orphans. The AFC East, South and North didn't want them. Their market is considered too small. Still, defenses around this division now have to plan to draft players to stop Peyton Manning, Marvin Harrison and Edgerrin James.
	Failed to keep the Ravens in their division. Regardless of the outcome of the realignment, the Jaguars still have salary cap problems.
	Owner Bud Adams said that, as long as he has Kevin Carter and Jevon Kearse at defensive end, he can get 25 sacks in any division.

AFC North
Team	Realignment's impact
	The Ravens are the big winner in realignment because Art Modell fought off battles to move them into the AFC South and away from natural rivalries in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Cleveland.
	They are lucky that the Houston Texans didn't come into the AFC North. It would have been embarrassing to let two expansion teams – the Browns and the Texans – pass them up in the standings.
	Face it, Butch Davis can't find recruiting players in the AFC North tougher than the battles he had at the University of Miami against Florida and Florida State.
	If Kordell Stewart gets hot, the Steelers are competing year in and year out for the division title against the Ravens.

AFC West
Team	Realignment's impact
	Pat Bowlen can't have too many more offseasons like this, outspending billionaire Paul Allen, so it will be a financial gain to have Allen out of the AFC West next year.
	Good thing the Chiefs didn't move into a division with the Rams. There is enough bad vibes between those franchises that first downs in games might have grievances filed in the commissioner's office.
	Al Davis better concentrate on signing Jon Gruden to a contract extension for this division instead of all the lawsuits. That's priority No. 1.
	The league rejected general manager John Butler's thoughts of moving into the AFC East. He's moving too many players and scouts out of Buffalo anyway.