While that is a possibility, I can’t imagine Khan would balk on the major financial upside of becoming the first NFL team in Europe. He always onside kicks and says they are done wrong. Perhaps even the fullback returns to football to take advantage of all the faster, but smaller NFL defenders. Will kickoffs, extra-points and overtime be fundamentally changed? Like the Rhinos and Hogs above, Dragons lend itself well to team imaging, as it is commonly used in football startup leagues like we saw with the XFL Seattle Dragons. While the option is a possibility, NFL defenses are just too fast for it to work. More than likely, it will be without kicking, so as to prevent injuries. Mike Sando and Sheil Kapadia Oct 2, 2020 120 When the Jacksonville Jaguars and Carolina Panthers joined the NFL in 1995, both teams took part in an expansion draft to … Birmingham Rhinos Let’s look at some potential larger changes. That would give the fan-base nearly 5 million between the two cities which is the equivalent of San Francisco + Oakland or twice as much as NFL metropolitan cities like Charlotte, Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, Cincinnati, Nashville, Jacksonville, Kansas City and, of course, Green Bay. And oh, by the way, Pulaski Academy has now won six state titles in the last decade. Jerry Jones and Janice McNair may not be fond of the move, but a third team in Texas, or perhaps Oklahoma City, is a virtual lock in the near future. I’m wagering that Jacksonville has the upper-hand in that battle just like the Rams did in Los Angeles, though. NFL Expansion: 5 MORE Cities that Deserve the Next Relocation or Expansion Franchise 5 min read The Raiders have kicked off their 2020-21 NFL season in a new city, Las Vegas. NFL approves expansion of playoffs starting in 2020 season The Texans were not allowed to select more than two players from any team. If Montreal is the first city, or even an additional expansion city in Canada, they could be called the Montreal Machine like the 1991 World League of American Football team, the Montreal Jazz or perhaps the Montreal Mounties. Once one player was selected, their team could remove one player from their remaining five. The NFL hasn't changed its number of playoff teams in 30 years. The league announced Tuesday that NFL owners have officially voted to expand the playoffs by two teams -- one from each conference, bringing the grand total from 12 to 14 -- … The NFL playoff schedule is expanding to 14 teams beginning with the 2020 season following the players approval of a new collective bargaining agreement. With the NFL near-certain to expand in the coming decade, they may first move to 14 teams with only the #1 overall seed getting a bye to eventually 16 teams like two of the other major American sports. The NFL postseason just got even bigger. Then back in the 80s, three other teams relocated. Let’s get right to it with the city that’ll host this imaginary expansion team. Austin is now right behind them, however, at 2.1 million and considering it is the second-fastest-growing large city in the country, they appear likely to pass up San Antonio in the coming years. At this point, the conversation seems to be around whether the NFL will go full spread run and shoot offense like several of these ridiculous college teams that put up 40+ points every game it seems. The truth of the matter, though, is that the Rams won just 35 games (with zero winning seasons) over their final eight years before owner, Stan Kroenke purchased land in Los Angeles. The only time the NFL extended its regular season and postseason in the same year was back in 1978, when the regular season went from 14 to 16 games, while the playoff field was expanded by two teams. Covering the impact of coronavirus on the sports world. An expansion to the size of NFL practice squad would be beneficial to all parties involved. It seems unlikely that the NFL would overhaul extra-points enough to allow teams to go for a three-point conversion like we saw in the XFL, but removing kicking and making one-pointers from the 1-yard line and two-pointers from the 5-yard line both seem possible, if not likely to be implemented. Sticking with the topic of kickers, it is entirely possible that the NFL took notice of football fan’s positive reception to the XFL extra point rules. I flipped back and forth between Omaha and Mexico City three separate times for the final expansion team. I figure NFL teams will swallow their pride and do what it takes to win once they catch on to Pulaski Academy’s Kevin Kelley, who is seemingly reinventing football with math in his corner. Compete to win the $1,000,000 jackpot & more cash prizes on Sunday. In the past ten years, they’ve done this by penalizing and fining players who lower the crown of their helmet to make contact, moving the touchback to the 25-yard-line to disincentivize returners from bringing the ball out for a dangerous kickoff play, and allowing a league-instituted concussion official who can remove a concussed player from the field. Both the bid and the stadium lend themselves well to a city who already completed both in record time (St. Louis). It’s no wonder the fans weren’t as interested. This eliminates any 2020 draft picks or undrafted free agents. Then in 1993, James Orthwein attempted to relocate the New England Patriots back to his hometown and rename them the Stallions. Perhaps one bold NFL team will give this a try and every other team will copy their success. NBC, its new streaming service Peacock, as well as Telemundo, will all broadcast an additional Wild-Card game on Jan. 10 with kickoff at approximately 8:15 p.m. Likewise, these expansion teams would have the cap space to outbid others for top-tier free agents. After all, Jacksonville’s Shahid Khan has been rumored to be moving the team since he purchased them back in 2011. Toronto Hogs Each season may seem like something minor but over the course of a decade, you can look back and see just how different the league has become whether through expansion, relocation, rule changes and/or strategy development. Toronto, though, has a higher population than even Chicago and Houston. In the late 1990s when the NFL voted on an expansion team, L.A. was shafted for Houston. He was a team captain and led Washington in attempts (211), rushing yards (898) and rushing touchdowns (five) last season. Like the Chargers, I’m betting on the Jags opening up shop in London before the 2023 season. NFL teams were each required to make six players they had under contract available for the expansion draft. On the NFC side, the No. “We look forward to being back and we are proud to be able to say we’re going to be there for two more games over the next two years”, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said following the announcement. Roger Goodell said in 2015 that both Germany and Mexico had reached out to host games and there was “renewed interest” by owners. All 32 teams have to make five players available in the expansion draft, and only one of those players can have 10 or more years of NFL experience. The Jaguars, of course, play a home game there every single year and are virtually already London’s home team. After the Cardinals left St. Louis in 1987, the St. Louis Stallions almost became a thing TWICE. The NFL's playoff expansion and a 17th game are good for the league and its fans, The Post's Paul Schwartz writes. The decade prior, we saw the Houston Oilers move to Tennessee and become the Titans, Los Angeles lost both the Raiders and Rams, plus the NFL got rid of the Browns for a few seasons. NFL team owners voted Tuesday to expand the playoffs by one team in each conference for the 2020 season. NFL has eyed Germany expansion for years. Now, the rumor is that the Chargers want to move to London which would immediately double their franchise value. It was all the back in 1990 when the NFL moved to 12 playoff teams which is still 4 short of the smaller NBA and NHL. 7-seeded Rams, with the top-seeded 49ers playing the lowest of the remaining seed in the second round. I would wager the most likely major change. He never punts, even on 4th and 15. The London NFL franchise is a hypothetical National Football League (NFL) American football team based in London, United Kingdom, formed as a new expansion team or by relocating one of the existing 32 NFL teams currently based in the United States. After the NFL and the NFLPA agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement that included an expansion of the playoffs, NFL teams voted Tuesday to introduce a 14-team postseason starting with the 2020 If your favorite NFL team is always on the brink of the postseason, take solace. The 2019 season was the NFL's most watched in three years and kept up the momentum from the 2018 season. Additionally, as part of CBS's coverage, a separately produced telecast of the game will air on Nickelodeon, tailored for a younger audience. Sometimes more is too much; other … Then, they doubled the attendance of every other XFL team in 2019. It has been wildly successful n both leagues and now other teams are doing the same thing. window.PLAYERCARDS_CONFIG={affiliateCode:"fpros_cards"}; Follow us on Twitter @FantasyPros for exclusive advice and contests, © Copyright 2010-2021 FantasyPros.com These things take some time, though, so it can’t happen overnight so 2024 or 2025 are the best bets followed by 2028 and 2029 for the second round of expansion teams. Kevin Kelley’s brilliance also has his team exercising the lateral very often (like Rugby) beyond the line of scrimmage. And while some are clamoring for Chicago to add a second team like they have in baseball and like New York and Los Angeles both have in the NFL, it might make sense to put a team just out of arms reach that would suck up fans from Iowa which Omaha boarders. To put it plainly, the NFL shattered their own rules to make a quick buck and now they are having the daylights sued out of them. Later on, the NFL proposed expansion teams in Memphis then Charlotte (now the Carolina Panthers) name their team the Rhinos. Viewership was up about 5% from 2018, with about 16.5 million viewers between the … Pro Football Hall of Fame: Previewing 2021 finalists, Chiefs' Robinson cleared off COVID list, Kilgore awaits, Watson to Raiders? Starting with this upcoming season, the playoff field will expand from 12 to 14 teams, allowing one more wild-card team from each conference. The most specific big change likely to happen in the next decade has to do with expanding playoffs. How drastically will the new format change the league? The Chargers will accept the consolation prize in 2021 and move to their new home to south-central Texas before the 2023 season. The NFL may further “fix” kickoff plays in a similar fashion to the XFL, where blockers and defenders lined up five yards from one another and couldn’t move until the kick was received. The LA Rams and Chargers have also started playing out of SoFi Stadium, after relocating from St. Louis and San Diego in 2015 and 2016 respectively. NFL Network's Jim Trotter breaks down the expansion of the 2020 NFL Hall of Fame class. If you want to design your own custom uniforms, I used Nike’s website to do these six. The NFL has officially expanded its playoff format to 14 teams in time for the 2020 season. All Rights Reserved. We’ve seen exactly this in Major League Baseball with Kevin Cash of the Tampa Rays employing an opener relief pitcher instead of starters and in the NBA where the Spurs used load management. We’ve seen the Wildcat have its short run in the NFL and something along those lines could show it’s face for a season or two, but if something long-lasting is to happen, it will likely be more reasonable like the RPOs we’ve seen sweep the league in the past few years. The three division winners that didn't receive the bye will host the three wild card teams, while the top seed will face the lowest remaining seed in the divisional round. All 32 teams have to make five players available in the expansion draft, and only one of those players can have 10 or more years of NFL experience. The problem, though, is the smog and elevation, which NFL players complain about year in and year out. For whatever reason, the NFL seems intent on branding a team as the Rhinos. The Canadian Football League has been successful since 1958. You can say St. Louis is such a baseball town that they can’t support an NFL team with both the Cardinals and Rams having fled the city. The NFL hasn’t had an expansion draft since 2002 when the Houston Texans joined the league. Prospective expansion cities would have to craft their bid, complete a stadium then conduct an expansion draft. Toronto has been pushing to change the basketball team name from the Raptors to the Huskies for some time so the Toronto Huskies are an option here for football, but Toronto is also known as Hog City. Perhaps they would be called the London Monarchs or London Wizards. When the Raiders had burned their bridge in Oakland and it was looking like the new stadium in Las Vegas might not be ready, San Antonio, was expected to house the Raiders for a few games or even the entire 2020 season. We are unlikely to see a wide-sweeping revamp to NCAA overtime rules, but re-expanding overtime to 15 minutes or preventing teams from winning on the opening drive have both been tossed around and could be installed in the near future. ET. Does Chiefs DC Spaguolo have Brady's number? Much like the NFL in Europe, Canada seems like a virtual certainty in the coming years for the NFL. Peterson is fifth on the NFL’s all-time rushing list with 14,216 yards. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be diving into the expansion draft, free agency, and the 2020 NFL draft. The NFL have committed to play a fifth and sixth game in Mexico City during the 2020 and 2021 seasons, with the Arizona Cardinal to play hosts next season. We know minor changes will take place each year, like one this off-season that is near certain to pass: “Prevent teams (the Patriots) from manipulating the game clock by committing multiple dead-ball fouls while the clock is running.” I don’t want to talk about those ones, though, because they don’t change the sport much at all. In 1991, the NFL was looking to add two expansion teams from the four finalists: St. Louis Stallions, Carolina Panthers, Memphis Hound Dogs and Jacksonville Jaguars. Most of you are probably worried about the NFL becoming a non-contact sport one of these days, and although it is a long-term possibility (most likely by government regulation), it seems improbable that anything so overarching would take place within the next decade. Following Part I of our 2020 NFL Expansion series, it’s time for the expansion draft. After expanding the NFL playoff picture to 14 teams, owners approved a contingency plan for another potential expansion: If any “meaningful” games (i.e. Perhaps the NFL plugs their nose, per se, and makes the move anyways, but I have a hard time putting it above Omaha as a better option at this point. Let’s jump into it! Apparently, Khan is considering taking the Jags back to the Midwest now that St. Louis is open. The last NFL expansion draft happened back in 2002 when the Houston Texans became a franchise, so many of you may be unfamiliar with the process—it’s much more complicated than a fantasy football draft or the normal NFL draft each year. Much like New England playing their games in a town of 16,000 that is located halfway between Boston, Worcester and Providence, the Chargers could decide to play their games 30 minutes away in San Marcos which happens to be halfway to San Antonio. It is possible, however, that the Jags move to St. Louis and London is granted an expansion team. 2-seeded Chiefs would have hosted the No. The NFL already has more teams than the MLB, NBA and NHL, but getting 36 seems inevitable. Before we get to them, though, let me explain the expansion draft process. Will the NFL make wide-sweeping changes because of concussions? Before then, the Rams had 95 consecutive sell-outs between 1995 and 2006. Apparently, the NFL made a peace offering to send the Chargers to St. Louis but the city denied it and pressed on with their legal case. Microsoft Surface in use in the Vikings Draft Room. More than likely, though, they will only add two teams at a time as we’ve commonly seen in the past among all American sports leagues. © 2004-2021 CBS Interactive. It must be right on the horizon considering the last expansion team added was back in 2002. The Texans marked the fourth new team created in less than a decade (Ravens, Jaguars, Panthers). After all, there is no other major sports team in the United States with the name and the logo would surely look intense. Back in 2002 when the Texans built their new team, they were handed the first pick in each round of the NFL draft plus they were required to draft either 30 players or spend at least 38% of the NFL salary cap through the expansion draft. Robert Kraft did not allow Orthwein out of the long-term Foxboro lease, however, so Orthwein sold the team since he couldn’t bring them to St. Louis. December 27, 2020 7:41 am. Other common-sense rule changes that appear to have some backing are additional challenges to penalties or extreme missed calls beyond pass interference. City London, England The NFL is likely to expand to London at some point, and if a franchise ever relocates or is founded, London will be near the top of the list. Omaha Dragons Disclosures. The same concept comes into play with onside kicks as you are trading yardage for a chance at an additional possession. Pro Bowlers like Tony Boselli, Aaron Glenn and Gary Walker were all made available by their NFL teams because of cap issues. 2:42 pm ET, Expert Breakdown: NFL Votes To Expand The Playoffs, first reported by NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, Jerome Bettis on almost becoming an Oiler, Super Bowl LV Preview: Chiefs vs. The Eagles proposed this off-season that onside kicks be replaced by a 4th and 15 from the kicking team’s 25-year line. Increasing practice squads from 12 to 16 players adds 128 jobs. I’ll explain all of that plus whether or not the NFL will return to smash-mouth football and maybe even utilizes the run-option like NCAA teams. The National Football League has announced plans to expand to 40 teams by the beginning of the 2020 season. Whether that is voted in or not, you can bet some rule change will happen that makes a turnover after scoring more accessible to teams. Like Rugby ) beyond the line of scrimmage would heal the NFLs wounds in brand-new! 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