FlyEaglesFly76

Alternate History NFL scenario where the U.S went full-on Manifest Destiny at some point in the past and ate Canada. Alternatively, alternate history where Canada joined them during the Revolution. Basically, what the NFL would look like if the U.S and Canada were one in the same.

 

NFC East:

Philadelphia Eagles

Washington Redtails (or whatever they wind up naming them)

New York Giants

Dallas Cowboys

Montreal Allouettes

 

NFC North: 

Minnesota Vikings

Green Bay Packers

Chicago Bears

Detroit Lions

Toronto Argonauts

 

NFC South:

New Orleans Saints

Atlanta Falcons

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Carolina Panthers

Birmingham Barracudas

 

NFC West:

Los Angeles Rams

Seattle Seahawks

San Francisco 49ers

Arizona Cardinals

B.C Whales

 

AFC East:

New England Patriots

New York Jets

Buffalo Bills

Miami Dolphins

Ottawa Redblacks

 

AFC North:

Pittsburgh Steelers

Cleveland Browns

Cincinnati Bengals

Baltimore Ravens

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

 

AFC South:

Tennessee Titans

Jacksonville Jaguars

Indianapolis Colts

Houston Oilers

San Antonio Texans

 

AFC West:

Los Angeles Chargers

Las Vegas Raiders

Kansas City Chiefs

Denver Broncos

Calgary Stampeders

 

 

Unfortunately a lot of historical CFL teams are left out because of limited spots. obviously not going to include a team as far north as Canada in the south divisions, so two new teams in Birmingham and San Antonio are included for balance. For fun, they're named after defunct CFL teams from our timeline. The Oilers are the Oilers and not the Texans for the sake of San Antonio having that name. B.C has a different name because of Detroit.

random thing: my brain's been so conditioned to Tampa ''Bay''  didn't even realize at first that the Vipers are just Tampa

So the Desperados use one of the Oilers main colors and the Roughnecks use a lawyer friendly version of the Oilers logo..i have a feeling they wanted to bring back the Oilers identity but they couldn't because of the obvious legal dispute  

1 hour ago, Dnice said:

Boomer Esiason...

 

 

 

 

I love coming to this thread for ones like these. I never knew Boomer played for the Cards!

12 hours ago, SFGiants58 said:

 

I wish Colorado would revive the powder blue as a one-off. I know that it's associated with some of the worst Colorado football teams, but it's a good look that incorporates the school colors of gold and silver. A metallic gold on the jersey would be necessary, should it be revived.

I wanna make sweet love with that Facemask

1 minute ago, BJ Sands said:

The QB of the Bears' lone Super Bowl champion, and in many ways the man who personified that team's attitude, played for the hated-rival Packers. That, my friend, is the definition of a player in the wrong uniform.

Fair.

7 hours ago, BJ Sands said:

No. You are wrong.

Well, he DID win a Superbowl sitting on their bench, no? That made him the first QB to win the Superbowl with two teams long before Peyton did (though Peyton actually started for both teams)

 

Jim's stint with the Eagles, however, was rather short and unremarkable.

 

(his only RIGHT team is Chicago of course)

Out of all the teams he went to, this I feel is the strangest..

 

 

Hmm.. I think I'll take a stab at a NBA alignment.

 

Expansions to Seattle and Pittsburgh

 

WESTERN

 

NORTHWESTERN:

Seattle, Portland, Utah, Denver

 

SOUTHWESTERN:

Phoenix, Dallas, San Antonio, Oklahoma City

 

CALIFORNIA:

LA Clippers. LA Lakers, San Francisco (formerly Golden State), Sacramento 

 

CENTRAL:

Houston, New Orleans, Memphis, Minnesota

 

EASTERN

 

NORTHEASTERN:

Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Brooklyn

 

SOUTHEASTERN:

Charlotte, Miami, Orlando, Atlanta

 

NORTHERN:

Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Indiana, Washington

 

MIDWESTERN:

Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago, Toronto

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, stratonascar said:

FlyEaglesFly76, Nice idea on your Pro Football Alignment if the South has won the Civil War, here's my added idea on your Last Post

 

The Winner of the Lee Cup (from the SFA) takes on The Winner of the NFL Championship for the Super Bowl or the Civil War Bowl to see who will be the World Champion of Pro Football will be, it will be nice if we can have a Grey Cup Team from Canadian Football League participate in the Super Bowl on your last post when the South won the Civil War.

 The CFL game is much too different to ever a make workable ruleset for a CFL-NFL/SFA Superbowl, but a SFA/NFL World Championship Game is neat idea. 

 

Also, I'm a fan of your alignment ideas, even if they tend to get..Big. They're actually pretty interesting.

Here's a little something for all you alternate history-enthusiasts out there: Pro Football in a world where the South won the Civil War.

 

The NFL is still formed in this time line, but soon after, a rival league called the Southern Football Association (SFA) is formed in the Confederacy. The NFL believed it didn't have a chance to compete with the king that was College Football in the south, but to their surprise, the SFA thrived. The AFL is never formed because of two leagues already competing, and those owners get their teams.

 

Also, after losing the Civil War, the Union moved the capital to New York, and the South took D.C as their own. As a result, the Redskins can't move to Washington, and stay in Boston. No other teams can move from a Union city to a Confederate city.

 

NFL:

CAPITAL:

Philadelphia Eagles

New York Giants

New York Titans/Jets

Boston Redskins

Providence Patriots

Buffalo Bills

Pittsburgh Steelers

Baltimore Ravens (The Browns Fiasco still occurs)

 

CENTRAL:

Cleveland Browns

Cincinnati Bengals

Indianapolis Colts (Formerly Baltimore Colts)

Detroit Lions

Chicago Bears

Chicago Cardinals

Green Bay Packers

Minnesota Vikings

 

 

COASTAL:

Denver Broncos

Oakland Raiders

Los Angeles Chargers (Formerly San Diego Chargers)(sorry)

Los Angeles Rams

San Francisco 49ers

Seattle Seahawks

Portland Sasquatches

Utah Stingers

 

Top team in each division makes playoffs, along with three wildcards. First and Second seeded teams get byes, Third seed faces Sixth, and Fourth faces Sixth. Worst surviving seed faces #1, the other faces #2. Winners of those face off in the Championship.

 

SFA

UNITED CONFERENCE:

Virginia Generals 

Washington Monuments 

Atlanta Falcons

Charlotte Panthers

Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks

Miami Dolphins

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Jacksonville Jaguars

Louisville Thoroughbreds 

Nashville Titans (formerly Houston Oilers)

 

WORLD CONFERENCE:

New Orleans Saints

Memphis Hound Dogs

Dallas Cowboys

Houston Texans

San Antonio Gunslingers

Kansas City Chiefs (formerly Dallas Texans)

St. Louis Pilots

Oklahoma Twisters

Phoenix Rattlers

New Mexico Invaders

 

The SFA does it old school, with the top teams of each conference automatically going to the Lee Cup, without a playoff. This is unpopular, with many calling to change it. 

Y'know you had it rough when your right team is an XFL team..

@MCM0313 I didn't actually know Warren was a Chief once. It's weird seeing him in anything but an Oilers uni but this is.. bad...

Not sure if this has been posted yet and i'm not going through 274 pages to find out, but, Warren Moon, famous Oiler as a Viking.

 

There are plenty a QB who have gone to the Vikings in the twilight of their career.

 

Also, Warren as a Seahawk.

4 hours ago, Ark said:

Navy/Gold > Royal/Yellow

 

 

 

That is :censored:ing ugly

Here's a new little side project I've been working on.. (Read: Made up 2 hours ago) The 50 team NFL, which basically I predict the future of the NFL in a universe where they grow to 50 teams by the end of the century, and maybe add in some wild predictions about the future of the world while i'm at it. I might do one for the MLB/NBA/NHL some time. Apologies for length.

(Disclaimer, this entirely for fun and is in no way supposed to be serious)

 

ex= Expansion team

 

NFC:

 

NFC EAST:

Philadelphia Eagles

Washington Warriors (Formerly Washington Redskins)

New York Giants

Dallas Cowboys

Brooklyn Tigers (ex-2066, In 2042 Brooklyn broke away from NYC and grew into a big city itself)

 

NFC SOUTH:

Atlanta Falcons

Charlotte Panthers (Formerly Carolina Panthers)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

New Orleans Saints (STILL playing in the Superdome!)

Birmingham Spartans (ex-2028)

 

NFC NORTH:

Minnesota Vikings

Chicago Bears

Green Bay Packers (STILL in Lambeau, which is now the oldest building in the world still in regular use)

Detroit Lions

Iowa Reapers (ex-2024)

 

NFC WEST:

Los Angeles Rams

Seattle Seahawks

Arizona Cardinals

San Francisco 49ers

San Antonio Gunslingers (Ex- 2028)

 

NFC EUROPE:

London Monarchs (ex-2036)

Barcelona Matadors (ex-2036)

Berlin Galaxy (ex-2040)

Dublin Celtics (ex-2040)

Belfast Brawlers (ex-2066)

 

AFC:

 

AFC EAST:

New England Patriots

Buffalo Bills

New Jersey Jets (Formerly New York Jets, Giants get a stadium actually in New York while The Jets stay in NJ)

Miami Dolphins

Toronto Mounties (ex-2024)

 

AFC NORTH:

Pittsburgh Steelers

Cincinnatti Bengals

Cleveland Browns

Baltimore Ravens

Canton Bulldogs (ex-2066)

 

AFC SOUTH:

Houston Oilers (Formerly Texans, got the name back!)

Tennesse Titans

Indianapolis Colts

Raleigh-Durham Rebels (ex-2028)

Orlando Orbits (ex-2066)

 

AFC WEST:

Denver Broncos

Las Vegas Raiders (Formerly Oakland Raiders)

San Diego Chargers (Moved to L.A in 2018 but moved back to S.D just 7 years later)

Kansas City Chiefs

Oakland Condors (ex-2024)

 

AFC EUROPE:

London Jaguars (Formerly Jacksonville Jaguars) (sorry)

Glasgow Claymores (ex- 2024 as St. Louis Stallions, moved to Glasgow in 2055)

Paris Eiffel Towers (ex-2036)

Frankfurt Franks (ex-2040)

Moscow Huskies (ex-2075, after years of delay as a war between Russia and Ukraine delayed the stadium)

 

 

I was actually just joking- I want the Rays and and the A's to get stadiums and stay where they are,

 

as for expansion, Montreal probably needs a ballpark first, because Olympique stadium might seriously out :censored:hole Tropicana

I have an idea: Put their new stadium in Montreal, and rename them the Expos!

 

You finally get out of the only Ballpark that out :censored:holes Oakland's, AND you get infinity more fans!

On 8/19/2016 at 3:59 PM, rams80 said:

 

Fine.  Geographically Houston fits better in the South division and Kansas City in the West.

 

You know what? Just because of that condescending ''fine'' i'm not changing it,

4 hours ago, AstroBull21 said:

Swap Houston and KC.  That AFC West is about as traditional as the NFC North.  You can budge.

 

Normally I would agree, but this alignment is about Geography, not history.

Just for :censored:s and giggles, here's what I think the NFL would look like if they gave a :censored: about geography

 

NFC East: NYG, Washington, Philadelphia, Carolina

 

NFC South: Atlanta, Tampa Bay, New Orleans, Dallas

 

NFC North: Chicago, Green Bay, Detroit, Minnesota

 

NFC West: Los Angeles, Arizona, Seattle, San Francisco

 

AFC East: New England, Buffalo, NYJ, Baltimore

 

AFC South: Jacksonville, Tennessee, Kansas City, Miami

 

AFC North: Pittsburgh. Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis

 

AFC West: Denver, Oakland, San Diego, Houston

 

How'd I do?

I'm not splitting up Saints and Falcons, period.

Eagles: Grew up in and live in Pennsylvania. I decided I don't like Pittsburgh. That was that.

 

Phillies: See above.

 

Penn State: The Particular part of PA i'm from is central. Just a county over from State Collage. Natural Fandom.

Hi, i'm new here, just joined.. Couldn't find an introduction thread so this is my first post.

 

Anyway, this is a hypothetical expansion to 36 teams in the NFL. Not too accurate to geography, but that wasn't my goal. I kept the Expansion teams inside of the US, I don't think any possible international city is viable for an NFL team.

 

* - Expansion team.

 

AFC West.

 

Denver Broncos.

 

Kansas City Chiefs.

 

Oakland Raiders.

 

San Diego Chargers.

 

Las Vegas Aces*

 

Portland Lumberjacks*

 

AFC Central.

 

Cincinnati Bengals.

 

Cleveland Browns.

 

Houston Texans.

 

Jacksonville Jaguars.

 

Pittsburgh Steelers.

 

Tennessee Titans.

 

AFC East.

 

Baltimore Ravens.

 

Buffalo Bills.

 

Indianapolis Colts.

 

Miami Dolphins.

 

New England Patriots.

 

New York Jets.

 

NFC West.

 

Arizona Cardinals.

 

Los Angeles Rams.

 

San Francisco 49ers.

 

Seattle Seahawks.

 

San Antonio Outlaws*

 

St. Louis Stallions*

 

NFC Central.

 

Atlanta Falcons.

 

Chicago Bears.

 

Detroit Lions.

 

Green Bay Packers.

 

Minnesota Vikings.

 

New Orleans Saints.

 

NFC East.

 

Carolina Panthers.

 

Dallas Cowboys.

 

New York Giants.

 

Philadelphia Eagles.

 

Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

 

Washington Redskins.

 

I tried to keep most of the Big rivals together. Baltimore and Pittsburgh got split up, but if you guys want I can swap the Ravens and the Titans, but that breaks up Tennessee and Jacksonville.

 

What do you think? Good? Bad? Godawful garbage?