Could the Arizona Cardinals end up in the AFC West?

[Brian in Mesa]

Could the Arizona Cardinals end up in the AFC West?

http://arizonasports.com/40/1835942/Could-the-Arizona-Cardinals-end-up-in-the-AFC-West

According to CBS Sports' Jason LaCanfora, there is support around the league for the Chargers-Raiders proposal, although that would lead to other issues for commissioner Roger Goodell. Namely, conference realignment.

Could well be the Chargers and Raiders both move in 2016. It would take two game-day facilities to do so -- sources at The Rose Bowl have continued to tell me they cannot support two teams at the same time -- and it could be both teams would use their current training facilities for practices for the first season in LA. Some in the know have speculated the Chargers, in exchange for getting the keys to LA, end up moving to the NFC, with perhaps the Cardinals going to the AFC West, which would maintain the Raiders' rivalries with the Chiefs and Broncos, for as much as that is worth.

 

[Dback Jon]

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Move the Seahags back

 

[BigRedRage]

This is why I do not use that website for news. Aren't we like the oldest NFC team, period? Just dumb. The seahawks would be moved to the AFC before us considering they were there in the first place.

 

[Cardsfanstl]

Move the Rams.

 

[BigRedRage]

The NFC was the original NFL for the most part along with the AFC was the AFL.

Arizona Cardinals
Only two teams currently in the NFL, the Decatur Staleys (now the Chicago Bears) and the Chicago Cardinals (now the Arizona Cardinals), are founding members. The Green Bay Packers, founded 1919 (joined the NFL in 1921), is the oldest NFL franchise in continuous operation with the same name in the same location.

You cannot move the oldest NFL/NFC team in existence out of the conference it was born in.

 

[Iceman]

This would be the worst if it did happen

 

[Brian in Mesa]

This is why I do not use that website for news. Aren't we like the oldest NFC team, period? Just dumb. The seahawks would be moved to the AFC before us considering they were there in the first place.

CBS?

The article is basically discussing a blurb from this:

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer...fast-tracks-nfls-la-return-but-rams-may-fight

 

[eastcoastSUN]

Move the Rams.

x1000

At least this way, our players won't get hurt anymore (see Honey Badger, Palmer, Stanton, etc.)

 

[BigRedRage]

CBS?

The article is basically discussing a blurb from this:

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer...fast-tracks-nfls-la-return-but-rams-may-fight

I was thinking azsports.com added us moving as conjecture but yeah, its in the CBS article.

Still, a local writer should know better than a national writer that odds would be seattle going back to the AFC west over Arizona.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

I was thinking azsports.com added us moving as conjecture but yeah, its in the CBS article.

Still, a local writer should know better than a national writer that odds would be seattle going back to the AFC west over Arizona.

Seems like a no-brainer that the first team to go from the NFC to the AFC should be the last team that went from the AFC to the NFC, right?

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Didn't realize this:

When the Seattle Seahawks and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers joined the league in 1976, they were temporarily placed in the NFC and AFC respectively. This arrangement lasted for one season only before the two teams switched conferences. The Seahawks eventually returned to the NFC as a result of the 2002 realignment.

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I always thought of the Seahawks as an AFC team. Never realized they started in the NFC. Never knew Tampa was in the AFC for a year either. Learn something new every day.

 

[BigRedRage]

Didn't realize this:

When the Seattle Seahawks and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers joined the league in 1976, they were temporarily placed in the NFC and AFC respectively. This arrangement lasted for one season only before the two teams switched conferences. The Seahawks eventually returned to the NFC as a result of the 2002 realignment.

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I always thought of the Seahawks as an AFC team. Never realized they started in the NFC. Never knew Tampa was in the NFC for a year either. Learn something new every day.

Tampa was in the Lions division too, NFC central I think

 

[kerouac9]

You know what is better than enjoying a history of losing?

Enjoying a future of winning.

Moving to the AFC West would mean getting the Broncos with Brock Osweiler at QB and Derek Carr being this generation's Alex Smith and Alex Smith.

Staying in the NFC West means meeting up with the nastiest defensive line in the NFL and two young QBs who have a decade of quality play ahead of them.

The path to the Super Bowl is SO much clearer in the AFC.

I'd welcome the move. We'd be one of the only teams with a George Halas trophy and Lamar Hunt trophy in our cabinet.

 

[BigRedRage]

You know what is better than enjoying a history of losing?

Enjoying a future of winning.

Moving to the AFC West would mean getting the Broncos with Brock Osweiler at QB and Derek Carr being this generation's Alex Smith and Alex Smith.

Staying in the NFC West means meeting up with the nastiest defensive line in the NFL and two young QBs who have a decade of quality play ahead of them.

The path to the Super Bowl is SO much clearer in the AFC.

I'd welcome the move. We'd be one of the only teams with a George Halas trophy and Lamar Hunt trophy in our cabinet.

That is assuming that Seattle stays. If seattle left it would be AZ, STL, SD and SF.

Growing up I was always an NFC fan prior to the cardinals coming here. I would prefer we stay. Besides, competition makes it more fun.

 

[oaken1]

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move the seahags back

this!!

100%

 

[ARZCardinals]

It's very rare that a team jumps conferences...I don't see it happening at all

It was one thing to move us from the NFC East to the West...made sense

Even with the Rams moving to LA there is no need to switch things up.

I'd bet the house that everything stays put.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Tampa was in the Lions division too, NFC central I think

Yep. Meant to say I never knew they had been in the AFC.

 

[Solar7]

You know what is better than enjoying a history of losing?

Enjoying a future of winning.

Moving to the AFC West would mean getting the Broncos with Brock Osweiler at QB and Derek Carr being this generation's Alex Smith and Alex Smith.

Staying in the NFC West means meeting up with the nastiest defensive line in the NFL and two young QBs who have a decade of quality play ahead of them.

The path to the Super Bowl is SO much clearer in the AFC.

I'd welcome the move. We'd be one of the only teams with a George Halas trophy and Lamar Hunt trophy in our cabinet.

I actually was having this thought. It's not going to happen this year, but we'd probably be the class of that division next year as long as we could find a decent QB or Palmer stays upright.

The rivalries we've built are pretty important, but still. The travel distances would end up working out in our favor for the most part (although we'd end up having to play in Denver, which... ugh).

 

[iRobot]

This would actually be like k9 said... man, the road to the SuperBowl would be easier for us.

 

[BigRedRage]

Yep. Meant to say I never knew they had been in the AFC.

lol. Your post confused me into thinking Tampa was currently an AFC team and I went with it. I am in rare form today.

 

[BigRedRage]

It's very rare that a team jumps conferences...I don't see it happening at all

It was one thing to move us from the NFC East to the West...made sense

Even with the Rams moving to LA there is no need to switch things up.

I'd bet the house that everything stays put.

Then you would have two teams in the same conference and the same division playing in the same stadium. That will not work.

This would actually be like k9 said... man, the road to the SuperBowl would be easier for us.

Maybe the road to the playoffs, dont know about the road to the bowl.

 

[Cheesebeef]

You know what is better than enjoying a history of losing?

Enjoying a future of winning.

Moving to the AFC West would mean getting the Broncos with Brock Osweiler at QB and Derek Carr being this generation's Alex Smith and Alex Smith.

Staying in the NFC West means meeting up with the nastiest defensive line in the NFL and two young QBs who have a decade of quality play ahead of them.

The path to the Super Bowl is SO much clearer in the AFC.

I'd welcome the move. We'd be one of the only teams with a George Halas trophy and Lamar Hunt trophy in our cabinet.

I'm with ya. We've been a vagabond team moving from city to city, division to division for our entirety, so I'd have no problem with this. Add in that the AFC West is going to suck for a while AND that I'd STILL get to see a Cardinals road game every season if Oakland moved to LA and I'd be more then okay with it.

 

[devilalum]

What's idiotic is letting 2 teams that have been in the same division for 1000 years to move to the same city.

 

[splitsecond]

I'm with ya. We've been a vagabond team moving from city to city, division to division for our entirety, so I'd have no problem with this. Add in that the AFC West is going to suck for a while AND that I'd STILL get to see a Cardinals road game every season if Oakland moved to LA and I'd be more then okay with it.

I agree with this. Only negative to me in moving to the AFC would be dealing with Tom Brady and Big Ben in the playoffs and that era is nearly over as well.

Add to that is it would even out the AFC and NFC from a competitive standpoint fairly quickly.

 

[SeattleCard]

This is why I do not use that website for news. Aren't we like the oldest NFC team, period? Just dumb. The seahawks would be moved to the AFC before us considering they were there in the first place.

This.