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Would The Dolphins AFCE Rivalry Be Changed if Bills move to LA?

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If the Bills move to LA they would likely be moved from the AFC East. What team do you think might be the replacement?

A move for the Bills is speculative for sure but seeing as Fins news is slow right now thought it might be interesting to consider.

 
Tough to shake that up.

You could move Jacksonville to the east and KC to the South, but the tough part is putting the Bills in the West division. All 4 of those teams in the west have long time rivalries aside from maybe the Chargers. Im not so sure they want to split us KC vs the Raiders and Broncos.

Logically that would be the best along with changing the "South" to the "Central" with Indy, KC, Tennessee, and Houston respectively.
East - Phins, Jests, Pats, Jags
North - Ravens, Browns, Steelers, Bengals
West - Raiders, LA Bills, Chargers, Broncos

However even when they did realignment in the past, they still left a few teams somewhat displaced geographically to protect rivalries. There is a reason Dallas still plays in the NFC East.
 
I would assume the divisions would have to be reshuffled.
 
The divisions would most likely be redone. Honestly it will be Oakland that moves before Buffalo. Buffalo cannot move until 2020 and the fans would throw a sh*t storm if they were moved. I always wondered why they didn't move us to the south once our rivalries with teams diminished. Buffalo v Miami is not what it used to be.
 
It won't be the bills. There are a couple of billionaires that would keep the team there.
 
If the Bills move, it will probably be to Toronto or London. There were will be a team in LA already by 2020.
 
There will be a team in LA but it won't be the Bills. Having a West Coast team in the AFC East will not happen.
More likely scenarios are the Raiders moving from Oakland, the Rams moving from St Louis or San Diego Chargers.
 
johngarry said:
Dolphins should have been realigned to AFC South years ago (imo)
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Then you would have to move Dallas to the south, Carolina to the east, Indy to the north, Cincy to the south, Houston to the west , Kansas City to the south. Too much needs to happen for everything to be geographical correct, just leave it be.
 
If LA is to survive, then they must play West coast teams to build fan base. LA doesn't deserve a team...that's just my opinion.
 
The AFC South does make the most sense for Miami geographically. But the NFL most likely want to follow the money to where the best division rivalries fill the most seats.

For the NFL to move Miami in the AFCS (possibly moving the Texans to another division) would create the loss of the Pats and Jets/Miami long time rivalry. From a seat filler perspective it would seem to be a losing proposition to me. Although the old time Miami/Colts rivalry was certainly a good one.
 
Whichever division the Jills play in, it will always be a glorious day when the Fins beat them.

Bruce Smith, Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Marv Levy, all were great rivals indeed!
 
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