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Kyle Shanahan Moves On From $5.3M Commitment After Kyle Juszczyk Gave Up on More Money to Stay With 49ers

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Kellen Moore Signs Former 3rd Round Pick for Derek Carr After Missing Out on Cooper Kupp to Seahawks

NO Saints HC Kellen Moore brings 3-year veteran receiver Velus Jones Jr. for the QB Derek Carr after missing out on Coper Kupp.
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Davante Adams Resumes Offseason Plans After Pausing Family Commitment to Sign with Rams

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Aaron Rodgers Turns Attention to $3M Cause As 41-YO QB Waits for Vikings’ Decision and Considers Retirement

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Netflix Roast Comedian Confirms How Tom Brady Threw Gisele Bundchen Under the Bus During the Show

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Tom Brady Shares Adorable Moment With His Favorite Girl After Confessing His “True Love”

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History

In August 1920, representatives from four states: Akron, Canton, Cleveland, and Dayton, held a meeting and formed the American Professional Football Conference (APFC) to improve footballing standards in the country. A month later, they formed the American Professional Football Association (APFA) and played a league with 14 teams. In 1922, they changed the name to the National Football League (NFL).

In 1960, a new professional league, the American Football League (AFL) started as a competition against the NFL. After six years, in 1966, the two leagues announced a merger that would take effect in 1970. During the four years between the announcement and the actual merger, the leagues started playing a Championship game which was called The Super Bowl. Since then, the two leagues have been recognized as two separate conferences within the same league, the NFL.

Participating teams

There are 32 teams in the NFL divided equally into two conferences: National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). Each conference is further divided into 4 divisions: East, North, South, and West, with each division containing four teams.

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