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Super Bowl Champ Slams Jerry Jones’ ‘Ridiculous’ Facility Tours After Cowboys Star’s Surprising Admission

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Ex-Packers VP Criticizes Davante Adams’ Trade to Jets With an Amari Cooper-Bills Comparison

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Steelers’ Russell Wilson Sets ‘Husband Goals’ With Emotional Birthday Tribute to Wife Ciara

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Latest Update on Aaron Rodgers’ New Injury as NFL Insider Confirms Return Timeline for Jets QB

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Cowboys’ Dak Prescott Celebrates ‘Best Week’ With 1-Word Message for Fiance, After Embarrassing Jerry Jones

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Tom Brady’s Best Friends Admit Struggling With Patrick Mahomes After Rob Gronkowski Debunked Chiefs’ WR Advantage

Patrick Mahomes or Tom Brady: The debate is on! But recently TB12's best friends praised Chiefs QB, after Rob Gronk supporting his 3-peat aim
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Ex-NFLer Questions Panthers HC Dave Canales’ Competency Before Firing Warning Shots Against David Tepper

Former NFL GM drops bombs on Dave Canales after an abysmal start to the season and bashes the owner for lackluster decisions.
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Browns GM Set to Suffer Consequences of $230M Mistake, After Trading Amari Cooper, Per NFL Insider

Deshaun Watson's injury might force the Cleveland Browns to squander it's best of the best for a handful of peanuts.
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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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