NFL 2025 Season

Toffe3m4n said:
In terms of New York - the teams there are the Giants and the Jets. They both have big followings, but I'd suggest the Giants is probably bigger.

Miami & New Orleans your only choices there really are the Dolphins and the Saints.

The Giants and the Dolphins are both historically 'big' franchises though the Saints have seen a little bit of their own success in the past as well. All four of them are up against it a bit to make the playoffs this season but, of course, that shouldn't necessarily sway which way you go anyway.

The Eagles, who are an NFC conference team, have been my team for about 20 years - but in terms of the AFC teams I have soft spots for both the Houston Texans and Tennassee Titans through family, so I like to see them do well also.
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Yeh I recognised Jets because of Big Daddy and like a billion other American movies haha. I will check out the jerseys actually because I tend to go off colours I like as well.

Noticed AFC and NFC too, is that PL/Championship in England, or W/E Conferences in basketball? Wasn't sure promotion/relegation was a thing in America that's all :lol:
 

Nymzee said:
Yeh I recognised Jets because of Big Daddy and like a billion other American movies haha. I will check out the jerseys actually because I tend to go off colours I like as well.

Noticed AFC and NFC too, is that PL/Championship in England, or W/E Conferences in basketball? Wasn't sure promotion/relegation was a thing in America that's all :lol:
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Ha, right. So...

The NFL consists of 32 teams. Those teams are divided into two conferences of 16 teams each - the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The reason for this goes way back to like the 1950's/60's so won't bore you with that right now..

Each conference of 16 is then split into 4x4 divisions - AFC North, NFC North, AFC East, NFC East etc.

The placings in each division are determined by the 17-game regular season record, calculated by win percentage rather than points like in our footy. The 8 winners of each division head into the post-season playoffs to earn the shot to go to the Superbowl. The teams are also seeded based on their record within their own conference, with the no.1 seed in each conference getting a bye from the first round of the playoffs. There's also three 'wildcard' teams that get added to the playoffs from each side based on a 'best runner up' record basis.

Who contests the Superbowl is based on who becomes the AFC & NFC champions through the playoffs, with the winner of the Superbowl being the champions of the entire thing.
 
Toffe3m4n said:
Ha, right. So...

The NFL consists of 32 teams. Those teams are divided into two conferences of 16 teams each - the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The reason for this goes way back to like the 1950's/60's so won't bore you with that right now..

Each conference of 16 is then split into 4x4 divisions - AFC North, NFC North, AFC East, NFC East etc.

The placings in each division are determined by the 17-game regular season record, calculated by win percentage rather than points like in our footy. The 8 winners of each division head into the post-season playoffs to earn the shot to go to the Superbowl. The teams are also seeded based on their record within their own conference, with the no.1 seed in each conference getting a bye from the first round of the playoffs. There's also three 'wildcard' teams that get added to the playoffs from each side based on a 'best runner up' record basis.

Who contests the Superbowl is based on who becomes the AFC & NFC champions through the playoffs, with the winner of the Superbowl being the champions of the entire thing.
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Why do they like to complicate everything? So NY Jets and Giants could only ever face each other in the play-offs and beyond for example, never in the regular season.
 
Nymzee said:
Why do they like to complicate everything? So NY Jets and Giants could only ever face each other in the play-offs and beyond for example, never in the regular season.
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Not necessarily. Each team does play a certain number of cross-conference games in the regular season, so it just depends on how the fixtures work out. Each team always plays the other sides that are in their own division twice (home and away) but otherwise the other fixtures are determined based on various factors (including previous season record) and only play each other once in that regular season.

Funnily enough - the Giants and the Jets have literally only just played each other in this pre season gone :lol:
 

Toffe3m4n said:
Not necessarily. Each team does play a certain number of cross-conference games in the regular season, so it just depends on how the fixtures work out. Each team always plays the other sides that are in their own division twice (home and away) but otherwise the other fixtures are determined based on various factors (including previous season record) and only play each other once in that regular season.

Funnily enough - the Giants and the Jets have literally only just played each other in this pre season gone :lol:
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More complications then. Not that I'll care about fixture lists unless I get into it haha, just curious how it all worked out.
 
@Nymzee - if you've got half an hour and you're interested, this video is really interesting & informative. Goes over the evolution of the NFL and it's teams since the very beginning (you'll need to open YouTube to watch it).

 

Nymzee said:
Why do they like to complicate everything? So NY Jets and Giants could only ever face each other in the play-offs and beyond for example, never in the regular season.
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There is a set rotation to most of the NFL schedule. Teams across conferences play each other once every four years at a minimum. The Jets and Giants played in 2023 and will play again in 2027.

Here’s how it works:

- You play everyone in your own division home and away (6 games)
- You play one game against every team in another division of your own conference, rotating from year to year (4 games)
- You play the other two teams in your conference that finished in the same position as you the previous year - that is if you finished 1st in your division, you play the two other teams that finished 1st (2 games)
- You play one game against every team in another division of the opposite conference, rotating from year to year (4 games)

Then a few years ago the NFL added a 17th game. There you play another team in the other conference that finished in the same position as you the previous year. The divisions rotate from year to year, and the conferences take turns being the home team for these games.
 
Nymzee said:
Never watched American Football before, and don't want to start with a Superbowl either. Got a dodgy stick now so can watch whatever, are all the games on super late for UK viewers if I was going to try get into it?
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No need for dodgy stick. Ch5 showing 6pm & 9:30pm (uk time) kick offs this season and some play off games. Super Bowl is usually free to air uk as well.
 

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