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Originally Posted by rubecube
You can say goodbye to some pretty good rivalries if Jacksonville moves to L.A. The Chiefs will get moved to the AFC South if that happens.
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I don't know if the NFL would want to take away the old AFL rivalry that the Chiefs have with teams like the Chargers, Bronco's and Raiders much like they won't move the Cowboys out of the NFC East when that makes no sense whatsover geographically. Similar as to why the Dolphins stay in the AFC East as opposed to being moved to the South, or Baltimore didn't get shifted to the East.
Travel in the NFL isn't as big of an issue as it is in other sports and given the times of the games you don't run into things like the fans in Indy, Houston or Memphis can't watch a game that starts at 3:00 local time. I suspect they'd still keep LA in the South. The old NFC West had New Orleans and Atlanta in the same Division as San Franciso and Los Angeles, than eventually Carolina. But the sound of the Los Angeles Vikings...do not like.