{"id":18957,"date":"2012-06-02T15:05:12","date_gmt":"2012-06-02T20:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=18957"},"modified":"2012-06-02T15:05:12","modified_gmt":"2012-06-02T20:05:12","slug":"doug-van-pelts-nfl-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/doug-van-pelts-nfl-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Van Pelt\u2019s NFL Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doug Van Pelt\u2019s NFL Solution<\/h1>\n

Or \u201cHow to Pick a Fight in 16 easy steps\u201d<\/h1>\n

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The NFL schedules are good, but they\u2019re missing out on some built-in regional rivalries that would make the game even better. The way it\u2019s scheduled now, teams like Dallas and Houston or Pittsburgh and Philadelphia only play each other once every four years. What if they played once a year? Imagine the rivalries that these regions would bring. Better ratings, more revenue, more excitement.<\/p>\n

Right now, the 16 games go like this:<\/p>\n

Each team plays its divisional opponent twice (once at home, once away) \u2013 6 games. Then each team plays all four teams of a rotating division in the opposite conference \u2013 4 games. Then each team plays all four teams of a rotating division within its conference \u2013 4 games. The final 2 games are based upon rankings within the conference (first place teams from last year play 2 other first place teams) \u2013 2 games.<\/p>\n

I propose that one of these final two \u201cranking\u201d matchups get reduced to one and the final game left being a regional rivalry game.<\/p>\n

To make it simple, I\u2019ve devised who these rivals will be:<\/p>\n

Dallas vs. Houston<\/p>\n

Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh<\/p>\n

Washington vs. Baltimore<\/p>\n

Kansas City vs. St. Louis<\/p>\n

New Orleans vs. Jacksonville<\/p>\n

Miami vs. Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

San Francisco vs. Oakland<\/p>\n

San Diego vs. Arizona<\/p>\n

Seattle vs. Denver<\/p>\n

Minnesota vs. Indianapolis<\/p>\n

Green Bay vs. Cleveland<\/p>\n

Detroit vs. Buffalo<\/p>\n

NY Giants vs. NY Jets<\/p>\n

Cincinnati vs. Carolina<\/p>\n

Tennessee vs. Atlanta<\/p>\n

New England vs. Chicago<\/p>\n

Okay, that last one \u2013 NE vs Chicago \u2013 that\u2019s not so close regionally. We could switch that to NE vs. Baltimore, maybe, and then have Washington play Cincinatti and Tennessee play Atlanta and Chicago play Indianapolis and Minnesota play Cleveland and Green Bay play Carolina. That improves a couple, but takes away what is a close Baltimore vs. Washington. I say make NE and Chicago miss out in favor of the other 30 teams winning big. What do you think? Just for grins, I\u2019ve listed my PLAN B below.<\/p>\n

Dallas vs. Houston<\/p>\n

Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh<\/p>\n

Washington vs. Cincinnati<\/p>\n

Kansas City vs. St. Louis<\/p>\n

New Orleans vs. Jacksonville<\/p>\n

Miami vs. Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

San Francisco vs. Oakland<\/p>\n

San Diego vs. Arizona<\/p>\n

Seattle vs. Denver<\/p>\n

Chicago vs. Indianapolis<\/p>\n

Minnesota vs. Cleveland<\/p>\n

Detroit vs. Buffalo<\/p>\n

NY Giants vs. NY Jets<\/p>\n

Tennessee vs. vs. Atlanta<\/p>\n

New England vs. Baltimore<\/p>\n

Green Bay vs. Carolina<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Or \u201cHow to Pick a Fight in 16 easy steps\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[767,2190],"class_list":["post-18957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-nfl","cat-17-id"],"yoast_head":"\nDoug Van Pelt\u2019s NFL Solution - The Original Heaven's Metal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/doug-van-pelts-nfl-solution\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Doug Van Pelt\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/doug-van-pelts-nfl-solution\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/doug-van-pelts-nfl-solution\/\",\"name\":\"Doug Van Pelt\u2019s NFL Solution - The Original Heaven's Metal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-06-02T20:05:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/#\/schema\/person\/b155afeb7086c8182b3bb3b435e68c4b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/doug-van-pelts-nfl-solution\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/doug-van-pelts-nfl-solution\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/doug-van-pelts-nfl-solution\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Doug Van Pelt\u2019s NFL Solution\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/\",\"name\":\"The Original Heaven's Metal\",\"description\":\"Former Editor-in-Chief. 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