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Recovering Christian McCaffrey Forced to Make Changes After Major Injury Update

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49ers GM Breaks Silence on Deebo Samuel After George Kittle Defended WR’s Practice Struggles

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Steelers Legend Rod Woodson Demands More Than $160M for TJ Watt After Mike Tomlin’s Message

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Steelers Legend Admits Ravens ‘Felt Like Home’ After Brian Billick Revived His Old Role

Rod Woodson opens up about finding his true football home with the Ravens after a Hall of Fame journey that began in Pittsburgh.
Cleveland at Baltimore

Joe Flacco’s Bold Sacrifice Fails as Browns’ Biggest Question Remains Unanswered

Joe Flacco made a sacrifice this offseason and took a backseat. But instead of clearing things up, the situation is even messier.
NFL: Cleveland Browns at Houston Texans

Mayor Announces Big Honor for Retired Derek Carr & Wife Heather After Fresno Gesture

Retired NFL QB Derek Carr and his wife Heather Carr gets a big honor from Fresno Mayor for their service towards the community.
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Russell Wilson’s WR Clears Air on Life After Football & Issues Strong Demand to Giants QB

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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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