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Bengals Announce Key Decision for Zac Taylor’s Defense After Joe Burrow Lost 56-Game RB to Colts

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CeeDee Lamb Gets Brutally Honest About Jayden Daniels After DeMarcus Lawrence’s Seahawks Move Stunned Cowboys WR

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Deshaun Watson’s Released Teammate Quickly Finds New Home As Browns confirm Post-June 1 Cut to Save $6.4M

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Pittsburgh Reporter Confirms Obvious Aaron Rodgers Reason That Has Delayed Steelers Move

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Tom Brady Unveils Contributions to Major Scientific Breakthrough After Going Back to True Love

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Panthers Announce Huge Offensive Decision for Bryce Young After Signing Rico Dowdle From Cowboys

The Carolina Panthers are helping Bryce Young in every possible way, as they reportedly announced a huge team's decision after Rico Dowdle!
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49ers Announce Major QB Signing for Kyle Shanahan as Brock Purdy’s Upcoming Contract Forces Multiple Exits in San Francisco

Kyle Shanahan secures a big QB addition as Brock Purdy lands an $850K bonus. What’s next for the 49ers? Find out.
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Released Kyle Juszczyk Sends 3-Word Message to Deebo Samuel Before Commanders WR Urged Brock Purdy to Get Paid

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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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