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Originally Posted by Kyuu
The past decade:
We had the Colts-Patriots. And they're not even in the same division. It just happened that both teams were simultaneously good; and scheduling often put the two against each other year-after-year.
Point of the matter. These "rivalries" do not necessarily have to be in the same division. Therefore, it should be acceptable to move teams out of certain divisions and still retain the rivalries, while potentially creating new ones.
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But a lot of rivalries derive from being in the same division for years. If the Cowboys and Redskins played each other once every one or two seasons it wouldn't be the same as playing twice a year. Not even close.
The only reason we had the Patriots and Colts having a rivalry was because they were winning their division every single season for the past ten years. That doesn't usually happen in this day and age, having two teams in the same conference go on a run like that. Regardless, that has nothing to do with screwing up historical rivalries. The kind of games that really get the fans pumped up. Using out of division rivalries as an excuse to justify screwing up division rivalries where you play an opponent twice a year (you are GUARANTEED to play that opponent not once, but twice) is simply dumb.