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'4th' NFL team to join AFC in '70

Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 2:34 am
by 74_75_78_79_
Outside of the Steelers, Browns, and Colts, what NFL team was the closest to also jumping ship to the newly formed AFC in 1970?

I read an interesting article not long ago suggesting had Baltimore won SBIII, chances are they would have stayed in the NFL being they were a recent champ. A flip side to that was also offered stating that Rosenbloom was not as influential of an owner compared to the others and that the move would have happened anyway.

Re: '4th' NFL team to join AFC in '70

Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 6:20 am
by Rupert Patrick
My guess is Philadelphia, being that they were still sort of rivals with the Steelers, and would have replaced the Colts in the AFC East.