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While football is pretty set in its scheduling ways, soccer is a completely different animal for one big reason - in addition to a league structure, they also have a knockout competition that goes on at the same time. For example, in England they have the FA Cup. While desperately trying to go to sleep, an idea popped into my head: how would it go if the NFL had a similar competition? All 32 teams play each other eventually, it can't be that hard. I came up with the NFL Cup, whose rules I will explain: 1) The Opening Round is played Week 1 of the first season after a new winner is crowned (we will start in 2002) 2) Subsequent rounds will be matched up based on winners from the previous round, first come first served 3) A new round cannot begin until the previous round is completed 4) Playoff games can count in the NFL Cup, while preseason games do not The NFL Cup I ~Opening Round (all games Week 1, 2002)~ San Francisco over New York (NFC), 16-13 New York (AFC) over Buffalo, 37-31 (OT) Carolina over Baltimore, 10-7 Chicago over Minnesota, 27-23 San Diego over Cincinnati, 34-6 Kansas City over Cleveland, 40-39 Green Bay over Atlanta, 37-34 (OT) Indianapolis over Jacksonville, 28-25 Miami over Detroit, 49-21 Washington over Arizona, 31-23 Tennessee over Philadelphia, 27-24 New Orleans over Tampa Bay, 26-20 (OT) Denver over St. Louis, 23-16 Oakland over Seattle, 31-17 Houston over Dallas, 19-10 New England over Pittsburgh, 30-14 ~Round of 16~ Week 2, 2002 Miami over Indianapolis, 21-13 New England over New York (AFC), 44-7 New Orleans over Green Bay, 35-20 Denver over San Francisco, 24-14 San Diego over Houston, 24-3 Week 4, 2002 Oakland over Tennessee, 52-25 Week 16, 2002 Carolina over Chicago, 24-14 Week 6, 2005 Kansas City over Washington, 28-21 ~Quarter-Finals~ Week 7, 2005 Kansas City over Miami, 30-20 Week 10, 2005 Denver over Oakland, 31-17 Week 11, 2005 New England over New Orleans, 24-17 Week 1, 2008 Carolina over San Diego, 26-24 ~Semi-Finals~ Week 4, 2008 Kansas City over Denver, 33-19 Week 14, 2009 New England over Carolina, 20-10 ~FINAL~ Week 11, 2011 New England over Kansas City, 34-3 I'll be honest, I'm shocked it takes 10 seasons for this whole thing to crown a winner.
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the bengals would win
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Dec 16, 2023 10:58
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Edward Mass posted:
problem is that nfc and afc divisions are only guaranteed to play once every 4 years so you can catch some rough ones, like KC playing washington in 2001 and carolina and san diego playing in 2004 and so on.
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Dec 16, 2023 13:56
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Playing a tournament that won't end until everyone from the first round is long retired sounds like a 17776 bit I'm all for doing this
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Dec 16, 2023 23:57
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The NFL Cup II ~Opening Round (all games Week 1, 2012)~ Dallas over New York (NFC), 24-17 Chicago over Indianapolis, 41-21 Philadelphia over Cleveland, 17-16 Detroit over St. Louis, 27-23 Houston over Miami, 30-10 Atlanta over Kansas City, 40-24 Washington over New Orleans, 40-32 New York (AFC) over Buffalo, 48-28 New England over Tennessee, 34-13 Minnesota over Jacksonville, 26-23 (OT) Arizona over Seattle, 20-16 San Francisco over Green Bay, 30-22 Tampa Bay over Carolina, 16-10 Denver over Pittsburgh, 31-19 Baltimore over Cincinnati, 44-13 San Diego over Oakland, 22-14 ~Round of 16~ Week 2, 2012 Arizona over New England, 20-18 Philadelphia over Baltimore, 24-23 San Francisco over Detroit, 27-19 Atlanta over Denver, 27-21 Week 3, 2012 Dallas over Tampa Bay, 16-10 Week 5, 2012 Houston over New York (AFC), 23-17 Week 5, 2012 Washington over Minnesota, 38-26 Week 9, 2015 Chicago over San Diego, 22-19 ~Quarter-Finals~ Week 12, 2015 Arizona over San Francisco, 19-13 Week 13, 2015 Dallas over Washington, 19-16 Week 1, 2016 Houston over Chicago, 23-14 Week 10, 2016 Philadelphia over Atlanta, 24-15 ~Semi-Finals~ Week 17, 2016 Philadelphia over Dallas, 27-13 Week 11, 2017 Houston over Arizona, 31-21 ~FINAL~ Week 16, 2018 Philadelphia over Houston, 32-30
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Dec 17, 2023 07:05
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I wanna see this universe where Chip Kelly gets a ring for the tournament like 4 years after getting fired
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Dec 17, 2023 17:30
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ooh so we could be nearing an active finals?!
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Dec 17, 2023 23:36
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Pontius Pilate posted:ooh so we could be nearing an active finals?! lmao there was a week one tie in 2019
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Dec 19, 2023 12:07
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i really like the idea of a post-game cup ceremony after a week 16 matchup between the 8-7 Eagles and the 10-5 Texans so i'm all for this idea
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The NFL Cup III ~Opening Round (all games Week 1, 2019)~ Green Bay over Chicago, 10-3 Los Angeles (NFC) over Carolina, 30-27 Tennessee over Cleveland, 43-13 Kansas City over Jacksonville, 40-26 Baltimore over Miami, 59-10 Minnesota over Atlanta, 28-12 Buffalo over New York (AFC), 17-16 Philadelphia over Washington, 32-27 Los Angeles (AFC) over Indianapolis, 30-24 Seattle over Cincinnati, 21-20 Detroit draws Arizona, 27-27 Dallas over New York (NFC), 35-17 San Francisco over Tampa Bay, 31-17 New England over Pittsburgh, 33-3 New Orleans over Houston, 30-28 Oakland over Denver, 24-16 ~Opening Round replay (Week 3, 2020)~ Detroit over Arizona, 26-23 ~Round of 16~ Week 4, 2020 New Orleans over Detroit, 35-29 Buffalo over Las Vegas, 30-23 Philadelphia over San Francisco, 25-20 Kansas City over New England, 26-10 Week 5, 2020 Seattle over Minnesota, 27-26 Week 11, 2020 Tennessee over Baltimore, 30-24 (OT) Divisional Round, 2020 Green Bay over Los Angeles (NFC), 32-18 Week 2, 2021 Dallas over Los Angeles (AFC), 20-17 ~Quarter-Finals~ Week 3, 2021 Dallas over Philadelphia, 41-21 Week 5, 2021 Buffalo over Kansas City, 38-20 Week 7, 2021 New Orleans over Seattle, 13-10 Week 11, 2022 Tennessee over Green Bay, 27-17 ~Semi-Finals~ Week 17, 2022 Dallas over Tennessee, 27-13 Buffalo will play New Orleans in 2025 at the latest, so that's that.
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