Ummm not to be a downer but that would not be possible lol. the other teams do play themselves but it was a good thought. Kinda like your 4 teams from our division in the playoffs i don't think that was ever possible.



Edit: ok i was wrong after research and from 1990 to 2002 they did allow 3 wildcard teams now i am searching to see if the central ever had 4 teams in the playoffs.

Damn proven wrong on that also it happened once we sent 4 teams to the playoffs in 1997 (pack,Bucs,Lions, and Vikes) hahahaha the bears sucked back then.

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Well they could always tie each other.

And the 4 teams was when it was the NFC Central with only 3 divisions.

97 and 94 the Central had 4 teams in the playoffs

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94 we only had 3 teams the other wild card was the giants.

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http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1994/ 

Green Bay played Detroit, and Min played Chicago.

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Those were the days when the NFC Central had 5 teams though. Since the NFC North has only 4 teams, only 3 can make the playoffs, whereas the NFC Central could have 4 teams make the playoffs.

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Ok twins i see in there i was going off the standings on nfl.com and they have the giants higher in the standings so i thought they went. my bad.


http://www.nfl.com/standings?category=conf&season=1994-REG&split=Overall 

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I've been saying this since we were the NFC Central. Our division has always been the laughingstock of football. The Bucs. Da Bears. The Lions. The Vikings. And us.

Besides us, how many SB wins? I think only one. Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't the Bucs out of our division when they won theirs? Meanwhile, there are 3 teams in the NFL who have more SB wins than our entire division put together.

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Precisely. I'd be so much more excited about division crowns if the division weren't so chronically mediocre-to-pathetic. And divisional games would actually be worth watching if our rivals found a way to consistently put some talent on the field.

And zombieslayer, you are correct. Realignment occurred in 2002  and the Buccaneers won their Superbowl that same season, becoming the first Superbowl champions of the 8-division era.

Completely off-topic, I think it's interesting to see how primitive the SportsIllustrated website used to look a few years ago (see link above).

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Urgh. They leave our pathetic division and immediately win a SB. 😞

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All right. I'm staking an even bolder wish out. I wish for two teams from the NFC North to battle in the NFC Championship game. 😃

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