These are the years when keeping things as they are in the NFL sounds just dandy, right? When the perfect math yielded by eight divisions and 32 teams is more than just right, it’s poetic. When you take a pass on the regular outrage that accompanies division winners that go 8-8 and still get a home game.
Or 7-9 for that matter.
“Every game is important,” Eli Manning said the other day. “Every one is big, and it’s going to be a deciding factor in how the season ends.