Two things, quickly. One, the Texans' kick return teams are nothing to write home about but at least they hang onto the ball (knock wood). Coverage is fine, punting is average and the kicker is finally someone I think we can trust. So I'm not nearly as down on ST as I have been for the last fifteen years or so.
Bob is quite right that there will be no contraction because the league makes too much money (and the players don't do that poorly for themselves, either, and the union - sorry, the UNION - would not want to lose hundreds of jobs). But what I do think is possible to likely is that a couple of owners will get tired of their shit stadiums and/or their shit fans and move their teams abroad. I could easily see the Jag-u-ars in London and the Raiders in Mexico City. And I'm not sure that would be the worst thing in the world for everyone involved.
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