Texans to AFC West as part of wild Chargers rumor

[HPF Bob]

There's a story floating around that the Nomad Chargers (who were very impressive against the Packers in their road win at Los Angeles this week - yes, sarcasm because the "home" crowd was largely Packer fans) may be moved to London and that the two scenarios connected to this would move the Texans to the AFC West to join Denver, Kansas City and Las Vegas (Raiders). Hey, we're 3-0 against the AFC West this year and can go for the sweep if we beat 3-6 Denver at home next month so why not?

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/c...c-realignment/

Chargers owner Dean Spanos replied to reporters with a profanity-laced denial which either means it was some reporter's "fake news" or perhaps Spanos doth protest too much. Anyway, I've always believed the Jaguars were the natural inheritor of the London franchise and argued they could logistically make it work only if they were shifted to the AFC East and Miami was moved to the AFC South. Boston, New York and Buffalo (Toronto) would be easy access points for a London-based team to fly in and out of, an important consideration. Indy and Nashville would not.

Should the Chargers be moved to Europe, not only would the Texans switch divisions but the Dolphins would too.

Not mentioned in the story but also possible consideration would be to move the Jags to London and the Chargers to Berlin (which has well-received American football in past efforts). Under that scenario, the AFC East could be New England, the Jets, London and Berlin with Buffalo joining the AFC North, Baltimore and Miami joining the AFC South and Houston joining the AFC West. Having two European teams would almost be easier than one since a club could fly across the Atlantic for two weeks before flying home to improve the acclimation process and negate some of the travel advantage.