A friend of mine suggested that the NFL start a farm league with eight to sixteen teams. The NHL and MLB both have minor leagues that they use to send players up and down depending on their skill levels and such. It could be a cool idea... It would be designed to allow the players that do not get drafted or signed in the NFL to still play NFL style professional football. Also, if a player is the #1 draft pick, but plays horribly for two or three years or whatever, then that player could get sent down to the minors until he can adjust and improve.
As it is, there has been some debate about the level of talent in the NFL over the past two decades. Some teams have excelled, like Dallas and the Patriots and so forth... Other teams have wallowed in defeat and losses. In the past few years we have seen that it is increasingly difficult to build a dynasty or whatever that will dominate the seasons, Playoffs, and Super Bowl. The New England Patriots might be the last dynasty team in the NFL.
The upside to that is that we get to see teams go to the Super Bowl that might not have ever gone before -- the Eagles, the Panthers, the Ravens, the Titans, the Buccaneers, and Atlanta. Of those teams, only the Ravens and the Bucs have won the Super Bowl. This year, we might get to see the Seattle Seahawks and the Indianapolis Colts in the Super Bowl. It's been over thirty years since the Colts went to the Super Bowl. The Seahawks have never been to the big show!
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