Ok let me give you a history lesson that goes back to September 2001. No this message has nothing to do with the tragic events of 9/11. It has to do with another outspoke tragic event which happened during the same few weeks.

It did happen in a big city in America. Was it in LA? Was it in D.C? No. Was it in NY? No. Give up? It was in Boston.

During this same time period the Patriots star and franchise Quarterback Drew Bledsoe got injured, and this injury would reshape the history of the entire NFL. This small occurance to a Quarterback that was always mediocre, and barely gave his team a winning record, would have a larger effect on NFL than anyone could ever imagine. When Bledsoe got injured the Patriots horrible, yes I said horrible, back up Tom Brady came in to play. Everyone in Boston was extremely pissed off. Until Brady some how started winning. YES this horrible back up Quarterback turned out to be amazing!!!! Well Bledsoe's injury healed after a few weeks, and Bill Bellicheck was faced with a dilema. Who would there starting Quarterback be? Would it be the consistent veteran Bledsoe or the new quick to fame Quarterback Brady? Patriots fans were split over what they should do. Should they go with Brady or Bledsoe? Most Patriots fans still believed that they should stay with Bledsoe, but Bellicheck made an unprecidented decision to chose Brady as his starter.

Well Brady kept winning, and winning, and winning. Suddenly it was the Patriots vs. Raiders, who were a super power in the NFL. The Patriots were down, but driving to go for a game winning field goal, and then mid night strikes on Brady's Cinderella story. He fumbles the ball, and its all over. BUT WAIT. A stupid tuck rule is called and then a miracle happens for the Pats, and eventually Vinateri hits a huge field goal in the snow for the win.

Now in the AFC conference championship, Brady gets a slight injury and Bledsoe comes in, plays amazing and wins the AFC conference championship game against an amazing Steelers team.

Well Bellicheck is face with the same dilema Brady or Bledsoe. Well again he picks Brady, and the Patriots win the super bowl and the rest is history,

Well now the Patriots star Quarterback, Brady is injured, and Cassel is injured. IF Cassel plays amazing, and Brady comes back before the end of the season who will start? Bellicheck should be ready to be faced with this extremely important question.

Ok for those of you who don't know what gerrymandering is, its basically redistricting. Right now the NFL is split up into 2 conferences: AFC and NFC. Each conference has 16 and 4 divisions. Each division has 4 teams. This has been the format of the NFL ever since the Houston Texans have came into existence. Before that it was something really weird, like some divisions had 6 teams. There are many reasons why this system doesn't work.

1) Geographically
The Baltimore Ravens are in the AFC North, but Maryland is in the South. The Indianapolis Colts are in the AFC South but Indiana is in the North. The Kansas City Chiefs are in the AFC West, but they are in the Central-East of America. The Dallas Cowboys are in the NFC East, but Texas is in the West. Finally, the St. Louis Rams are in the NFC West, but they are in the Central-East.

2) Strength of schedule
Some divisions have consistently good teams while others have bad ones. The only team in the AFC East that is good is the Patriots, and the only bad team in the AFC South is the Texans.  Also, the only good team in the AFC West is the Chargers. In the NFC, the NFC East has 4 good teams, and the NFC West only has the Seahawks. Having to play 6 divisional games gives teams with a harder division a harder schedule, and teams with an easier division with an easier schedule.

3) Chances of getting into the playoffs
This destroys the balance in the NFL. Some divisions have multiple good teams that should get a top 4 seed, (i.e. Jacksonville) but don't because there is an even better team in there division, and other divisions shouldn't even send 1 team to the playoffs.

4) Comparison of Conferences
In the AFC you can not get in the playoffs, with ten wins(i.e. the Browns), but in the NFC even an 8-8 team can make the playoffs.

The NFL should definitely re group its divisions before the year 2010 because soon there will be many teams complaining that a worse team got in the playoffs, and their team with a better record didn't get in.