The AFC and NFC were both established as part of the NFL-AFL merger in 1970. The AFC was composed of teams that were formerly in the American Football League (AFL), while the NFC was formed from ...

Since the NFL was founded decades before the AFL, many NFC teams have a far richer history than their AFC counterparts. Still, AFC and NFC teams rarely see each other outside of the preseason ...

Turpin earned two Pro Bowl selections and a 2024 first-team All-Pro nod for his work as a returner in his first three years ...

The NFL Championship Game became the NFC Championship Game when the AFL and NFL merged in 1970. The game has become a highly anticipated showdown between the winners of the NFC divisional round to ...

The NFC East was formed in 1967, although it wasn’t yet called that. In ‘67, we still had the AFL teams and the NFL teams.

The leagues merged more fully in 1970, with the NFC and AFC conferences based roughly on the structure of the old NFL and AFL. Old NFL teams the Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh ...

The Detroit Lions should be trying to beef up their defense this offseason. Adding another big body in the interior could be ...

and the National Football Conference (NFC). The Vince Lombardi Trophy is awarded to the winner of the Super Bowl. The first Super Bowl, or the AFL–NFL World Championship Game, was played on ...

Here's an NFL Films based breakdown of how Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald got into the backfield late in the fourth quarter of the NFC Championship Game in January 2022 to force ...