Daily Star Sports’ Football page contains news about the National Football League.
The NFL is a professional American football league consisting of 32 franchises, partitioned proportionately among the NFC and the American Football Conference.
The National Football Conference contains sixteen franchises from communities from around the United States like Chicago, IL. The NFC contains four divisions, the National Football Conference East, the NFC North, the NFC South, the NFC West. The National Football League’s National Football Conference division consists of franchises like the Detroit Lions.
The AFC is comprised of 16 ball clubs from multiple communities from around the USA such as Oakland, CA. The American Football Conference consists of 4 divisions, the American Football Conference East, the American Football Conference North, the AFC South, the AFC West. The NFL’s American Football Conference division includes organizations such as the Tennessee Titans.
The NFL is one of the leading professional athletic venues in the United States of America, and the greatest professional level of American football in existence. The NFL's normal season lasts from September to late December, with individual teams competing in 16 games and being allotted one free week during the normal season calendar. Following the conclusion of the regular calendar, six ball clubs from both conferences advance to the playoffs. The four division winners and the 2 franchises (not division champions) with the {best|highest overall record have earned spots in the playoffs. The 2 best records from each conference are allotted a bye week, while the lower record 2 conference winners compete in the wild card round with the 2 wild card teams. The NFL play-offs are winner advances competition ending in the NFL’s championship challenge, the Super Bowl, which is usually played on the first Sunday in February following regular season play, and is competed between the winners of the National Football Conference and American Football Conference.
