The NFC East remains a top television draw, and the size of the markets involved makes the teams in that division among the best-covered.
But its members may have a skewed vision of where they actually reside.
During an interview with ESPN 980 (via the Washington Post), Redskins General Manager Bruce Allen said his team resided in the league’s toughest division.
“There’s so many changes in the playoff teams each year — I think half of them change each year anyway,” Allen said. “And in our division, you know, we’re in the SEC of the NFL. This is the big leagues. I think when the Giants last won the Super Bowl, they won it with a 9-7 record. So we have to keep competing in our division, and that’s what our focus is.”
There’s only one problem with Allen’s SEC-NFC East comparsion.
The NFC East has won two of the last 17 Super Bowls (both by the Giants), while the SEC has provided nine of the 15 BCS national champions, with five teams contributing to the haul.
And besides, teams in the NFC East get punished for circumventing the salary cap from time to time.