Nfc North (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The NFC North has four professional teams. It is a division of the National Football League's National Football Conference. It was created prior to the 2002 season when the league realigned its divisions after expanding to 32 teams. It replaced the NFC Central, which was formed in 1970 after the AFL-NFL Merger, and its predecessor, the NFL Central Division. The NFC North currently has four members: The Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, and Minnesota Vikings. The division contains the same alignment as the NFL Central Division, which was created in 1967 and existed for three seasons before the AFL-NFL merger. During its earlier incarnation, the division earned the moniker "Black and Blue Division" due to its intense rivalries and physical style of play. Based on the ages of its teams, the NFC North is the oldest division in the NFL: a combined 299 years old (The Packers are 90 years old (founded 1919), the Bears are 89 years old (founded 1920), the Lions are 80 years old (founded 1930), and the Vikings are 48 years old (founded 1961)).