Zer0hedge..bro You might very well be correct. I honestly don't know.

But a serious question. The NFL deliberately instituted a team salary cap and unrestricted free agency in order to (attempt to) create parity and to diminish the likelihood old school dynasties would reign supreme. Previously players could be locked in (owned) and a team could have an unlimited budget to pay players and coaches.

Now no team can spend more than any other team and players are 'free' 5 years after the draft. A winning team's top players are valuable, so the other teams have incentive to poach them from the winning team.

So in that light, why would the NFL then 'cheat' to move one team above everyone else...particularly when nearly everyone loves an underdog winner and hates the consistent ..thank you for sharing with us..