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How many players are on each team?

Each NFL team can have up to fifty-three players on the roster. Of these players, only forty-five can dress and play on game day. Teams get players either through the draft or by signing free-agents to contracts. Free agents are players who don't currently have a contract with an NFL team. Sometimes this is because they weren't drafted out of college and sometimes it's because their current contract expired.

How many NFL teams are there?

There are 32 teams in the NFL, 16 in the National Football Conference (NFC) and 16 in the American Football Conference (AFC). Each of the conferences is broken up into 4 divisions; East, North, South, and West. Each division has four teams. Here is a list of teams and the divisions they are in:

American Football Conference (AFC)

East

Buffalo Bills
Miami Dolphins
New England Patriots
New York Jets

North

Baltimore Ravens
Cincinnati Bengals
Cleveland Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers

South

Houston Texans
Indianapolis Colts
Jacksonville Jaguars
Tennessee Titans

West

Denver Broncos
Kansas City Chiefs
Oakland Raiders
Los Angeles Chargers

National Football Conference (NFC)

East

Dallas Cowboys
New York Giants
Philadelphia Eagles
Washington Commanders

North

Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Minnesota Vikings

South

Atlanta Falcons
Carolina Panthers
New Orleans Saints
Tampa Bay Buccaneers

West

Arizona Cardinals
Los Angeles Rams
San Francisco 49ers
Seattle Seahawks

Fun Facts about NFL Teams

The Green Bay Packers have won 13 NFL titles including the first two Super Bowls. The Pittsburgh Steelers and the New England Patriots have the most Super Bowl wins with 6 each.
Several of the top 10 most valuable sports franchises are NFL teams.
New York has two teams, the Giants and the Jets.
The Indianapolis Colts were the first team to have cheerleaders.
Most of the NFL teams are in the Eastern time zone.
There was once an NFL team called the New York Yankees.

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