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If there was really a script to the 2025 NFL season wouldn’t all-world pop star Taylor Swift fall in love with New York Jets malcontent quarterback Aaron Rodgers? Sweet and sour. The highest profile and largest media market in the country, the scruffy, outspoken NFL QB, playing the premium leading man position. The cute, fashionable, megawatt smile, queen of the music biz all rolled into one. Open up the vaults and let the money roll in.
As it is Swift is hanging out with a gregarious, brawny tight end in Kansas City. A very good tight end, a Hall of Fame tight end, but none the less a tight end all the same. One of the lowest paid NFL positions in the 34th largest market in the country. New York City has nearly 17 million people, Kansas City has 1.8 million. You swear the law in stripes on the field is working for powerful football suits in Manhattan with a directive to make this city in Missouri, with a state wide popular about a third of New York City, the mecca of the NFL. Gotcha.
If the NFL were fixed, would the five largest markets in the league have a combined 2025 record of 47-72? Would the New York Jets and Giants win 8 games combined in market number one?
TOP FIVE MARKETS IN NFL
| TEAM /MARKET | 2025 RECORD | PLAYOFFS | LAST SUPER SEASON |
| NEW YORK JETS (1) | 3-14 | NO | 1968/69 (56) |
| NEW YORK GIANTS (1) | 5-12 | NO | 2011/12 (13) |
| LOS ANGELES RAMS (2) | 10-7 | YES | 2021/22 (3) |
| LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (2) | 11-6 | YES | NEVER |
| CHICAGO BEARS (3) | 5-12 | NO | 1985/86 (39) |
| SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (4) | 6-11 | NO | 1994/95 (30) |
| DALLAS COWBOYS (5) | 7-10 | NO | 1993/94 (31) |
| TOTALS: | 47-72 | 2 OUT OF 7 | AVERAGE YRS SINCE: 28.7 YRS |
The equation to market size and success is simple. More people, more eyes, more eyes, better ratings, better ratings, more money, better business. The NFL is a multi-billion dollar business. They are desperate each year to increase revenue to keep ahead of rising costs. One of the best ways would be if New York, LA and Chicago trampled Buffalo, Baltimore and Kansas City, they don’t. If the NFL was on the take, this would be a good place to start. On average, the top five media markets have waited nearly 30 years and counting for their team to win the Super Bowl. If it weren’t for the Rams on that list above, who hoisted the Lombardi just three seasons ago, you’d have to go back to the Giants during the 2011 season for a top five market title. Before that, the 49ers during the 1994 season won when Amazon only sold books or 30 years ago. No exactly ideal for the league.
If there was a secret script, if there were a conspiracy, if the zebras were on the take, if Roger Goodell were pulling the puppet strings, Patrick Mahomes and company wouldn’t be on the verge of an NFL three-peat from the city a stones skip away from Lake Lotawana.