Eagles Mailbag: International expansion, the plan for Cole Payton and more

The national anthems are played prior to the International Series NFL match at Wembley Stadium, London. (Photo by Simon Cooper/PA Images via Getty Images) | PA Images via Getty Images The NFL never stops! As the offseason continues on at a rollicking pace, I’m going to answer some mailbag questions from our loyal Bleeding Green Nation readers that were raised in The Feed .

Let’s get after it… Two_Steps_Back : Instead of having all these international cities hosting games with American teams, would it be good for the NFL to just add eight new expansion teams? Adding one new team from another country to each division? What cities would make the cut?

And how would that impact things like scheduling, roster quality, playoffs, profits, etc.? Great question and one that will have serious repercussions for years to come with the sport. The NHL has expanded from 30 to 32 teams recently.

Expansion appears to be an inevitability in the NBA as well with teams coming sooner rather than later in Seattle and/or Las Vegas, to say nothing of their own ideas of growing globally. Major League Baseball has also been exploring this, too. I could not think of anything worse for the NFL, however, than expanding, especially with a massive jump from 32 to 40 teams.