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The 2026 World Cup has been incredible and it has been the talk of the sports world this summer. The fact that it only happens once every four years highlights how special it can be.
But what if the NFL season worked the same way? Carter Bahns of CBS Sports set up the upcoming NFL season in the same format as the World Cup, separating the league's 32 teams into eight groups, which led to round robin play and a 16-team knockout round.
Bahns used Pete Prisco's April power rankings to help randomly select the groups, making sure that teams from the same division were not in the same group. So, how did the Denver Broncos finish?
The Broncos were selected into Group D along with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minnesota Vikings and Miami Dolphins. It's an interesting group with two AFC teams and two NFC teams. The Broncos and Dolphins, who completed a trade for Jaylen Waddle this offseason, were placed together.
The 2026 World Cup has been incredible and it has been the talk of the sports world this summer. The fact that it only happens once every four years highlights how special it can be.
But what if the NFL season worked the same way? Carter Bahns of CBS Sports set up the upcoming NFL season in the same format as the World Cup, separating the league's 32 teams into eight groups, which led to round robin play and a 16-team knockout round.
Bahns used Pete Prisco's April power rankings to help randomly select the groups, making sure that teams from the same division were not in the same group. So, how did the Denver Broncos finish?
The Broncos were selected into Group D along with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minnesota Vikings and Miami Dolphins. It's an interesting group with two AFC teams and two NFC teams. The Broncos and Dolphins, who completed a trade for Jaylen Waddle this offseason, were placed together.
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