Packer's 2010 Opponents Entirely Old School NFL Franchises-First Time In Memory

The  Packers  2010 schedule consists of only opponents that meet a criteria of Old School or New Original franchises. This is the first such occurrence in recent memory.

The "New Original" NFL franchises are defined by ThePretzelHead as teams in the  NFL in 1970 which was  the first year of the merger of the NFL and AFL. Out of the original 26 teams in 1970 only 19 have maintained their franchise's continuity and can be considered a  "New Originals".   

You may agree after some mixing and matching that when any of these 19 teams face each other the games seem somehow more attractive. Rich histories, traditional uniforms (for the most part), fan support and  culture and other traditions seem to make the Old School match ups a bit more fun to watch.

For 2010 anyway, the  Packer's  step back into 1970 with everyone of their games which should make for some aesthetic and athletically exciting mathups.    Perhaps this unique schedule can be topped off with a Green Bay vs.Dallas Championship Game  and the winner  facing the Pittsburgh vs.Oakland  winner.  Tradition. Tradition.
 

Here's a quick reminder of those 19 "New OriginalFranchises and an * next to Packer opponents for  their unique 2010 schedule.

No Brainers (Old, Old School Teams)  

Green Bay Packers

Chicago Bears*

Detroit Lions*

New York Giants*

Washington Redskins*

Pittsburgh Steelers

Remaining  Originals:

Dallas Cowboys*

San Francisco 49'ers*

Minnesota Vikings*

Kansas City Chiefs

San Diego Chargers

Denver Broncos 

New Orleans Saints

New England Patriots* ( despite name change from Boston)

Oakland Raiders ( because they stumbled back to Oakland "intact")

Buffalo Bills*

Miami Dolphins*

Atlanta Falcons*

Cincinnati Bengals

Outside Almost Looking In (Only Bubble team)

Cleveland Browns (must punish owners at the expense of excluding a real old school franchise.-But it's really not Jim Brown's or Otto Graham's Browns.)

Outside Wish You Were In

Baltimore Colts ( How did we lose this?  New York  Giants at Baltimore Colts  or Baltimore Colts travel to Dallas in rematch of Super Bowl V) As you can see, losing the Colts proves my point and  continues to be a blow to the types of games the Packers will enjoy for an entire year...New Old School..