It was the Cardinals' first division title since 1975 and third of the post-merger era.

This left Turner with the distinction of being the only NFL head coach in the post-merger era to be fired midway through a season with a winning record.

The Dolphins' undefeated, untied regular season was the third in NFL history, and the first of the post-Merger era.

The Seahawks are the only NFL team to switch conferences twice in the post-merger era.

Football Nation ranks Esiason as the twenty-fifth greatest quarterback of the post-merger era.

For his successes in the NFL, Stabler was named the twenty-seventh greatest quarterback of the post-merger era by Football Nation.

With the loss, the Lions became only the second NFL team of the post-merger era to go winless without a tie in the regular season, and the first to go 0-16.

The founding of the United States Football League in the early 1980s was the biggest challenge to the NFL in the post-merger era.

Football Nation ranked Brunell the twenty-ninth best quarterback of the post-merger era.

In July 2012, Green was named the forty-first greatest quarterback of the NFL's post-merger era, according to Football Nation.