Welcome back to NFL Imperialism 2.0

**What is NFL Imperialism?**

Imperialism maps treat games like battles in which the losing team cedes territory (counties) to the winning team. Traditionally, imperialism maps are winner take all.

However, this can lead to bad teams pulling off a fluke win late in the season and grabbing a lot of territory. In 2.0 teams gain territory from their opponent based on their margin of victory (rounded to nearest whole, minimum of 1).

|Margin of Victory|% of Losing Team's Counties Gained|
|:-|:-|
||
|Game goes to overtime|0%|
|1-3|10%|
|4-6|20%|
|7-9|30%|
|10-12|40%|
|13-15|50%|
|16-18|60%|
|19-21|70%|
|22-24|80%|
|25-27|90%|
|28+|100%|

Teams that lose all their territory, either by losing by 28+ points or through attrition of consecutive losses, are eliminated and cannot regain territory. This helps declutter the map as the season goes along and we will see which teams can stand the test of time.

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After taking a break last week for the holidays, Imperialism is back. The map has been updated for both weeks 16 and 17

\-SF shows signs of life and moves into the eastern US again

\-HOU conquers the Chargers out west

\- PHI takes a chunk of Buffalo's southern Illinois territory

|Rank|**Team**|**Week 17 Counties**|
|:-|:-|:-|
|1|DEN|732|
|2|NE|359|
|3|SEA|322|
|4|LAR|307|
|5|HOU|230|
|6|BUF|229|
|7|PHI|216|
|8|LAC|212|
|9|GB|165|
|10|SF|86|
|11|KC|76|
|12|MIN|57|
|13|DET|35|
|14|PIT|34|
|15|IND|23|
|16|DAL|18|
|17|NYG|5|
|18|TB|3|

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|Rank|**Team**|**Week 17 Population**|
|:-|:-|:-|
|1|LAR|6427|
|2|DEN|4616|
|3|BUF|3988|
|4|HOU|3854|
|5|SEA|2772|
|6|NE|2722|
|7|GB|2035|
|8|LAC|1201|
|9|SF|1011|
|10|PHI|950|
|11|IND|875|
|12|MIN|859|
|13|DET|754|
|14|PIT|367|
|15|KC|280|
|16|DAL|201|
|17|NYG|196|
|18|TB|61|

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Last week of the regular season before we continue imperalizing the playoffs

SEA at SF: 408 counties

IND at HOU: 253 counties

GB at MIN: 222 counties

DAL at NYG: 23 counties (lol)

LAC at DEN: 944 counties 

NFL Imperialism 2.0 - Week 17