They play the NFC East and AFC North in 2011.
AFC east
The Cowboys play in the National Football Conference's East Division.
The Detroit Lions are in the NFC. They are in the NFC North division.
The 49ers will face play all teams in their division twice, plus all the teams from one NFC division and an AFC division.
The New York Giants are of the NFC East division.
The 49ers will play their division rivals (Seattle, St. Louis, Arizona) twice. They will play the NFC South (Carolina, Atlanta, New Orleans, Tampa Bay) They will play the AFC South (Indianapolis, Tennessee, Houston, Jacksonville) They will play the NFC East and NFC North teams that match the Niners finishing position in their division - i.e. if the Niners win the NFC West they play the NFC East and NFC North division champs.
AFC- AFC east, AFC west, AFC north, AFC south NFC- NFC east, NFC west, NFC north, NFC south
No, the Lions belong to the NFC North Division.
The Cowboys are in the NFC East.
The NFL Divisions are NFC North NFC South NFC East NFC West AFC North AFC South AFC East AFC West
Well, there are four division leaders from the AFC, and four leaders from the NFC. Then there are four wild cards that play the number 3 and four division leaders. The number 1 and 2 division leaders get a bye. Two teams from the AFC and two teams from the NFC gain a 1st round bye