Most Consecutive Seasons .500 or Under in the Super Bowl Era(1967-Present)

[kungfoodude]

Minnesota - 3
Baltimore - 4
Dallas - 5
Pittsburgh - 5
Green Bay - 6
Kansas City - 6
Carolina - 7
Denver - 7
Houston - 7
Miami - 7
Tennessee - 7
Washington - 7
LA Chargers - 8
NY Giants - 8
San Francisco - 8
Seattle - 8
Buffalo - 9
Chicago - 9
Indianapolis - 9
Jacksonville - 9
New England - 9
Atlanta - 10
Detroit - 10
NY Jets - 11
Philadelphia - 11
Cleveland - 12
Arizona - 13
Las Vegas - 13
LA Rams - 13
Cincinnati - 14
Tampa Bay - 14
New Orleans - 20

 

Looked into this today and was pretty shocked to see how well we have done historically in comparison to the league as a whole. So, while this is definitively the worst stretch in franchise history, it could be a lot worse. The negative is, it could also get a lot worse. 

Either way, it was interesting to see some of these INSANE stretches of futility. 

[HaricotVert]

So we are not as historically bad as it may feel?

[kungfoodude]

3 minutes ago, HaricotVert said:

So we are not as historically bad as it may feel?

We are at our franchise low but in comparison to the rest of the NFL's franchise lows......I mean....it is wild how low it can get. Eleven teams have had at least a decade long .500 or less stretch. That's over a third of the league.

[PleaseCutStewart]

12 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Minnesota - 3
Baltimore - 4
Dallas - 5
Pittsburgh - 5
Green Bay - 6
Kansas City - 6
Carolina - 7
Denver - 7
Houston - 7
Miami - 7
Tennessee - 7
Washington - 7
LA Chargers - 8
NY Giants - 8
San Francisco - 8
Seattle - 8
Buffalo - 9
Chicago - 9
Indianapolis - 9
Jacksonville - 9
New England - 9
Atlanta - 10
Detroit - 10
NY Jets - 11
Philadelphia - 11
Cleveland - 12
Arizona - 13
Las Vegas - 13
LA Rams - 13
Cincinnati - 14
Tampa Bay - 14
New Orleans - 20

 

Looked into this today and was pretty shocked to see how well we have done historically in comparison to the league as a whole. So, while this is definitively the worst stretch in franchise history, it could be a lot worse. The negative is, it could also get a lot worse. 

Either way, it was interesting to see some of these INSANE stretches of futility. 

Helps that we have only been around since 1995. At the rate we are going, we are well on our way to catching up to NO....

The most surprising thing is that Minni somehow has been the best at being .500 or better

[frankw]

It could be worse. The Saints didn't even make a playoff appearance for their first 19 years of existence.

[TD alt]

Yeah, but that 24 percent winning season reality still stings. We can look at all the loser stats we like.

[Captain Morgan]

lol at saints  

[Pejorative Miscreant]

25 minutes ago, HaricotVert said:

So we are not as historically bad as it may feel?

FYI, Tepper Sports reads this as a challenge.

[kungfoodude]

22 minutes ago, PleaseCutStewart said:

Helps that we have only been around since 1995. At the rate we are going, we are well on our way to catching up to NO....

The most surprising thing is that Minni somehow has been the best at being .500 or better

Well, Jacksonville already has had a 9 year stretch. Houston has had a 7 and existed even less.

Minnesota was completely shocking.

Edited August 5 by kungfoodude

[kungfoodude]

5 minutes ago, TD alt said:

Yeah, but that 24 percent winning season reality still stings. We can look at all the loser stats we like.

No doubt. I honestly started this thinking we would be in the bottom half of the NFL in this but was very surprised to see how high up this list we actually were.

I think the thing is that our stretches of futility have been relatively short until now. But, we also rarely have ever had any appreciable stretches of winning. 

Still have never had back to back winning seasons(no one in the NFL can say that).

[t96]

It's kind of a flawed comparison though as we are such a relatively young franchise and many of those streaks were pre-cap era where smaller markets had even less of a chance of contending than they do now. 

[kungfoodude]

Just now, t96 said:

It's kind of a flawed comparison though as we are such a relatively young franchise and many of those streaks were pre-cap era where smaller markets had even less of a chance of contending than they do now. 

Quite a few of those 10+ year stretches were post 1995.

[WUnderhill]

1 hour ago, PleaseCutStewart said:

Helps that we have only been around since 1995. At the rate we are going, we are well on our way to catching up to NO.…

Not even remotely close what are you talking about.

[ColumbusCounty]

1 hour ago, frankw said:

It could be worse. The Saints didn't even make a playoff appearance for their first 19 years of existence.

That is crazy !!!!!! Lol... 19 years of garbage...smdh