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Which NFL franchise has underachieved the most?

by YPB Team

Trophy cabinets measured against talent, market size and the years spent waiting. Some of these teams are beloved; none of them are satisfied.

  1. Cleveland Browns — ranked #11
    Cleveland Browns
    Four pre-merger NFL titles and not a single Super Bowl appearance since the merger.
    1000pts
  2. New York Jets — ranked #22
    New York Jets
    One Super Bowl win, in 1969, and the longest playoff drought in the league since.
    656pts
  3. Buffalo Bills — ranked #33
    Buffalo Bills
    The only team to reach four consecutive Super Bowls, and the only one to lose all four.
    524pts
  4. Dallas Cowboys — ranked #44
    Dallas Cowboys
    Five Super Bowls, the league's richest brand, and no conference title game since 1995.
    515pts
  5. Cincinnati Bengals — ranked #55
    Cincinnati Bengals
    Three Super Bowl appearances, three defeats, and decades of losing seasons between them.
    515pts
  6. Carolina Panthers — ranked #66
    Carolina Panthers
    Two Super Bowl appearances, including a 15-1 season, and no title.
    515pts
  7. Tennessee Titans — ranked #77
    Tennessee Titans
    Stopped one yard short of tying Super Bowl XXXIV on the final play.
    454pts
  8. Philadelphia Eagles — ranked #88
    Philadelphia Eagles
    Three pre-merger titles and a half-century wait before the first Super Bowl arrived.
    384pts
  9. Minnesota Vikings — ranked #99
    Minnesota Vikings
    Four Super Bowl appearances in eight years and four defeats to show for them.
    303pts
  10. Atlanta Falcons — ranked #1010
    Atlanta Falcons
    Led Super Bowl LI 28-3 in the third quarter and lost in overtime.
    303pts
  11. Arizona Cardinals — ranked #1111
    Arizona Cardinals
    The NFL's oldest continuously run franchise, with two titles, both before the Second World War.
    303pts
  12. Detroit Lions — ranked #1212
    Detroit Lions
    Three championships in the 1950s, then the longest title drought of any original NFL franchise.
    303pts
  13. Los Angeles Chargers — ranked #1313
    Los Angeles Chargers
    A roster of star quarterbacks across six decades and one Super Bowl appearance.
    303pts
  14. Jacksonville Jaguars — ranked #1414
    Jacksonville Jaguars
    Reached the AFC Championship in its second season and has spent most of the years since rebuilding.
    303pts
  15. Chicago Bears — ranked #1515
    Chicago Bears
    More Hall of Fame enshrinees than any other franchise, nine league titles, and exactly one Super Bowl.
    206pts
  16. Houston Texans — ranked #1616
    Houston Texans
    The league's newest franchise, still without a conference championship game appearance.
    0pts

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Comments

Same badge as the greatest-teams list, opposite question, and Chicago is on both: https://youpick.best/articles/bear-ranked-many-ways

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