This took a long time, but I'm more than happy to do it when stuck in the office on Christmas week with nothing to do. I thought it'd be interesting to get a snapshot of the league since the BB-Brady duo came together in 2001. We're measuring all sorts of things, from how often teams suck all the way to how often they win a championship. It's amazing to see not only how much the Patriots win, but conversely, how infrequently they don't. I know those go directly hand-in-hand, but hopefully you catch my drift.
All numbers are the frequency of occurence over the past 13 seasons, except for playoff results which are over 12 seasons. If the matter is not decided for this season, the team gets a .5.
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Awful seasons (10 or more losses):
10 - Browns, Lions
9 - Raiders
8 -
7.5 - Bills
7 - Cardinals, Jaguars, Reskins
6 - Texans, Vikings
5 - Chiefs, Rams, Buccaneers
4.5- Titans
4 - Bengals, Cowboys, Dolphins, Jets, 49ers
3 - Falcons, Panthers
2.5 - Giants
2 - Ravens, Bears, Packers, Colts, Eagles, Chargers, Seahawks
1 - Broncos, Saints, Steelers
0 - Patriots
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Irrelevant seasons (.500 or worse):
12 - Bills, Lions
11 - Browns, Raiders, Rams
10 - Cardinals, Jaguars, Redskins
9 - Panthers, Texans
8 - Bengals, Chiefs, Vikings, 49ers, Titans
7.5 - Dolphins
7 - Saints, Buccaneers
6.5 - Bears, Cowboys, Chargers
6 - Falcons, Broncos, Giants, Jets
5 - Seahawks
4 - Eagles, Steelers
3.5 - Ravens, Packers
3 -
2 - Colts
1 -
0 - Patriots
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Contending seasons (10 or more wins):
0 - Bills
1 - Browns, Lions
2 - Cardinals, Texans, Jaguars, Raiders, Rams, Redskins
3 - Cowboys, Dolphins, Vikings, Buccaneers
4 - Panthers, Bengals, Chiefs, Jets, Chargers, Titans
5 - Falcons, Bears, Broncos, Saints, Giants, 49ers, Seahawks
6 -
7 - Ravens
7.5 - Eagles
8 - Steelers
9 - Packers
10 -
11 - Colts
12 - Patriots
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Elite seasons (12 or more wins):
0 - Cardinals, Bills, Bengals, Browns, Lions, Dolphins, Jets, Raiders, Redskins
1 - Cowboys, Texans, Jaguars, Vikings, Giants, Buccaneers
1.5 - Panthers, Chiefs
2 - Falcons, Bears, Saints, 49ers, Seahawks, Rams, Titans
3 - Ravens, Broncos, Eagles, Chargers
4 - Packers
5 - Steelers
6 -
7 - Colts
7.5 - Patriots
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Historic seasons (14 or more wins):
0 - 26 teams
1 - Packers, Steelers, Chargers, Rams
2 - Colts
3 -
4 - Patriots
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Playoff appearances (counting this year):
0 - Bills
1 - Browns, Lions
2 - Texans, Jaguars, Raiders
2.5 - Cardinals, Dolphins
3 - Rams, Redskins
4 - Panthers, Chiefs, Vikings, Buccaneers, Titans
4.5 - Bears, Cowboys, Saints, 49ers
5 - Bengals
5.5 - Chargers
6 - Falcons, Broncos, Giants, Jets
7 - Seahawks
8 -
8.5 - Ravens, Steelers, Eagles
9 -
9.5 - Packers
10 -
11 - Colts, Patriots
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Division Championships:
0 - Bills, Browns, Lions
1 - Jets, Dolphins
2 - Raiders, Chiefs, Titans, Texans, Vikings, Rams, Cardinals
2.5 - Cowboys, Panthers
3 - Bengals, Giants, Buccaneers, Falcons
3.5 - 49ers, Saints
4 - Ravens, Broncos
4.5 - Bears
5 - Chargers
5.5 - Seahawks
6 - Steelers
6.5 - Packers, Eagles
7 -
8 - Colts
9 -
10 -
11 - Patriots
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Divisional Round appearances:
0 - Bills, Bengals, Browns, Lions, Dolphins
1 - Jaguars, Chiefs, Buccaneers, Redskins
2 - Cardinals, Cowboys, Texans, Vikings, Raiders
3 - Panthers, Broncos, Saints, Giants, 49ers, Rams, Titans
4 - Falcons, Bears, Jets, Chargers
5 - Seahawks
6 - Packers, Colts, Eagles, Steelers
7 - Ravens
8 -
9 - Patriots
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Conference Championship Game appearances:
0 - Bills, Bengals, Browns, Cowboys, Lions, Texans, Jaguars, Chiefs, Dolphins, Redskins
1 - Broncos, Raiders, Chargers, Titans, Cardinals, Vikings. Seahawks, Rams, Buccaneers
2 - Jets, Falcons, Panthers, Bears, Packers, Saints, Giants, 49ers
3 - Ravens, Colts
4 -
5 - Steelers, Eagles
6 -
7 - Patriots
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Super Bowl appearances:
0 - 16 teams
1 - Cardinals, Ravens, Panthers, Bears, Packers, Saints, Raiders, Eagles, 49ers, Seahawks, Rams, Buccaneers
2 - Colts, Giants
3 - Steelers
4 -
5 - Patriots
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Championships:
0 - 24 teams
1 - Ravens, Packers, Colts, Saints, Buccaneers
2 - Giants, Steelers
3 - Patriots