Here's one for you:
Since 1944, only five teams have had winless seasons in the NFL:
- the 1960 Dallas Cowboys (0–11–1)
- the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0–14)
- the 1982 Baltimore Colts (0–8–1)
- the 2008 Detroit Lions (0–16)
- the 2017 Cleveland Browns (0–16).
I was going to ask if you can even name the first round picks for each of those teams, but you probably can, thouigh not because those picks elevated their teams to Super Bowl greatness (I'd give you Bob Lilly on that one, though). Only the first three have actually WON a Super Bowl since their oh-fer seasons, and every one took AT LEAST a decade for it to happen (Dallas in '72, Tampa in '02, and Baltimore/Indy in '06). Is Detroit close? Stafford has played for four head coaches since coming into the league in 2009, and isn't a threat to even make the playoffs let alone win a Super Bowl (and he's GOOD). Is Cleveland close? I'd say so, but Mayfield has already played for four head coaches in two seasons! They're not a lock, especially in their division.