In most cases, make that way past due for some success, so here’s hoping your favorite squad doesn’t appear on too many of the following it’s-been-too-damn-long-without-some-honor rolls. That established, here are the NFL teams entering 2012 which have gone the longest without a …
Winning season: Raiders (10 years), Rams (9), Bills (8), Redskins (7), Broncos (6), Browns, Jaguars and Seahawks (5)
Playoff appearance: Bills (13 years), Browns & Raiders (10), Rams (8), Jags, Redskins & Buccaneers (5), Dolphins, Titans & Panthers (4)
Division title: Browns (23 years), Lions (19), Bills (17), Jags & Redskins (13), Jets & Raiders (10), Rams (9)
Playoff win: Bengals (22 years), Lions (21), Bills & Chiefs (19), Browns (18), Dolphins (12), Raiders & Bucs (10)
Championship appearance (Super Bowl or, prior to 1966, NFL or AFL title game): Lions (55 years!), Browns (47), Jets (44), Chiefs (43), Vikings (36), Dolphins (28), Bengals (24), Redskins (21)
Championship (again a Super Bowl win or, prior to 1966, an NFL or AFL title): Cardinals (65 years!), Lions (55), Eagles (52), Titans & Vikings (51)*, Chargers (49), Browns (48), Bills (47), Falcons (46)*, Jets (44), Bengals* & Chiefs (43)
(* no, these franchises haven’t won a title, so the tally dates back to their expansion seasons)
As for those of you in Cleveland – where the tears may have short-circuited your keyboard at some point above – your beloved Browns are the only franchise which managed to make each of the 6 lists.
Not good.
And hey, by the way, if you’re a fan of the Giants, Patriots, Steelers, Ravens, Colts, Cowboys, Saints, Packers, Bears, 49ers or the semi-fledgling Texans (who are just now marking a decade in the league) you’re no doubt feeling a little left out with your teams appearing nowhere in this compendium.
Just be happy – very happy.
You could be a Browns backer.
(* no, these franchises haven’t won a title, so the tally dates back to their expansion seasons)
As for those of you in Cleveland – where the tears may have short-circuited your keyboard at some point above – your beloved Browns are the only franchise which managed to make each of the 6 lists.
Not good.
And hey, by the way, if you’re a fan of the Giants, Patriots, Steelers, Ravens, Colts, Cowboys, Saints, Packers, Bears, 49ers or the semi-fledgling Texans (who are just now marking a decade in the league) you’re no doubt feeling a little left out with your teams appearing nowhere in this compendium.
Just be happy – very happy.
You could be a Browns backer.
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