The Giants playing the patriots in the final game of the regular season played a role in them going on an incredible run toward pulling off the greatest upset in NFL history
@@vaikiam6431no, I’m a fan who witnessed what the Giants in ‘07 did after their defense got shellacked against New England. Their defense started pulling together and have been getting after opposing QBs on their way to the title
Oh wait?? You mean the Patriots the playing the final game of the season to go after multiple NFL records? Too bad Saquon Barkley was not afforded the same luxury.
Teams have gone 11-5 and missed the playoffs, most notably the Patriots in 2008, when Matt Cassel had to take over at QB eight minutes into the season. Probably the best team ever to miss the playoffs, if it isn't the 2010 Chargers.
@@hiimemily- No. That Patriots team was cheeks. Of that 11-5 record, they were 3-4 against teams with a winning record and 1-4 against playoff teams. The defense was the washed up remains of 2007 with some players retired, some gone in free agency and others were playing washed. It was pretty much Wilfork and his travelling band of misfits. There was a reason they went though a massive rebuild/reload from 2008 into that 2011 Supwr Bowl appearance. Similarly, the offense just just Welker and Moss. People undervalue the threat Dante Stallworth was for that 2007 squad, as he would roast defenses that didn't respect him, which helped Welker face 1-on-1 frpm the slot. The TEs were before Gronk and Hernandez and their HB situation was a disappointing Maroney. The offense was Moss + Welker and Logan Mankins on the line. They were a shadow of the 07 squad and it really showed as 09 and 10 rolled around. Losing Tom hurt, but they were *not* 2007 part 2.
Something else to add to the 2021 Steelers is that they benefitted from the Raiders-Chargers game not ending in a tie in Week 18 of that season. The Raiders were content with running the clock out in OT in that game, which would have put both the Chargers and Raiders in the playoffs. However, Brandon Staley then calls a timeout with a couple seconds left in OT. So, the Raiders proceed to kick the game-winning field goal. Raiders and Steelers end up making the playoffs while the Chargers missed out.
The 1999 Lions were a wacky team True, they were 8-8 with a negative point differential But they had 5 Pro Bowlers, beat 5 playoff teams, and only one of their 8wins was against a team below .500
1999 was an extremely strange season in terms of respective strengths of scheduling If you look at Pro Football Reference, there you'll see things like how the Greatest Show Rams and the 14-2 Jags benefited from the most cake schedules you'll ever see - the Rams never even beat a team with a winning record until the playoffs! So it's no surprise to me that the Lions probably had an uphill battle to postseason contention
@@1998_MINThe 1999 season had a lot of teams that were pretty mid statistically. The Rams benefited from playing the second easiest schedule by opposing win percentage since at least the 1940’s (only the 1975 Vikings schedule was easier).
_If_ it was legit, sure.. the tackling on that play looks so phony. After 22 was "stiffarmed" he easily could have caught back up to him and cut him off to tackle or try to push him out of bounds but he barely even jogs, once he's back up.
In the UK, in the 80’s, under Thatcher, if you were affluent enough to get your parents to go on holiday to America it was usually to one of the Disney places. Not for me. When I was 8in 1989 we went to Pittsburgh after their 92-10 opening two weeks. However I was lucky enough to see the Steelers win in Cleveland and at home against the Chiefs. Best holiday ever
The 1989 AFC Central can be summed up by this fact: The team with the best division record, The 5-1 Cincinnati Bengals, missed the playoffs. The Browns were the champs at 9-6-1.
The 2010 Raiders swept the division and missed the playoffs. They were 8-8 and finished 3rd in the AFC West. 6 of their 8 wins were against the division lol. Their other 2 wins were against NFC teams (one being the Seahawks who ironically used to be in the Raiders division before they moved to the NFC in 2001) as they went 6-6 against AFC teams (the 6 wins being the division) and 2-2 against the NFC teams they played (NFC West)
When you even have the rules analysis stunned on why a flag wasn’t called on the Chiefs defender on the touchback play definitely showed something. The NCAA would of called targeting on that
they shouldn't even be mentioned on this list. Covid wiped out training camp and preseason, they had a first year head coach and new system and won a playoff game in pittsburgh and damn near beat the chiefs. Ridiculous to be on here.
The 2022 Vikings belong here. They won 13 games and had a negative point differential and won one score games. They lost to the Giants in the playoffs with Daniel Jones. That Giants team belongs on the list too and I’m a Giants fan.
@@beani24329 Yeah but also overcame a 33 point halftime deficit. I think they were definitely overperforming, but I wouldn't go so far as to say they were bad. Just, when things got bad, they were really bad
@ they were bad. Their defense couldn’t stop a nosebleed. A 13 win team with a minus points differential is historically bad. You also lost to DJ in the playoffs. Thanks to your defense, we Giants fans had to suffer two more years of Jones.
Less than 2 years later Daniel Jones who played for the giants for the last 5 years granted his release and Barkley who was the longest player in the giants organization since 2018 let him walked in free agency to Philadelphia Eagles This year it’s their worst season in decades
@@1998_MINNah, they had a first round bye.. and looked dominant in their two playoff games leading up to the SB.. until they ran into an all-time great defense
@@JBullock54 yeah that was the thing with the Panthers in Cam's era.... when things would click and they'd get hot, Cam looked unstoppable and was all smiles, but the second something wouldn't go his way he'd spiral and crumble and start sulking, and the brighter the lights the more extreme it would be.... 2015 was a wild ride, went from being the greatest year ever to be a Panthers fan to one of the most embarrassing haunting displays we've ever seen of a team getting punched in the face and having no response... and Cam's excuse for not even trying to recover that fumble still rings in my head "my leg, uhhh, could have, uhhh, contorted, in such a way that, uhhhh, you know" just pathetic
I thought of that Harbaugh Colts team about 5 seconds before it showed up in the video! Such a fun group to watch, even if it hurt to see Marty and his Chiefs falter in the playoffs again.
That team doesn’t belong in here. Yes they were 8-8, with a +92 point differential, talent everywhere in year 5 of a 6 year stretch of 5 playoff appearances and 67 regular season wins and 3 in the playoffs. One of the better teams to make the playoffs in all honesty despite their record.
@@chicagodude8888 you’re right I think during that year their offense was still in the top 10 despite their record. Still nice to see them win the last 4 games to make the playoffs and win.
That 2012 Colts team was such a blast to watch, Rookie Andrew Luck was so much fun I enjoyed that season to the point of I didn’t want it to end, but hey Ravens won it that year so that was pretty good too
Buffalo Bills came so far from what they were in 2017! How that team won 9 games is a miracle 29th ranked total offense 26th ranked total defense! Negative 57 point differental. I hope this year my team finally does it win the Super Bowl
Not even a Bills fan and I want to see Buffalo win one! I loved Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas and Andre Reed. One of my favorite teams is the 2002 Buffalo Bills with Bledsoe, Travis Henry, Eric Moulds and Peerless Price! That was a sick ass team that should have done something 😔… especially the next year when you guys Stole Lawyer Milloy from the Pats! 😮💨 always wanted to see Bledsoe get his revenge on Bill Billichick.
Which is ironic considering another 9-7 Bills team (2004 with a +111 point differential) was ranked in a previous Throwback upload as one of the better teams that missed the playoffs Truly a case of things evening out
I like how with the 17th game being so irrelevant, people literally give the team the win already without the game even happening. Now I hope they get destroyed
16:30 The Eagles lost this game because they had their punter playing kicker for absolutely no good reason. I swear the Falcons have magic powers to disrupt the opponent's kicking game
The 2021 Raiders should be on this list, i remember my Chargers choking the game and Staley using a timeout 😂. I'll never forget the ending with Steelers fans rejoicing
Plus we were robbed on that no helmet to helmet call on the touchback that was just shown at worse it would of been 10-19 at half or 10-16 instead of 3-19 was a point swing in favor of Kansas City thanks to the no call
Ron Rivera coached two of these teams (2014 Panthers and 2020 Washington Football team). Both times they faced a team coached by Bruce Arians (won the 2014 Wild Card against the Cardinals; lost to the Buccaneers in the 2020 Wild Card game).
The team with the better record should have home field. I've seen 13-3 teams have to travel across country to play 8-8 division winners. Divisions are arbitrary. Nuts.
If they’re so much better, they should just win the game and prove it. If a good team can’t beat a mediocre team in the playoffs, then it just proves they weren’t a real contender after all.
@@patrickrogers9689It doesn’t disqualify them from being really good, but losses like that prove (barring major injuries or a really bad matchup) that they probably weren’t built for the playoffs.
The weird thing about 2020 was that if the Eagles didn't pull their starters, the Giants could have gotten in as a 6-10 team. That's how bad the east was that year.
The 7-9 seahawks upsetting the 11-5 defending champion saints is just blasphemy lol I feel like if the seeding wasn’t the way it was and the saints played them in the dome they would’ve beat them easily
@@yengvang8737 okay and?? All that means was the saints played in a competitive division while the seahawks played in a dumpster fire division lol so that meant the seahawks deserved a home game against a team with a better record cuz they won a trash division?😂
I agree. It should be seeded by conference standings, not divisional. The fact that a team can win their division, guaranteed at least the #4 seed w/ a -.500 record, and have home field advantage against a team w/ a +.500 team, seeded at #6. It's unbelievable that the league hasn't changed this after so many years.
The 1991 Jets went 8-8 and won a tiebreaker over the Dolphins for a playoff spot in the weak AFC, the same season that TWO 10-6 NFC teams, the 49ers and Eagles, missed the playoffs. At least the Jets lost in the first round to the Oilers. The 2008 Cardinals narrowly missed joining the 2011 Giants in the debate over the worst team to win the Super Bowl.
Last years bucs 2022 giants and this years Vikings and unless Jayden Daniels turns out to be an all time great than looking back I’ll say this years redskins too
This is going to be a weird thing for me to say, but I think Tebow’s body type would be more of a tight end or a fullback than that of a quarterback. If you think about it, in the case of the latter, one of the best aspects of his game was power running.
Honestly there’s so many trash QBs..the fact Tebow didn’t get another shot is insane. It’s not like QBs can’t improve. Just look at Josh Allen going from a 50% accuracy passer to an elite passer now. You can’t teach the running ability and athleticism and leadership qualities Tebow possessed. Plus Tebow knew how to win football games he had that clutch gene. The thought that the NFL was in the state of mind that that there was 32 better QBs then Tebow is just ludicrous. There has to be a reason he got blackballed and it definitely wasn’t cause he was an off the field nuisance like Kaepernick
@@TheAoalec14He certainly deserved another shot somewhere, and of the places he went after Denver, Philly may have been Tebow’s best scenario. I say that because I recall reading somewhere that Tebow worked with Vinny Testeverde in 2014 or 15 before trying out for the Eagles. His passing mechanics and footwork (which look questionable at points in Denver) were said to have improved after that in his play in the Eagles tryout that preseason, so he may have been his best if given a shot there, but we’ll never know. Some have also theorized that teams may have considered Tebow for a backup quarterback position, but that they tend to shy away from signing players that would bring a lot of media attention if they don’t plan on starting them. In Tebow’s case it was being a big name college player, and to a degree for being a Christian man. It’s not his fault that the media found him compelling to talk about, but if there’s any blackballing involved here it would be teams not wanting to sign a player they think would be a backup if they think he’d be a media distraction. At least that’s what I think.
Tebow was bad at a historic level. As a broncos fan I've had to hear people talk about him like he was the second coming of Montana. There's a reason he never started another game, even with the jets. He couldn't read a defense. He was horrible at reading progression. He took off running with open receivers. His throwing mechanics were a mess and wouldn't let anyone help fix it. Defense and special teams dragged that team to wins.
2010 playoff scene was really weird The team with the best offense and defense - the Chargers - failed to make the postseason due to special teams, while every team in the NFC West was trash Also should make a video on the biggest overperforming and underperforming teams based on expected Pythagorean win differential, like the 1981 Patriots and the 2022 Vikings
Best if we go by yards, but not by scoring. They should be considered a top non playoff team don’t get me wrong, but the 2010 Chargers show how flawed yardage based metrics can be.
If going by win/loss records there was the 87 Vikings. They were 8-7. That was a strike year when the players went on strike for 4 weeks. One week was canceled and the other three weeks were played with replacement players. The Vikings lost all three strike games so were 8-4 with the regular players. They just squeaked into the playoffs and were the underdog throughout. They went NO and beat the Saints. The following week the went to SF and beat the 49ers who were simply overconfident and didn't take the Vikings seriously. NFC Championship was in DC and they ALMOST won that game too. That was an exciting playoff run. I believe it was the following year when they went to SF the first week and the 49ers remembered being embarrassed a year earlier. Check out Steve Young's 40+ yard TD run.
I always think about the 2010 Seahawks and 2017 bills Despite sneaking into the playoffs they were the opening salvo of a coach that would take their team to many more playoff games. I think it says that a good coach knows how to win when they don’t have the talent and that if they do that they can build up the talent they need to be really successful
2011 Broncos had many games resulting in comebacks but got blown out against pats 45-10 I remember that one and it hurts so much but man Tebowmania was a spectacle that can't be replicated
I think technically the mentioned browns win in the playoffs in the 2020-2021 season was actually their first ever win since the old browns are the Ravens franchise. Impressive for sure.
Hardly relevant at all but I just did a Cardinals franchise on Madden 12 where we went 10-6 and missed the playoffs and immediately followed that with a 9-7 season and a +1 point differential where we not inly won the division but finished 2nd in the NFC, got a bye, and made the Super Bowl. Not the worst team to ever (in a video game) to make the playoffs, but maybe the worst conference to make the playoffs?
I've had some wacky Madden seasons that just panned out strange without my interference. Once I had the 7-9 Cowboys win the division title (coached by Jeff Fisher, no less), while an 11-5 Lions team missed the cut the same year
I think the crazy thing is Seattle won a albeit putrid NFC West that year at 7-9 as a playoff squad and Carroll/Schneider recognized the need to churn the roster. Signings cuts trades etc. I think this team made 400+ moves and thats me low balling it in those two years, because this team just was filled with a bunch of misfits, handmedowns, journeymen and old men waiting for one last paycheck. There was no resting on their laurels, thinking this team was somehow gonna be immediately better without doing so and I respected the brutal honesty of the process. I can't think of a team so hilariously torn apart and forcibly stitched together that quickly week-week that wasn't due mainly to injury. It worked out obviously in historic fashion.
Not included: Detroit and Cleveland in 1982. The season was shortened to just 9 games after a players' strike, and 16 of the league's 28 teams made it into a modified postseason, including the 4-5 Lions and Browns.
The 2010 Seahawks might not have been a great or even good team, but making the playoffs and beating the defending Superbowl champs New Orleans Saints with the Beast Quake was the Seahawks origin story when they won Superbowl 48.
Yeah I get what you mean wins wise, but they didnt seem like such a weak team back then. They had a pretty high powered offense, maybe they lacked on defense. But I wouldnt say they were one of the worst teams to make it. The 2011 Giants were worse and won it all lol and thats coming from a Giants fan
As fun as the 2022 regular season was as a Vikings fan, I am kind of shocked they weren't included based on the criteria discussed throughout the video.
I believe you're right. Seattle just couldn't get past that Rams team that year. It wouldn't be till 2015 till Seattle was swept by the Rams again, a constant thorn in Seattle fans sides. I remember Matt Hasselbeck punching the turf in frustration after an incomplete pass to tie the game. People don't consider that one of the big NFL rivalries because there's not a lot of "off field" stuff or coaching issues involved. But those two teams have had some good underrated bouts over the years.
Watching Tim Tebow throw a football is like watching paint dry. Dude had the slowest release. No idea how he managed to not only get a team to the playoffs, but win a playoff game too.
2011 giants were better than 2007. I don’t even think 2011 giants were ever really blown out and nearly beat 15-1 packers, 9ers and patriots in regular season and ended up beating them all in playoffs
The 04 rams had a turnover differential of -24. That is a special kind of horrible. They finished 8-8 despite having an easy schedule. For comparison, the steelers finished 15-1, despite having a tough schedule
How’d you forget the 2008 Chargers…they were 4-8 after week 13,won four games in a row when the 8-4 Broncos lost four in a row, until losing week 17 to the Chargers who won the Division at 8-8….then hosted and beat the 12-4 Steelers in the Wild Card before getting crushed by the Colts….
Should've included the 2022 Vikings. They were 13-4 but they had a -3 point differential and lost to Daniel Jones and the Giants in the Wild Card round.
This is why I can’t take the nfl seriously, if they had a better playoffs structure that didn’t focus on stupid divisions so much the product would be more fair forwards actually good teams compared to ok teams in ass divisions
Agreed. Their playoff format was short-sighted. Sports is supposed to be about rewarding the best, not the best of the worst. If you don't have one of the seven best records in the conference, you shouldn't be in the playoffs, regardless if you win a crap division. Also, they need to change the division winner automatically plays at home structure. After this weekend, either the Vikings or Lions will be a 14 win Wild Card team but have to go on the road, despite having the second best record in the conference.
2023 Steelers are one of the worst 10-7 teams i've ever seen. they lost b2b home games to the 2 win cardinals the 2 win patriots, and only made it in cause the ravens rested their starters and they played Mason Rudolph. they also had some of the worst QB play in the NFL overall and should've probably gone like 7-10 or 6-11
The Mike Tomlin Steelers the last 5 years basically just lucky straight up got there and just get blown out. At least this year I think they will win and beat Houston and could upset someone
Hate to say it but Steelers will lose to Bengals in the finale and chargers will beat Raiders, thus passing the Steelers for the first wc spot and Steelers will have to play at Baltimore in the first round while the chargers luck out and go to Houston and win that wildcard game
It's ridicolous that a 7-9 team makes it to the Play-offs while a 11-5 Team does not. It makes no sense. These scenarios wouldn't happen if the divisions had more than four Teams.
2001(?) patriots vs Kurt Warner. Collingsworth called it the big mismatch in Super Bowl history. He couldn’t have known history was just being started.
The Giants playing the patriots in the final game of the regular season played a role in them going on an incredible run toward pulling off the greatest upset in NFL history
@@sports3117 God bless the Giants for that run
Woah so you were on that team ?? such insight ! 🙂
@@vaikiam6431no, I’m a fan who witnessed what the Giants in ‘07 did after their defense got shellacked against New England. Their defense started pulling together and have been getting after opposing QBs on their way to the title
It was absolutely 💯 the greatest upset in NFL history
Oh wait?? You mean the Patriots the playing the final game of the season to go after multiple NFL records? Too bad Saquon Barkley was not afforded the same luxury.
Many NFL teams went 10-6 and still missed the playoffs. But, 7-9 team won a playoff game? Bizarre.
Teams have gone 11-5 and missed the playoffs, most notably the Patriots in 2008, when Matt Cassel had to take over at QB eight minutes into the season. Probably the best team ever to miss the playoffs, if it isn't the 2010 Chargers.
@@hiimemily we don't speak about 2010. I have ptsd
@@kevinuchiha6830 Do you have a dart board with pictures of Steve Crosby on it 😂
@@hiimemily- No. That Patriots team was cheeks. Of that 11-5 record, they were 3-4 against teams with a winning record and 1-4 against playoff teams.
The defense was the washed up remains of 2007 with some players retired, some gone in free agency and others were playing washed. It was pretty much Wilfork and his travelling band of misfits. There was a reason they went though a massive rebuild/reload from 2008 into that 2011 Supwr Bowl appearance.
Similarly, the offense just just Welker and Moss. People undervalue the threat Dante Stallworth was for that 2007 squad, as he would roast defenses that didn't respect him, which helped Welker face 1-on-1 frpm the slot. The TEs were before Gronk and Hernandez and their HB situation was a disappointing Maroney. The offense was Moss + Welker and Logan Mankins on the line. They were a shadow of the 07 squad and it really showed as 09 and 10 rolled around.
Losing Tom hurt, but they were *not* 2007 part 2.
@@kevinuchiha6830athletic Bilbao aka atletic midbao
Something else to add to the 2021 Steelers is that they benefitted from the Raiders-Chargers game not ending in a tie in Week 18 of that season. The Raiders were content with running the clock out in OT in that game, which would have put both the Chargers and Raiders in the playoffs. However, Brandon Staley then calls a timeout with a couple seconds left in OT. So, the Raiders proceed to kick the game-winning field goal. Raiders and Steelers end up making the playoffs while the Chargers missed out.
One of many reasons why Staley isn’t a head coach any more 😅
Oh wow, I totally forgot about that.
Staley is a true cancer. Look at the 49ers with him now
*Gooooodd tiiiiiiimessss…* 😂😂😂🤭🤭🤭🤭
The 1999 Lions were a wacky team
True, they were 8-8 with a negative point differential
But they had 5 Pro Bowlers, beat 5 playoff teams, and only one of their 8wins was against a team below .500
1999 was an extremely strange season in terms of respective strengths of scheduling
If you look at Pro Football Reference, there you'll see things like how the Greatest Show Rams and the 14-2 Jags benefited from the most cake schedules you'll ever see - the Rams never even beat a team with a winning record until the playoffs! So it's no surprise to me that the Lions probably had an uphill battle to postseason contention
@@1998_MINThe 1999 season had a lot of teams that were pretty mid statistically.
The Rams benefited from playing the second easiest schedule by opposing win percentage since at least the 1940’s (only the 1975 Vikings schedule was easier).
@fortynights1513 Lol of course 😅 then we got Hail Mary'd in the playoffs
War eagle 🦅 Auburn University represent
@@1998_MIN all three of the Jags losses that year were to the titans
I love this narrator guy
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@Gulag00 what? Don't try to make it weird kid
@@Gulag00 bros tryna make weird 😂😂
I feel like it’s AI
@@tjdmt297no its 1000% a real guy
A fair amount of these teams won a playoff game despite having a bad record.
I love you NFL Throwback. You make the best videos
The Marshawn Lynch run will always be legendary
_If_ it was legit, sure.. the tackling on that play looks so phony. After 22 was "stiffarmed" he easily could have caught back up to him and cut him off to tackle or try to push him out of bounds but he barely even jogs, once he's back up.
In the UK, in the 80’s, under Thatcher, if you were affluent enough to get your parents to go on holiday to America it was usually to one of the Disney places. Not for me. When I was 8in 1989 we went to Pittsburgh after their 92-10 opening two weeks. However I was lucky enough to see the Steelers win in Cleveland and at home against the Chiefs. Best holiday ever
The 1989 AFC Central can be summed up by this fact: The team with the best division record, The 5-1 Cincinnati Bengals, missed the playoffs. The Browns were the champs at 9-6-1.
The 2010 Raiders swept the division and missed the playoffs. They were 8-8 and finished 3rd in the AFC West. 6 of their 8 wins were against the division lol. Their other 2 wins were against NFC teams (one being the Seahawks who ironically used to be in the Raiders division before they moved to the NFC in 2001) as they went 6-6 against AFC teams (the 6 wins being the division) and 2-2 against the NFC teams they played (NFC West)
2020 browns was one of the most obvious showings of Kansas city getting the Ref torch passed from Brady.
When you even have the rules analysis stunned on why a flag wasn’t called on the Chiefs defender on the touchback play definitely showed something. The NCAA would of called targeting on that
they shouldn't even be mentioned on this list. Covid wiped out training camp and preseason, they had a first year head coach and new system and won a playoff game in pittsburgh and damn near beat the chiefs. Ridiculous to be on here.
The 2022 Vikings belong here. They won 13 games and had a negative point differential and won one score games. They lost to the Giants in the playoffs with Daniel Jones. That Giants team belongs on the list too and I’m a Giants fan.
I agree the giants should be on here. They started off red hot but then faltered down the stretch.
@@beani24329 Yeah but also overcame a 33 point halftime deficit. I think they were definitely overperforming, but I wouldn't go so far as to say they were bad. Just, when things got bad, they were really bad
@ they were bad. Their defense couldn’t stop a nosebleed. A 13 win team with a minus points differential is historically bad. You also lost to DJ in the playoffs. Thanks to your defense, we Giants fans had to suffer two more years of Jones.
@beani24329 Well, he's our problem now 😅
Less than 2 years later
Daniel Jones who played for the giants for the last 5 years granted his release and Barkley who was the longest player in the giants organization since 2018 let him walked in free agency to Philadelphia Eagles
This year it’s their worst season in decades
The panthers went from the worst to team to make the playoffs to the best in one year
Their mistake was winning 15 games in 2015. No team can win the Super Bowl with more than 14 regular season wins; the Dolphins have cursed us as such
@@1998_MINNah, they had a first round bye.. and looked dominant in their two playoff games leading up to the SB.. until they ran into an all-time great defense
@@JBullock54 yeah that was the thing with the Panthers in Cam's era.... when things would click and they'd get hot, Cam looked unstoppable and was all smiles, but the second something wouldn't go his way he'd spiral and crumble and start sulking, and the brighter the lights the more extreme it would be.... 2015 was a wild ride, went from being the greatest year ever to be a Panthers fan to one of the most embarrassing haunting displays we've ever seen of a team getting punched in the face and having no response... and Cam's excuse for not even trying to recover that fumble still rings in my head "my leg, uhhh, could have, uhhh, contorted, in such a way that, uhhhh, you know" just pathetic
@@mattcarberry368🤡🫵🏾
They definitely werent terrible that year. They won a game in the playoffs before losing to the Seahawks.
I thought of that Harbaugh Colts team about 5 seconds before it showed up in the video! Such a fun group to watch, even if it hurt to see Marty and his Chiefs falter in the playoffs again.
That game for the Seahawks starts the beginning of "Beast Quake!!!"
Ya losing record gave them home game to pull off upset with former usc first round pick of lions mike Williams
@@packersauburneric3625 you sound salty 😂
Will never forget the atmosphere of the 8-8 chargers beating the colts in 2008. So glad I was there
@@superblanco444 then we lost in Pittsburgh
That team doesn’t belong in here. Yes they were 8-8, with a +92 point differential, talent everywhere in year 5 of a 6 year stretch of 5 playoff appearances and 67 regular season wins and 3 in the playoffs.
One of the better teams to make the playoffs in all honesty despite their record.
@@chicagodude8888 you’re right I think during that year their offense was still in the top 10 despite their record. Still nice to see them win the last 4 games to make the playoffs and win.
@@chicagodude8888yea they’re a different category. Like “slow start teams that ended up making it”. But those chargers teams were so fun to watch.
@@kevinuchiha6830as a Steelers fan, I would’ve rooted for y’all if y’all beat us
That 2012 Colts team was such a blast to watch, Rookie Andrew Luck was so much fun I enjoyed that season to the point of I didn’t want it to end, but hey Ravens won it that year so that was pretty good too
Being a Washington fan is hard. A 7-9 season is one of the few times I’ve seen them make the playoffs in my life.
And their underwhelming 2015 squad
@ tbh most of the times I’ve seen them make the playoffs they weren’t that good they just had a crazy winning streak to sneak into the playoffs.
At least this season has been good for Washington
@ incredible season. Couldn’t of dreamed of it. It’s giving me RG3 ptsd though. Lmao
Don't you remember the 80's with Joe Gibbs?
Buffalo Bills came so far from what they were in 2017! How that team won 9 games is a miracle 29th ranked total offense 26th ranked total defense! Negative 57 point differental.
I hope this year my team finally does it win the Super Bowl
Hope they or the lions win it
Not even a Bills fan and I want to see Buffalo win one! I loved Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas and Andre Reed. One of my favorite teams is the 2002 Buffalo Bills with Bledsoe, Travis Henry, Eric Moulds and Peerless Price! That was a sick ass team that should have done something 😔… especially the next year when you guys Stole Lawyer Milloy from the Pats! 😮💨 always wanted to see Bledsoe get his revenge on Bill Billichick.
They won't, we all know that unfortunately the league will do whatever they can to make sure the Chiefs 3peat.
@@williamcox632Both in the Super Bowl would be cool!
Which is ironic considering another 9-7 Bills team (2004 with a +111 point differential) was ranked in a previous Throwback upload as one of the better teams that missed the playoffs
Truly a case of things evening out
I miss those Rams Uniforms.
Seahawks made the playoffs with a 7-9 record, and are now gonna miss the playoffs with a 10-7 record. What comes around goes around I guess 😕
They could be 9-8.
Implying there beat the Rams😂
I like how with the 17th game being so irrelevant, people literally give the team the win already without the game even happening. Now I hope they get destroyed
Seahawks don't deserve to be in the playoffs after the loss they had to the Giants.
@@OkagaCaliforniaSo the ravens don't deserve to go into the playoffs since they lost to browns and raiders. Same for the steelers
It is comical how the NFL goes out of its way to avoid saying "St Louis" any time the Rams teams from the 2000s are featured in these videos.
16:30 The Eagles lost this game because they had their punter playing kicker for absolutely no good reason. I swear the Falcons have magic powers to disrupt the opponent's kicking game
The 2021 Raiders should be on this list, i remember my Chargers choking the game and Staley using a timeout 😂. I'll never forget the ending with Steelers fans rejoicing
If they tied that game, every Yinzer alive would still be complaining about it.
@hiimemily lol, I really wish it was a tie. It was so painful losing that game. Rivalry loss is the worst feeling
Good thing the 1995 colts didn't make the super bowl lol would of been lowest rated one ever lol
And they didn't bring that interim head coach and they haven't been back since!
Raiders did reach 10 wins tho, and landed the 5th seed
anyone know the background music at like 8:15 during the '99 lions part lol
35:12 the Browns beat the Steelers on the road and they were 1 stop away from beating the 14-2 Chiefs, how are they bad playoff team
Plus we were robbed on that no helmet to helmet call on the touchback that was just shown at worse it would of been 10-19 at half or 10-16 instead of 3-19 was a point swing in favor of Kansas City thanks to the no call
Because they are the browns.
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Ron Rivera coached two of these teams (2014 Panthers and 2020 Washington Football team). Both times they faced a team coached by Bruce Arians (won the 2014 Wild Card against the Cardinals; lost to the Buccaneers in the 2020 Wild Card game).
08 Cardinals not being on this list is insane
They absolutely belong
Not only went to the playoffs but the Super Bowl
'08 Cardinals were 9-7, far from belonging on a list with a bunch of sub-.500 teams.
@@Evan8787See the 2017 bills they set the precedent
Even the 98 Cardinals bud did you even watch the video
Awesome video
The team with the better record should have home field. I've seen 13-3 teams have to travel across country to play 8-8 division winners. Divisions are arbitrary. Nuts.
If they’re so much better, they should just win the game and prove it. If a good team can’t beat a mediocre team in the playoffs, then it just proves they weren’t a real contender after all.
@@patrickrogers9689It doesn’t disqualify them from being really good, but losses like that prove (barring major injuries or a really bad matchup) that they probably weren’t built for the playoffs.
But it's an easy win for those 13-3 teams, no problem. There's always one bad division winner, and if you win a lot you get to play that bad team
The weird thing about 2020 was that if the Eagles didn't pull their starters, the Giants could have gotten in as a 6-10 team. That's how bad the east was that year.
The 7-9 seahawks upsetting the 11-5 defending champion saints is just blasphemy lol I feel like if the seeding wasn’t the way it was and the saints played them in the dome they would’ve beat them easily
Falcons won the division that year so that's their fault lol
@@yengvang8737 okay and?? All that means was the saints played in a competitive division while the seahawks played in a dumpster fire division lol so that meant the seahawks deserved a home game against a team with a better record cuz they won a trash division?😂
I agree. It should be seeded by conference standings, not divisional. The fact that a team can win their division, guaranteed at least the #4 seed w/ a -.500 record, and have home field advantage against a team w/ a +.500 team, seeded at #6. It's unbelievable that the league hasn't changed this after so many years.
@@Battleborn357 yeah I don’t think that’s fair nfl should change the rules
@@yengvang8737when did they win a Super Bowl? Not blow the lead? 🤣🤣🤣
The 1991 Jets went 8-8 and won a tiebreaker over the Dolphins for a playoff spot in the weak AFC, the same season that TWO 10-6 NFC teams, the 49ers and Eagles, missed the playoffs. At least the Jets lost in the first round to the Oilers. The 2008 Cardinals narrowly missed joining the 2011 Giants in the debate over the worst team to win the Super Bowl.
the 1991 49ers were probably the 3rd or 4th best team in the league heading into the 1991 playoffs.
Last years bucs 2022 giants and this years Vikings and unless Jayden Daniels turns out to be an all time great than looking back I’ll say this years redskins too
Keep Up The Great Work NFL Throwback
Seahawks & Panthers won playoff games too.. all be it Carolina did it against a 3rd string QB, they still played Seattle fairly tough for 3 quarters
No disrespect to Kyle Orton but I would have liked to see more of Tebow in the NFL. Unorthodox way of playing but it got results.
This is going to be a weird thing for me to say, but I think Tebow’s body type would be more of a tight end or a fullback than that of a quarterback.
If you think about it, in the case of the latter, one of the best aspects of his game was power running.
Honestly there’s so many trash QBs..the fact Tebow didn’t get another shot is insane. It’s not like QBs can’t improve. Just look at Josh Allen going from a 50% accuracy passer to an elite passer now. You can’t teach the running ability and athleticism and leadership qualities Tebow possessed. Plus Tebow knew how to win football games he had that clutch gene. The thought that the NFL was in the state of mind that that there was 32 better QBs then Tebow is just ludicrous. There has to be a reason he got blackballed and it definitely wasn’t cause he was an off the field nuisance like Kaepernick
@@TheAoalec14He certainly deserved another shot somewhere, and of the places he went after Denver, Philly may have been Tebow’s best scenario.
I say that because I recall reading somewhere that Tebow worked with Vinny Testeverde in 2014 or 15 before trying out for the Eagles.
His passing mechanics and footwork (which look questionable at points in Denver) were said to have improved after that in his play in the Eagles tryout that preseason, so he may have been his best if given a shot there, but we’ll never know.
Some have also theorized that teams may have considered Tebow for a backup quarterback position, but that they tend to shy away from signing players that would bring a lot of media attention if they don’t plan on starting them.
In Tebow’s case it was being a big name college player, and to a degree for being a Christian man.
It’s not his fault that the media found him compelling to talk about, but if there’s any blackballing involved here it would be teams not wanting to sign a player they think would be a backup if they think he’d be a media distraction.
At least that’s what I think.
He got hosed. He definitely deserved another to play longer
Tebow was bad at a historic level. As a broncos fan I've had to hear people talk about him like he was the second coming of Montana. There's a reason he never started another game, even with the jets. He couldn't read a defense. He was horrible at reading progression. He took off running with open receivers. His throwing mechanics were a mess and wouldn't let anyone help fix it. Defense and special teams dragged that team to wins.
Awesome video ❤❤❤❤❤
2010 playoff scene was really weird
The team with the best offense and defense - the Chargers - failed to make the postseason due to special teams, while every team in the NFC West was trash
Also should make a video on the biggest overperforming and underperforming teams based on expected Pythagorean win differential, like the 1981 Patriots and the 2022 Vikings
@1998_MIN they have done this, lol kinda. But as a Chargers fan, I don't wanna go over that pain again
@kevinuchiha6830 I feel your pain. You guys should have won a Super Bowl in the Philip Rivers era, I would not have been unhappy about that
@1998_MIN fr bro, so many tough losses, and they all sting especially 2009 and 2010, my goodness. Always a chargers thing 😑
Best if we go by yards, but not by scoring.
They should be considered a top non playoff team don’t get me wrong, but the 2010 Chargers show how flawed yardage based metrics can be.
2010 Seahawks weren’t that bad as you think
If going by win/loss records there was the 87 Vikings. They were 8-7. That was a strike year when the players went on strike for 4 weeks. One week was canceled and the other three weeks were played with replacement players. The Vikings lost all three strike games so were 8-4 with the regular players.
They just squeaked into the playoffs and were the underdog throughout. They went NO and beat the Saints. The following week the went to SF and beat the 49ers who were simply overconfident and didn't take the Vikings seriously. NFC Championship was in DC and they ALMOST won that game too. That was an exciting playoff run.
I believe it was the following year when they went to SF the first week and the 49ers remembered being embarrassed a year earlier. Check out Steve Young's 40+ yard TD run.
1:16 this play will always give me chills
I always think about the 2010 Seahawks and 2017 bills
Despite sneaking into the playoffs they were the opening salvo of a coach that would take their team to many more playoff games.
I think it says that a good coach knows how to win when they don’t have the talent and that if they do that they can build up the talent they need to be really successful
2008 Dolphins had the easiest schedule ever, they beat 1 playoff team in there 11-5 record and got smoked in the WC round
They beat the Patriots in the famous Wildcat game
5:07 RIP Demaryius Thomas what a legend 🙏
Ironically the 2020 WFT was the closest to beating the Buccaneers in the playoffs that year
2011 Broncos had many games resulting in comebacks but got blown out against pats 45-10 I remember that one and it hurts so much but man Tebowmania was a spectacle that can't be replicated
As a Raiders fan that 2021 squad was magical. 🏴☠️
They didn’t even win a playoff game?
Irrelevant
Fax😂😂
Oakland? More like 🅱️ rokeland!
loved this vid😎
I think technically the mentioned browns win in the playoffs in the 2020-2021 season was actually their first ever win since the old browns are the Ravens franchise. Impressive for sure.
Hardly relevant at all but I just did a Cardinals franchise on Madden 12 where we went 10-6 and missed the playoffs and immediately followed that with a 9-7 season and a +1 point differential where we not inly won the division but finished 2nd in the NFC, got a bye, and made the Super Bowl.
Not the worst team to ever (in a video game) to make the playoffs, but maybe the worst conference to make the playoffs?
I've had some wacky Madden seasons that just panned out strange without my interference. Once I had the 7-9 Cowboys win the division title (coached by Jeff Fisher, no less), while an 11-5 Lions team missed the cut the same year
This Great historical video!
I remember that 89 Steeler team, they need like 15 games to go their way over the last three weeks and got everyone.
That 2014 Panthers team started a 18 game regular season win streak (tied for 3rd longest all time)
I think the crazy thing is Seattle won a albeit putrid NFC West that year at 7-9 as a playoff squad and Carroll/Schneider recognized the need to churn the roster. Signings cuts trades etc. I think this team made 400+ moves and thats me low balling it in those two years, because this team just was filled with a bunch of misfits, handmedowns, journeymen and old men waiting for one last paycheck. There was no resting on their laurels, thinking this team was somehow gonna be immediately better without doing so and I respected the brutal honesty of the process. I can't think of a team so hilariously torn apart and forcibly stitched together that quickly week-week that wasn't due mainly to injury. It worked out obviously in historic fashion.
That 2020 Washington Football Team had a scary defense, gave Brady the best game of that playoff and did it with all those different QBs
32:04 Paul Maguire said when those Jets were 10-1 that they would not win another game.he was on it
Not included: Detroit and Cleveland in 1982. The season was shortened to just 9 games after a players' strike, and 16 of the league's 28 teams made it into a modified postseason, including the 4-5 Lions and Browns.
Probably better to skip that year because of the short season.
@@mjjoe76 My thoughts exactly, probably why they didn't include it.
That 2022 Bucs team was truly bad. Only Brady saved them from like a 5-win season with some wild last-minute comebacks.
The 2010 Seahawks might not have been a great or even good team, but making the playoffs and beating the defending Superbowl champs New Orleans Saints with the Beast Quake was the Seahawks origin story when they won Superbowl 48.
It definitely all started there.
Not putting 2008 9-7 Cardinals on the list is crazy they actually made the SB
Yeah I get what you mean wins wise, but they didnt seem like such a weak team back then. They had a pretty high powered offense, maybe they lacked on defense. But I wouldnt say they were one of the worst teams to make it. The 2011 Giants were worse and won it all lol and thats coming from a Giants fan
The 1979 Rams made the Super Bowl at 9-7 it can happen
This dude is such a good narrator
What about the best teams to miss the playoffs? 2008 patriots definitely come to mind at 11-5
As fun as the 2022 regular season was as a Vikings fan, I am kind of shocked they weren't included based on the criteria discussed throughout the video.
Pretty sure the '04 Rams also swept Seattle, beating them in both regular season games before winning the Wild Card game.
I believe you're right. Seattle just couldn't get past that Rams team that year. It wouldn't be till 2015 till Seattle was swept by the Rams again, a constant thorn in Seattle fans sides. I remember Matt Hasselbeck punching the turf in frustration after an incomplete pass to tie the game. People don't consider that one of the big NFL rivalries because there's not a lot of "off field" stuff or coaching issues involved. But those two teams have had some good underrated bouts over the years.
Minnesota 2022: If I don't move, they don't see me
5:52 AGING runningback Marshall Faulk, who was 30 at the time. I'm 30. Thanks for making me feel old buddy.
06 Jets should of been on this list. Shutout not once but twice. O and D rankings was meh O 25th and D 20th
Watching Tim Tebow throw a football is like watching paint dry. Dude had the slowest release. No idea how he managed to not only get a team to the playoffs, but win a playoff game too.
2011 giants were better than 2007. I don’t even think 2011 giants were ever really blown out and nearly beat 15-1 packers, 9ers and patriots in regular season and ended up beating them all in playoffs
Kinda crazy lol, I'll always thank the Giants for beating the Pats in the sb, Eli, Cruz, and Jacobs, and I can't forget JPP 💪
Big reason they beat the Packers in 2011 was because the Packers had no defense that season.
Better defense in 2007 but Eli was godlike in 2011.
@@LiamDeegeDidn’t one of their anchors on defense got injured during the season?
@@ShadowThe771 I can't remember.
2020 bears are the worst in my opinion
The 04 rams had a turnover differential of -24. That is a special kind of horrible. They finished 8-8 despite having an easy schedule. For comparison, the steelers finished 15-1, despite having a tough schedule
if my bengals make it they'll be on this list in the future
How’d you forget the 2008 Chargers…they were 4-8 after week 13,won four games in a row when the 8-4 Broncos lost four in a row, until losing week 17 to the Chargers who won the Division at 8-8….then hosted and beat the 12-4 Steelers in the Wild Card before getting crushed by the Colts….
@edvaira6891 no, we beat the Colts and lost to the Steelers
Buccaneers are the worst team in the 2010s then they are the best team in the 2020s
I actually have the Rams, tbh in the 2010s, they were awful until really 2018. I remember many games of them being abysmal
Wrong, the Chiefs are the best team of the 2020s
6-10 Washington Football Team
Can someone please help me with telling me what Matt Ryan was doing @ 3:55 ? Is he going for a tackle or is he running off to use the toilet?
The 2020 Washington team and 2014 Carolina team seasons were very similar including the head coach.
Should've included the 2022 Vikings. They were 13-4 but they had a -3 point differential and lost to Daniel Jones and the Giants in the Wild Card round.
What are the best teams who missed the playoffs ?
A few teams that deserve a mention for that: 1991 49ers, 1991 Eagles, 2003 Vikings, 1975 Dolphins, and 2010 Chargers
2008 Patriots 11-5 without Tom Brady
@@fortynights1513The 2003 Vikings are only known for Paul Allen 's NOOOO! In the final game in Arizona
@@fortynights1513Forgot about the 2008 Broncos
i want a Best to Never also
17:09 he did not want to tackle him 😂
The Packers run in 2010 felt like a miracle
This is why I can’t take the nfl seriously, if they had a better playoffs structure that didn’t focus on stupid divisions so much the product would be more fair forwards actually good teams compared to ok teams in ass divisions
Agreed. Their playoff format was short-sighted. Sports is supposed to be about rewarding the best, not the best of the worst. If you don't have one of the seven best records in the conference, you shouldn't be in the playoffs, regardless if you win a crap division. Also, they need to change the division winner automatically plays at home structure. After this weekend, either the Vikings or Lions will be a 14 win Wild Card team but have to go on the road, despite having the second best record in the conference.
Can you do all 58 Super Bowl losers best plays
2023 Steelers are one of the worst 10-7 teams i've ever seen. they lost b2b home games to the 2 win cardinals the 2 win patriots, and only made it in cause the ravens rested their starters and they played Mason Rudolph. they also had some of the worst QB play in the NFL overall and should've probably gone like 7-10 or 6-11
19:01 "Even the Bears made it in" haha brutal
2020 bears missing is criminal
The Mike Tomlin Steelers the last 5 years basically just lucky straight up got there and just get blown out. At least this year I think they will win and beat Houston and could upset someone
Hate to say it but Steelers will lose to Bengals in the finale and chargers will beat Raiders, thus passing the Steelers for the first wc spot and Steelers will have to play at Baltimore in the first round while the chargers luck out and go to Houston and win that wildcard game
@@JSusa440 Honestly I'm thinking anyone will be happy to draw Houston at this point. They have not looked like a real contender.
5:09 thank Ike Taylor for his absolute abysmal coverage (as usual) for creating Tebow’s week of fame.
If the Miami Dolphins make the playoffs, they could be one of the worst teams to make it not by record, but they were dog shit for most of the season
Are there any playoff teams in history without a single Pro Bowl invite?
I don’t know
I’m definitely not say that because I’m a bills fan
@@PrestonBillingham-q6h Please beat the Chiefs if no one else does 🙏 sincerely, Vikings nation
I would love to beat the chiefs but we will probably lose in overtime or a missed field goal like normal
2017 Bills also committed one of the most ill-advised punts with the playoffs on the line, yet they still won out over the Colts in that game
A bois classic
Who remembers dan marinos sad last game vs jaguars lmao the team who only lost to titans that year lol
It's ridicolous that a 7-9 team makes it to the Play-offs while a 11-5 Team does not. It makes no sense.
These scenarios wouldn't happen if the divisions had more than four Teams.
ALL .500 & sub .500 teams qualify. Several 9-7 teams do too.
Nah. Winning division is hard no matter the year. No matter division.
18:53 that kick was the last NFL play of the 1980s
Can you do the best teams that miss the playoffs?
2016 dolphins lost their qb so Ntm😭😭
Jay Ajayi was that guy though 😂
Ya forgot about him was on eagles that year they won 💍
29:00 Suer Bowl
Now we need the best wild card teams!
I'm not a Bengals fan but it seems like they might squeak into the playoffs this season.
2001(?) patriots vs Kurt Warner. Collingsworth called it the big mismatch in Super Bowl history. He couldn’t have known history was just being started.