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This is a list of current and former National Football League (NFL) franchise droughts (multiple consecutive seasons of not reaching a certain achievement) related to the post-season and Super Bowl. The length of a drought is the number of seasons since the last time a franchise achieved a certain milestone.
Longest playoff drought, 25 seasons; Washington Redskins, 1946–1970 Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals, 1949–1973. Longest playoff drought, expansion team, 20 seasons; New Orleans Saints, 1967–1986. Longest playoff drought, active, 12 seasons; New York Jets, 2011–present. Most consecutive seasons participating in playoffs, 11 seasons
But after a 2-1 start, the Jets' season devolved into a series of setbacks and desperate attempts to reclaim relevance. ... Longest NFL playoff droughts in history. 1t. St. Louis Cardinals: 25 ...
Beginning with the 1933 season, the NFL featured a championship game, played between the winners of its two divisions.In this era, if there was a tie for first place in the division at the end of the regular season, a one-game playoff was used to determine the team that would represent their division in the NFL Championship Game.
The New York Jets’ 13 seasons without an NFL playoff appearance don’t compare to the ... longest playoff drought in American professional sports. ... the season is off to a 9-2 start ...
First the Browns, then the Bengals: The Lions are next in line to snap long postseason droughts. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
The NFL did not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there were no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round. In the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend , the third-seeded division winner hosted the sixth seed wild card, and the fourth seed hosted the fifth.
Their last postseason appearance came in the 2010 season. Their postseason drought is the longest active streak across the NFL, NBA, WNBA, NHL and MLB. The Jets were a long shot to make the ...