Has a 2 and 4 team ever made playoffs?
In four of the last five years, a 2-4 or 2-5 team has made the playoffs.
How many teams make the NFL playoffs? Fourteen teams will make the NFL playoffs — seven from both the NFC and AFC. This is an increase over the previous format, which had 12 teams. This is broken out with four division winners in each conference as well as three wild-card teams.
Of the 163 instances of a club being 2-5 after seven games since 1990, 10 have made the postseason (6.1%).
Biggest reason for turnaround: The '92 Chargers hold the distinction of being the only team to make the playoffs after starting 0-4.
The NFL has never had every team in a division make the playoffs, mostly because it hasn't been possible for most of NFL history. But the current format of four-team divisions and three wild card teams in each conference makes it possible, and the AFC North could do it this year.
Since 1978, the so-called "modern era" of the NFL, only 7 playoff teams started 1-4.
For the third time in franchise history, the Panthers have the worst record in the NFL. JACKSONVILLE, Fla.
While this can be classified as a rally by default, this Washington team (7-9) did make some history by winning a putrid NFC East. This is the only team to start 3-7 and make the playoffs.
Finally, a team that started with a 2-7 record will make the playoffs. That has never happened since the first Super Bowl season in 1966-67. In all those years, the worst starting record for a playoff team was 3-6. It happened for the first time in 1970 with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Since 1990, 144 teams have started 2-5. Of the latter, only eight have made the playoffs.
Is there any undefeated NFL teams?
The 1972 Miami Dolphins and 2007 New England Patriots are safe for another year. Since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger, those two teams were the only ones ever to go undefeated during the regular season.
There are no more unbeatens left in the 2023 NFL season. The Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers went 5-0 to start the year after facing off in last season's NFC Championship Game, but they both lost to backup quarterbacks on the road in Week 6.
Every current NFL team has reached playoffs
Seven teams from each of the NFL's two conferences qualify for the playoffs, and a tie-breaking procedure is used when required to ensure we end up with a total of 14. And as it turns out, all 32 active NFL teams have qualified for and even won a game in the playoffs.
We're at the halfway point of the 2023 NFL season and the toughest division in the league is the AFC North, with each team currently holding a winning record.
With 13 Super Bowl titles, the NFC East is currently the most successful division in the NFL during the Super Bowl era, with the AFC East second with nine titles. The NFC East have currently the longest streak without a consecutive division winner since the Philadelphia Eagles in 2001 to 2004.
When the NFL expanded its playoff field to 14 teams in 2020, it became possible for all four teams in a single NFL division to make the playoffs for the first time ever. Since then, though, the divisions are a combined 0-for-24.
The Miami Dolphins, winners of seven straight, are a prime example. No team has ever made the postseason after starting 1-7, which the Dolphins did; nor has any team ever had a seven-game losing streak and a seven-game winning streak in the same season.
Dating back to 1990, just four of 158 teams to start 0-3 make the postseason (2.5%). Just two of those 158 won their division (1.3%) and none won the Super Bowl.
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The '72 Dolphins have remained the only NFL team to complete an entire season undefeated. That season, the team ranked first in the NFL in total offense, total defense, scoring offense and scoring defense.
Who is the winningest team in the NFL history?
Since 1920, the Green Bay Packers have the most wins by a team, with 797 wins.
The New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos are tied for losing the most games in Super Bowls, with 5 losses.
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The Packers were also the only team to win three straight championships, an achievement they accomplished twice: from 1929–31 and from 1965–67. The Chicago Bears each won a total of eight titles, and the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, and New York Giants each won four.
The New England Patriots held the longest consecutive playoff streak with 11 appearances from 2009 to 2019, which is the longest of all-time. The Patriots won three Super Bowls during this streak. The Dallas Cowboys hold the second consecutive playoff appearances record with nine appearances from 1975–1983.
