Worst NFL Franchises (Historically)

How about the Browns?

And wow....the Lions really have no division titles. That is surprising to me.

It has to be the lions

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How about the Browns?

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Browns actually aren't that bad, they were pretty legit back in the day.

By the way, here is the link I've been using.

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It has to be the lions

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If you want to ignore an entire decade (the 50's) then yeah. My vote for the worst ever goes to the Atlanta Falcons.

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Tough to rank them. The Bucs are easily the worst recordwise, but their Super Bowl has to count for something. I'd also eliminate NFL Championships prior to the Super Bowl, primarily out of my ignorance of how they were awarded (I'm assuming by overall record - already counted in win %).

That said:

1a. Bengals
1b. Saints
1c. Buccaneers

1000000000000000000000000000000a. Cardinals
1000000000000000000000000000000b. Falcons
1000000000000000000000000000000c. Lions

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How can you eliminate the NFL Championships and still have the Cards better than the Saints? 47 more years and 1 more playoff appearance, plus a worse win % and no SB?

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How can you eliminate the NFL Championships and still have the Cards better than the Saints?

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1b > 1000000000000000000000000000000a

Cleveland Browns - (480-387-13) .553%

Only 5 teams in the history of the NFL have a better winning percentage:

Dallas .580
Miami .579
Chicago .577
Green Bay .558
Minnesota .555


Actually, the Cleveland Browns are one of the most successfull franchises in the history in the NFL. Up until the team moved, the Browns were a competitive franchise. Thats what makes being a Browns fan so hard sometimes. All of the great seasons that ended in heartbreak. Since 1999 the Browns have been a joke. The current Browns are a disgrace to the former Browns teams that were so dominant in the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's. People thinking that the Browns have always stunk is one of the biggest misconceptions in all of professional sports.

All time streaks out of the playoffs Franchise
1 New Orleans Saints 20 years - 1967..1986
2 Arizona Cardinals 15 years - 1983..1997
2 New York Giants 15 years - 1966..1980
4 Cincinnati Bengals 14 years - 1991..2004
4 Kansas City Chiefs 14 years - 1972..1985
4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 years - 1983..1996
7 San Diego Chargers 13 years - 1966..1978
8 Atlanta Falcons 12 years - 1966..1977
8 Philadelphia Eagles 12 years - 1966..1977
10 Chicago Bears 11 years - 1966..1976
10 Denver Broncos 11 years - 1966..1976
10 Detroit Lions 11 years - 1971..1981
10 New York Jets 11 years - 1970..1980

NFL - All time streaks under .500 Franchise
1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 years - 1983..1996
2 New Orleans Saints 12 years - 1967..1978
3 Arizona Cardinals 9 years - 1985..1993
3 Detroit Lions 9 years - 2001..2009
3 Indianapolis Colts 9 years - 1978..1986
3 St. Louis Rams 9 years - 1990..1998
7 Arizona Cardinals 8 years - 1999..2006
7 Atlanta Falcons 8 years - 1983..1990
7 New York Giants 8 years - 1973..1980
10 Chicago Bears 7 years - 1969..1975
10 Denver Broncos 7 years - 1966..1972
10 Detroit Lions 7 years - 1984..1990
10 New England Patriots 7 years - 1967..1973
10 Oakland Raiders 7 years - 2003..2009
10 Philadelphia Eagles 7 years - 1967..1973
10 San Diego Chargers 7 years - 1970..1976

The browns of today are only 10 years old

the browns were always solid, moved to Baltimore and won a super bowl. That is the franchise

the Cleveland team now is an expansion team only a decade old that, technically and certainly in record books, have 0 ties to the Paul brown and Jim brown franchise

That would be like saying the Houston texans and the Houston oilers share history. They share a city site, that's it.

2 completely different franchises

exactly right on the Browns. There were no Browns from '96-98. But technically he is right. The fans and city were so pissed when they moved to Baltimore (and became Ravens) that they filed some lawsuits against the league. They cut a deal that they would get the next expansion team (1999) and they would retain the rights to all the previous Browns history. So in Cleveland you will find all the Otto Graham to Belichick official records. In Baltimore (thought that was the former Browns) you will find no history before 1996.