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From Top to Bottom
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2022 3:40 pm
by vikingsfan1963
We've all heard about the worst to first success stories, but what team(s) have experienced the biggest drops in wins from one season to the next? I've tried to find this information without any success.
Re: From Top to Bottom
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2022 4:25 pm
by Bob Gill
Two off the top of my head:
The Bears went 13-3 in 2001, then followed that with a 4-12 season.
The Panthers went 15-1 in 2015, then 6-10 a year later.
Nine games worse in each case.
Re: From Top to Bottom
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2022 4:47 pm
by ChrisBabcock
The 1993-94 Oilers fell 10 games from 12-4 to 2-14.
Re: From Top to Bottom
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2022 4:48 pm
by RichardBak
Lions went from winning their third straight division title in 1954 with a league-best 9-2-1 record, to finishing 3-9 in 1955, the worst mark in the league. Ironically, Buddy Parker's book, We Play to Win!, came out during the season.
Re: From Top to Bottom
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2022 7:35 pm
by Brian wolf
To this day, I felt the 2011 Indy Colts purposely tanked their season for the rights to QB Andrew Luck, going from 10-6 with Manning, who got injured, to 2-14 without him. It cost Caldwell his job and Luck was then drafted ...
Re: From Top to Bottom
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2022 12:13 pm
by Todd Pence
The 1964 Chicago Bears went from NFL champions to 5-9, going from having the top defense in '63 to the worst in '64.
Re: From Top to Bottom
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2022 1:50 pm
by Gary Najman
The Falcons went 13-3 in 2012 and hosting the NFC Championship Game, then followed that with a 4-12 season.
Re: From Top to Bottom
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2022 7:44 pm
by DavidSollender
1963 New York Giants: 11-3 and Eastern Conference Champions. Lost NFL Championship Game to the Bears
1964 New York Giants: 2-10-2 and 7th (last) place in Eastern Conference.
Re: From Top to Bottom
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2022 11:41 pm
by 7DnBrnc53
Teo wrote:The Falcons went 13-3 in 2012 and hosting the NFC Championship Game, then followed that with a 4-12 season.
Wasn't the first time. They went from 14-2 and the Super Bowl in 1998 to 5-11 in 1999.
Re: From Top to Bottom
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 12:36 pm
by GameBeforeTheMoney
Packers dropped off a lot after going to the NFC Championship against the Giants with Favre and then switched to Rodgers the next year.