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zjcvols said:
Depends on how far back you go. The Lions have one ****ing playoff win since 1957. This century, I would say the Browns. Them and the Bengals at least have the 80’s
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You can make outstanding arguments for all 3.

Maybe not the most popular choice, but I actually would go Bengals. They have 6 playoff appearances and 3 division titles since 2009, but lost each of those playoff games, sometimes in absolutely heartbreaking fashion. The 5 consecutive playoff losses in a row from 2011 to 2015 would absolutely make me pull my hair out as a fan; that's even more frustrating than your team just sucking for 5 straight years and never sniffing the playoffs, IMO.

The Bengals actually have a longer playoff win drought than both the Browns or the Lions do, and there have been many seasons where they teased you and made you think they might do something. Personally, I think it is more painful as a fan to think you're going to get something and not get it rather than never think you're going to get it at all.
 
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zjcvols said:
Also poor Buffalo never get talked about how ****ing awful it is for them. They got the Sabres and the Bills. Zero titles.
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Another great point. Broke a 17-year playoff drought 2 seasons ago, haven't won a playoff game since 1995, and of course lost 4 SBs in a row.

Sabres haven't been to the playoffs since 2011 and haven't won a playoff series since 2007.
 
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05_never_again said:
You can make outstanding arguments for all 3.

Maybe not the most popular choice, but I actually would go Bengals. They have 6 playoff appearances and 3 division titles since 2009, but lost each of those playoff games, sometimes in absolutely heartbreaking fashion. The 5 consecutive playoff losses in a row from 2011 to 2015 would absolutely make me pull my hair out as a fan; that's even more frustrating than your team just sucking for 5 straight years and never sniffing the playoffs, IMO.

The Bengals actually have a longer playoff win drought than both the Browns or the Lions do, and there have been many seasons where they teased you and made you think they might do something. Personally, I think it is more painful as a fan to think you're going to get something and not get it rather than never think you're going to get it at all.
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That would totally and utterly blow, but I have never watched a Lions home playoff game and I would do unspeakable things for that lol
 
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I have some time at work today as well and just did an interesting little exercise.

Well over half the league (19 out of 32 teams) has a playoff appearance AND at least one playoff win within the last 4 seasons. Of the 13 teams that don't have a playoff win since 2015, 9 of them have at least made the playoffs within the last 4 seasons. That's actually higher than I thought. There are only 4 teams that don't have either a playoff appearance or a playoff win since 2015: Browns, Bucs, Jets, and 49ers.

When you sort the list, a real under-the-radar strugglebus is the Dolphins. They last made the playoffs somewhat recently (2016), but kind of quietly haven't won a playoff game since 2000. That's longer than the Raiders, Redskins, Jets, Bears, etc., whose struggles are well more documented.

For a few teams (Bucs, Giants, Ravens) their last playoff win is a SB they won some time ago. In the Bucs case, it was from 2002!
 
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05_never_again said:
I have some time at work today as well and just did an interesting little exercise.

Well over half the league (19 out of 32 teams) has a playoff appearance AND at least one playoff win within the last 4 seasons. Of the 13 teams that don't have a playoff win since 2015, 9 of them have at least made the playoffs within the last 4 seasons. That's actually higher than I thought. There are only 4 teams that don't have either a playoff appearance or a playoff win since 2015: Browns, Bucs, Jets, and 49ers.

When you sort the list, a real under-the-radar strugglebus is the Dolphins. They last made the playoffs somewhat recently (2016), but kind of quietly haven't won a playoff game since 2000. That's longer than the Raiders, Redskins, Jets, Bears, etc., whose struggles are well more documented.
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Also haven’t won’t a SB since 73
 
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05_never_again said:
I have some time at work today as well and just did an interesting little exercise.

Well over half the league (19 out of 32 teams) has a playoff appearance AND at least one playoff win within the last 4 seasons. Of the 13 teams that don't have a playoff win since 2015, 9 of them have at least made the playoffs within the last 4 seasons. That's actually higher than I thought. There are only 4 teams that don't have either a playoff appearance or a playoff win since 2015: Browns, Bucs, Jets, and 49ers.

When you sort the list, a real under-the-radar strugglebus is the Dolphins. They last made the playoffs somewhat recently (2016), but kind of quietly haven't won a playoff game since 2000. That's longer than the Raiders, Redskins, Jets, Bears, etc., whose struggles are well more documented.
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It's probably because no one cares about sports in Miami.
 
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Rockies take 5-3 in the 6th in case y’all need something to track. Let’s hope they hang on. Scherzer started this one
 
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