UtahUtesFan Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I hear this term used a lot in the NBA for teams that are stuck in mediocrity for years due to their draft system & salary cap being a bit different than the NFL. Which team in the NFL is the definition of a treadmill at this point, stuck in mediocrity due to overpaid guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwibrown Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Maimi is a great example, and buffalo is pretty similar. San deigo has been mediocre with rivers giving them more wins tha deserve each year. The lions are a worse san deigo woth Stafford and Calvin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtahUtesFan Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 55 minutes ago, Kiwibrown said: Maimi is a great example, and buffalo is pretty similar. San deigo has been mediocre with rivers giving them more wins tha deserve each year. The lions are a worse san deigo woth Stafford and Calvin. I'd say the Lions with Stafford is a good example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neumatic Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 How bout the Bengals? They’ve hit a couple high notes but it’s never culminated in anymore than a first round exit out of the playoffs. Speaking of treadmill teams, here’s the Steelers this season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwibrown Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, Neumatic said: How bout the Bengals? They’ve hit a couple high notes but it’s never culminated in anymore than a first round exit out of the playoffs. Speaking of treadmill teams, here’s the Steelers this season... The Bengals had a great football team for a few years that could of really made a push if they dalton in for the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Texans seem to fall in this category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBLIII Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Cincinnati, Houston, Buffalo, Miami, Detroit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLF54927 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 3 hours ago, UtahUtesFan said: I'd say the Lions with Stafford is a good example. The Lions organization doesn't need any specific names mentioned to qualify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfournier103 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I’d say out of all of the “treadmill teams,” Cincinnati is the one that comes to mind first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtahUtesFan Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 36 minutes ago, DLF54927 said: The Lions organization doesn't need any specific names mentioned to qualify. Well Stafford is that overpaid John Wall type of player. Good enough to win 6-10 games (playoffs every other year or so), not good enough to do anything when it counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malik Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 48 minutes ago, UtahUtesFan said: Well Stafford is that overpaid John Wall type of player. Good enough to win 6-10 games (playoffs every other year or so), not good enough to do anything when it counts. Naw Wall at least has injury excuses. Stafford has just been straight up overpaid his NFL career. On pace to make over 1/4 of a BILLION dollars and led the Lions to 3 playoff births with no wins while having like 2 pro bowl seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLF54927 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 The point is that the Lions have been on that treadmill long before Stafford came to Detroit. It's not salary or lack of cap space holding them back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP3MVP Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Bengals, Lions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajayii Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Signing Mike Wallace when all he knows is how to be a deep threat yet Tannehill isnt comfortable throwing deep, replacing your aging but effective LBs for younger journeymen that were worst, thinking Suh was going to take an aging DL to new heights lol. Wallace was traded for a 5th round pick and your two journeymen were cut/traded AND you had to give up a 3rd in just TWO years. Give the Dolphins their award now. They were more of a "treadmill" team from 2013-2016; we're just paying for it now. Once they figured out that you actually had to have a system in place before you give out big money, they stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August4th Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 skins and dolphins feels to me they've been the same 8-8 dull team going on 20 years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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