CP3MVP Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 This thread is partially inspired by the discourse on social media around the current Texans and Packers. Both teams are led by young Franchise QBs, both young overall but the packers in particular are one of the youngest playoff teams in history. They both loss but the consensus is they weren’t supposed to be there, they were playing with “house money”(I hate that phrase) and how the best is yet to come. But not always the case, what are examples of teams that people said were young and promising that never actually got over the hump? They never won a title or even made a SB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelersfan43 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 The dolphins with a young Dan Marino 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP3MVP Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 6 minutes ago, Steelersfan43 said: The dolphins with a young Dan Marino Yes when they lost that SB the consensus was they would be in several more by the time Dan retired. They missed the playoffs 4 years in a row in his prime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagahide13 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 2018 Lions firing Jim Caldwell and hiring Matt Patricia to "get over the hump" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notthatbluestuff Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Allen Bills. 😎 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August4th Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 those LT, Gates and Rivers charger teams 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightime Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Depends on what you consider “the hump” I’m not sure if the Moon Oilers were young but they never made a conference championship game There were some good Jaguar teams from the 90s and mid 2000s who never made a Super Bowl 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TecmoSuperJoe Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Mid 70's St. Louis Cardinals. Mid 90's Lions/Vikings/Chiefs. Late 80's/early 90's Saints. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire12 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Dallas...2003 - present Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackywabbit Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Most of them didn't/won't make a single super bowl. There isn't going to be linear upward growth in success and things change fast in the NFL. What you hope is that it develops into a team that reliably gets to the playoffs with some hope and breaks through one of those times. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
49ersfan Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) Texans with Watson? In the 2019 playoffs they beat the Bills & had a 24-0 lead over the Chiefs. Things unravelled from there in like the worst way possible and they had a really bad 4 year stretch....they've righted the ship with Ryans & Stroud for now Falcons with Matt Ryan? I remember after 2008 everyone thought he was the next big thing. He made the NFCCG twice (2012 & 2016) & SB once (2016) Packers with Rodgers? Maybe it doesn't count since they did win it all in 2010. But after that SB, everyone thought this was the beginning of a new dynasty. Especially because they went 15-1 the following season. Then they went one & done to the Giants & haven't even made a SB since, although they came close with 4 NFCCG appearances Edited January 21 by 49ersfan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iknowcool Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) 2016 Oakland Raiders Derek Carr led the Raiders to a 12-3 record (finished 12-4) and a lot of people, including myself, thought he was on track to be a top-5 QB. He finished 3rd in MVP voting that year. They also had Amari Cooper and Khali Mack, two highly regarded prospects who were living up to their potential. With 3 young players at key positions all looking like they could be All-Pro talent, coming off that kind of season, almost everyone had the Raiders penciled in as a team that could potentially win big in the following seasons. Then Carr got hurt to end the year, Mack and Cooper got traded in the years that followed, and Raiders haven't come close to a season that good again. It would be like if Stroud flatlined as a QB and the Texans traded Nico Collins and Will Anderson within the next 2 years, and never made the playoffs for another 5-6 years. Early 2010s Bengals with Dalton and Lewis are a good example too. That was a pretty young team. 5 consecutive wildcard round losses. Wonder how much better they would have fared in 2015 if Dalton never got hurt. Edited January 21 by iknowcool 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrantikRam Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 The Packers and Lions are both great candidates for this. These two in the NFCN probably had once in ten years type of schedule luck to play the worst division in both the AFC and NFC while also getting 2nd and 3rd place schedules. Those fans will be thrilled all off-season, but the harsh reality is that they will likely need immense improvement just to offset that schedule luck to get back to where they were this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stl4life07 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 The 2017 Rams teams led by Goff. Was the youngest team in the NFL and the furthest they got was to the Superbowl. McVay wisely got rid of Goff bc he felt like Goff couldn’t lead the Rams to a Superbowl title. Stafford could and did. The thing about these young promising teams is that they eventually have to win. As Brian Billick famously said, potential will get you fired. So if these teams go years and years with nothing to show for all the promise they showed early and often then people will get fired. So the Texans and Packers have to continue to build off of this season but eventually they will have to achieve the ultimate goal of a Superbowl. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity_Cometh Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Maybe 2017 Sacksonville qualifies? I know they had a few vets though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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