The Most Disappointing NFL 'Dream Teams' Of The Past 25 Years


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When it comes to football, last year's cellar dweller, is often this year's division champion.

The inverse is also true. Many NFL teams have entered the season as "locks" to win their division, and sometimes, the presumptive Super Bowl contestant.

But it doesn't always work that way. A fact the Philadelphia Eagles are quickly finding out.

Can they rebound? Or will the season end the way many other promising football teams have - in disaster?

1986 Chicago Bears (14-2)

It’s tough to call a team that finished the regular season with fourteen wins “disappointing.” But the ’86 Bears, in fact, were. They won 15 games and a Super Bowl the previous season. They had the most dominating defensive team since – ever. And they were poised to win multiple rings. But quarterback Jim MacMahon endured a vicious, controversial hit and never fully recovered. Still, they entered the playoffs as the favorites but lost in the divisional round.

1990 Cleveland Browns (3-13)

Quarterback Bernie Kosar took his team to two AFC championship games in three years. They dominated much of the late 80s. But a new decade changed all that. They were shut out three times that season. They allowed 58 points in a game. And Kosar threw five more interceptions than touchdowns. Things were never the same in Cleveland. And, eventually, there was no more Cleveland – owner Art Modell moved the team to Baltimore.

1994 Buffalo Bills (7-9)

This was a bad year for Bills players, both current and former. Sure, they’d lost four consecutive Super Bowls, but there was no reason to think they couldn’t reach a fifth. But injuries, including one to quarterback Jim Kelly, decimated the team. And a new collective bargaining agreement robbed them of much of their depth. They lost four of their final five games and missed the playoffs. And then O.J. Simpson was tried for double-murder.

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