Where do you rank the Allen/Mcdermott Bills among the best teams to never make the superbowl?

[Street Knowledge]

They have one go the best records in history over a 5 year span(2020-present) but with no superbowl appearance to show for it.

Is there another comparable run to this. The Saints had an insane run from 2017-2020 and never made the bowl but that HC/QB combo did win a title previously.

 

[RubioTheCruel]

Coughlin's Jaguars teams have to be an honorable mention. Could just never get over the hump. There was that one year where they went 14-2 in the regular season, then lost in the AFCCG to the Titans. All three games they lost that year were to the Titans.

 

[Leasy]

They never was that good to me to be honest. They benefited with the decline of Patriots and irrelevancy of Jets. This explains why they always come up short even in wildcard second round or conference

 

[bl2k8]

There’s much better teams that never won one. I don’t even think of them as that kind of team despite how solid they have been in the regular season.

Some of those rivers/chargers/gates teams come to mind

 

[Stop_It_5]

Steelers had a 4 year stretch 2014-2017 where they went 45-18 and didn't get there, that was the last bit of Big Bens prime and peak AB/Bell.

You can probably put Baltimore in there if you bookend Lamar's MVPs (2019-2024). Rare to win this much and not get there once, Reid Eagles & Harbaugh 49ers each cracked one despite all the heartbreak.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

They never was that good to me to be honest. They benefited with the decline of Patriots and irrelevancy of Jets. This explains why they always come up short even in wildcard second round or conference

2-5 in the divisional round & afc title game. Benefitted heavy from the rest of the division being

Steelers had a 4 year stretch 2014-2017 where they went 45-18 and didn't get there, that was the last bit of Big Bens prime and peak AB/Bell.

You can probably put Baltimore in there if you bookend Lamar's MVPs (2019-2024). Rare to win this much and not get there once, Reid Eagles & Harbaugh 49ers each cracked one despite all the heartbreak.

This 6 year run by the ravens is the most wins by a team without a Super Bowl appearance in a 6 year stretch and that’s with Lamar missing 6 games to end 2021 which saw them lose 6 in a row to end the year and then they lost him down the stretch in 2022 as well. Best overall team to not reach the Super Bowl is probably the 2006 chargers. The 2010 squad is also the only nfl team since the merger to lead the league in yards gained and lead the league in fewest yards allowed in the same season, but special teams was so bad that it cost them a playoff spot entirely.

Best defense to not get there is easily the 2006 ravens.

 

[Panther]

they play in a trash division

I've never viewed them as a juggernaut

 

[BucciMane]

they play in a trash division

I've never viewed them as a juggernaut

Never really viewed them as a juggernaut either, but a team that when they are rolling, they have the QB that can go toe to toe with Mahomes.

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Garbage

 

[duckbutta]

Not even as good as the Jim Kelly / Marv Levy Bills

 

[RubioTheCruel]

Not even as good as the Jim Kelly / Marv Levy Bills

They made the SB though, 4 times

The premise of the thread was teams that never even made it to the SB.

 

[broller]

They never was that good to me to be honest. They benefited with the decline of Patriots and irrelevancy of Jets. This explains why they always come up short even in wildcard second round or conference

From 2020-2024, they never lost in the wild card round.

 

[RubioTheCruel]

From 2020-2024, they never lost in the wild card round.

If McDermott squib kicks, they get to the AFCCG in 2021 and they'd have HFA. They probably get to the SB that year. Butterfly effect and all that

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

Temu version of the Kelly/Levy Buffalo Bills

 

[Doctor Doom]

They're on the level of the Rivers Chargers team