NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-17:
New England
Cincinnati
Houston
Denver
Los Angeles Chargers
Minnesota
da Bears
Carolina
Arizona
Still a little early for any predictions on who will win the Owen 17 award this year, but I am kind of wondering if this could be the year for Houston. Or even better, the worthless LA Chargers.
NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-17:
Kansas City
Buffalo
New England
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Tennessee
Indianapolis
Houston
Denver
Los Angeles Chargers
New York Football Giants
Minnesota
da Bears
Carolina
Arizona
Seattle
So not only did Detroit win, they beat the defending champions. Not only did the Giants lose (sorry, Manhattan Infidel) but they got curb-stomped by the Cowboys.
(On a side note, “The Cowboys” is a pretty good, though I wouldn’t say great, John Wayne film.)
The Browns won. The Texans lost. The worthless Chargers lost. The worthless Bills lost, even though Aaron Rodgers may be out for the season.
I think it is too early to predict a trend. But it wouldn’t shock me if Detroit won the Thanksgiving game this year.
The NFL regular season starts tonight.
The loser update returns next Tuesday.
Thank you for attending my TED talk.
The All Star break is upon us. It seems like a good time to update the fortunes of hapless the Oakland Athletics.
Tragically, they seem to have gotten a little better: they are currently at 25-67, for a .272 winning percentage. If this continues, that would put them at about 118 losses: that’s bad, tending towards historically bad, but not as bad as I’d like to see. (I’m personally rooting for at least 120 losses, if not more.)
Interestingly, Kansas City is only slightly better: 26-65, .286, 115 losses if trends continue.
And Dillon Lawson is out as hitting coach of the New York Yankees.
We are into the baseball season, but not as far in as I would like to be. I sometimes try to post a loser update around the All-Star break.
But I did decide I wanted to throw up a link to this:
“Why the worst MLB teams of 2023 are historically bad“.
There are a lot of stats in the article for you baseball people, but summarizing:
Oakland is currently 8-30, for a winning percentage of .211. That works out to 127 losses this season if trends continue. The 1962 Mets lost 120 games, and the 2003 Tigers lost 119.
MLB teams that still have a chance to go 0-162:
None.
Kansas City, Philadelphia, and Washington are all 1-4 right now.
It has been a few days. Where are we in the season?
MLB teams that still have a chance to go 0-162:
Philadelphia
MLB teams that still have a chance to go 0-162:
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Kansas City
Houston
LA Angels
Miami
Philadelphia
Washington
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Arizona
San Diego
San Francisco
In other news, the Astros lost to the White Sox yesterday. As we all know, this means they won’t be able to sell beer at Minute Maid Park this year…
…because they lost the opener.
The LA Lakers finally won a game.
There are no NBA teams that have a chance at going 0-82 this year.
Lawrence pinged me this morning, but in truth, he was just nudging me to do something I was contemplating anyway.
Yes, there are no NFL teams that can go 0-17. Or at this point, even 0-16-1.
But: the NBA season has started. I don’t care much about basketball, but why not kick a few teams around?
NBA teams that have a shot at going 0-82 this season:
Orlando Magic
Sacramento Kings
Los Angeles Lakers
NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-17:
None.
Didn’t watch any of the games, again: I’ve been feeling kind of puny and spent most of yesterday sleeping. But the Raiders won, and that ends the loser update for 2022.
We’ll see you again in 2023, assuming we’re all still here.