We came very close to a situation without precedent this weekend. Had Cleveland and Cincinnati played to a tie, Cleveland still would have had a chance to go without a win this season. Because of the rules of the loser update, Cleveland would have had to come off this list in accordance with the prophecy (since they would not technically be able to go 0-16). Sadly, this situation was averted. (I have family in the area around Cleveland, so their 0-4 start brings me no joy.) Miami brings me joy as well; yes, they won and are now off the list, but they beat Buffalo.
That being said, NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Cleveland
Tennessee
Kansas City
Carolina (bye week)
Tampa
St. Louis
So let it be written. So let it be done.
Edited to add: Our great and good friend Lawrence points out this tidbit by way of Sports Illustrated: Washington went up against the (0-0) Giants in their first game, the (0-1) Rams in their second, the (0-2) Lions in their third, (0-3) Tampa Bay in their fourth, and will be facing (0-3) Carolina next week, followed by (currently 0-4) Kansas City.
Lawrence also points out that if you just try to cut and paste from the SI site, you get some not so amusing results, so I’ve paraphrased above.
