NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-17:
Las Vegas
Still nothing much to say about the weekend’s games, since I was busy having fun all day yesterday. But I will throw in a quick obit watch: The Pro Bowl.
Archive for the ‘Loser’ Category
Your loser update: week 3, 2022.
Monday, September 26th, 2022Your loser update: week 2, 2022.
Tuesday, September 20th, 2022NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-17:
Cincinnati
Tennessee
Las Vegas
Atlanta
Carolina
Not a whole lot to say this week. I didn’t catch a minute of any of the games.
Your loser update: week 1, 2022.
Tuesday, September 13th, 2022NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-17:
New England
Jets
Cincinnati
Jacksonville
Tennessee
Denver
Las Vegas
Dallas
Detroit
Green Bay
Atlanta
Carolina
San Francisco
Arizona
Rams
I happened to be out at lunch with my mother on Sunday, sitting directly across from a TV playing the Houston-Indianapolis game. When we sat down, it was 20-3 Houston and the Texas seemed to be playing well. When we got up to leave, it was 20-6 and Indy was in scoring position after a Houston fumble.
Houston teams will always disappoint you.
Loser update update.
Friday, September 2nd, 2022The NFL regular season begins Thursday, September 8th.
The loser update will return on Tuesday, September 13th (since we have to wait for the results of the Monday night game).
In honor of great and good friend of the blog, pigpen51, we promise that we will try to avoid Detroit Lions jokes as much as possible this year.
In honor of great and good friend of the blog, Manhattan Infidel (who recently returned to blogging), we promise that we will try to avoid New York Football Giants jokes as much as possible this year.
Norts spews.
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022The Brian Flores lawsuit against the NFL is mildly interesting, but it is also being well covered in other places, and I don’t know what I can say about the suit itself.
However, there is one aspect of it that I think isn’t getting as much coverage as I’d like:
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I have to wonder: if paying coaches to lose is a common practice, why haven’t we seen more 0-16 (or 0-17) teams? Is there so much “respect for the game” out there that nobody’s willing to take the offer? Even if you’re going to end up with a #1 draft choice?
Edited to add: Well, this is interesting:
Your loser update: week 13, 2021.
Sunday, December 5th, 2021So I had checked on the Detroit game earlier in the day while running some errands, saw that the Vikings were down (I think 20-6 at the time), sighed, and went on with my life…
…came home a bit after 3 PM, checked again to see if Detroit had actually won, saw that there were about eight seconds left and Minnesota was up 27-22, clicked over to the play-by-play…
…and watched in horror as Detroit scored a desperate last second touchdown to make it 29-27.
NFL teams that still have a chance to go without a win this year:
None.
Thus ends this feature for the NFL season this year. If we’re still here, we plan to return in 2022.
Your loser update: week 12, 2021.
Friday, November 26th, 2021With all due respect to my friends and readers who are Lions fans, as I always say, “It’s just not Thanksgiving until Detroit loses.”
(Just kidding. I’m fond of all of you.)
(According to the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, Detroit’s Thanksgiving day record is 37-42-2, though that does not include yesterday’s game. That’s better than I would have thunk. For the record, Dallas is 31-21-1, again not including yesterday’s game.)
Anyway, NFL teams that still have a chance to go without a win this year:
Detroit
Next week: Minnesota in Detroit on Sunday, December 5th. The Vikings are currently 5-5.
(Dallas and New Orleans, both of whom played yesterday, play on Thursday, December 2nd next week. Nothing wrong with that, I just find the scheduling interesting.)
Your loser update: week 11, 2021 (with bonus firings).
Monday, November 22nd, 2021Sorry. I’m running a little behind, as I was tied up much of yesterday with various things, including going to see “Dune”.
(Random thought: it is refreshing to know that, thousands of years in the future, even on desert planets, there will be coffee.)
Anyway, NFL teams that still have a chance of going without a win this season:
Detroit.
The Lions play the semi-hapless (3-7) Bears on Thanksgiving Day. I’m thinking this is a toss-up, though ESPN seems to favor the Bears.
In firings news: Dan Mullen out at Florida. 34-15 in four seasons and they were in the national championship game last year, but (as Easterbrook often says) “what have you done for me lately?” (Answer: gone 5-6 this year and 2-6 in conference.)
Chip Lindsey out at Troy. 15-19 in three seasons, and 5-6 this one. Sensing a trend?
Your loser update: week 10, 2021.
Sunday, November 14th, 2021NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Well, it’s complicated.
Detroit tied Pittsburgh in overtime. But apparently the NFL is playing 17 games this season? Who knew?
(No, really. I didn’t.)
So it is still theoretically possible for Detroit to go 0-16…and 1. Does that count?
Reply hazy. Ask again in week 17, assuming Detroit hasn’t won one by then.
Your loser update: week 8 and 9, 2021.
Monday, November 1st, 2021NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Detroit
Next week is the Lions bye week. (Insert joke about Vegas odds against the bye here.)
Your loser update: week 7, 2021.
Sunday, October 24th, 2021NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Detroit
Just as a matter of personal curiosity, does anyone know if there was any kind of tribute to Chuck Hughes at today’s game?
Next week: Philadelphia (2-5) in Detroit.
Your loser update: week 6, 2021.
Sunday, October 17th, 2021NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Detroit
So Jacksonville managed to avoid running the streak to 21…on a desperate last second field goal.
Sigh.
I still think Urban Meyer is out before the end of the season. Possibly still this week? I mean, if I own the team, beating the Dolphins in London just isn’t enough to save your job.
Next week, Detroit plays the Rams.
Speaking of out, Ed Orgeron out as LSU head coach at the end of the season, apparently by mutual agreement.
He won a national championship in 2019, but they went 5-5 in 2020. Of course, 2020 was so screwed up that, frankly, if I were in college or pro athletics, I’d just throw any stats from that year out the window.
They’re 4-3 so far this year. And Orgeron has allegedly had problems with some of his players sexually assaulting women and NCAA investigations.