USA Today Poll results rank The New England Patriots of 1990 NFL's worst team ever - New England Patriots Forums

PATRIOTSFANINPA · 06-09-2008, 05:09 PM

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/footb...ver.htm?csp=34

We are ranked worse than the freaking '76 Bucs - Thanks Rod Rust!!

Look at the bright side - At least the team won a title this year

***KontradictioN*** · 06-09-2008, 05:36 PM

How come the '07 Dolphins are not on there?

***jmt57*** · 06-09-2008, 05:40 PM

With comments from the peanut gallery such as this one: "What about the 2007 Patriots? I mean winning every game except the Super Bowl, that should make you the worst team automatically", it is rather obvious why the Patriots of 1990 "won" this poll. The sheep that have been brain washed this past season by tWWL and negative sports talk radio host's rants aren't old enough to remember but one of these teams. This was a very predictable vote by the jealous and envious haters who are incapable of original thought, and are still looking for an excuse as to why their favorite team can't win as often as the Patriots.

***Leave No Doubt*** · 06-09-2008, 05:59 PM

I don't get the outrage, jmho

Not only did the team suck on the field, but off the field as well. Zeke Mowatt ring a bell?
That sexual harrassment thing embarrassed the franchise, and they seemed to just give up after that-they went on to lose 14 in a row.
I think the poll's probably accurate- the team didn't just lose games; the whole franchise was a disaster-probably at an all-time low in fact, but that's ok.
IIRC, that's what brought in Bob Kraft.

OhExaulted1 · 06-09-2008, 06:09 PM

It only strengthens my Tommy Hodson man-crush.

primetime · 06-09-2008, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by jmt57

With comments from the peanut gallery such as this one: "What about the 2007 Patriots? I mean winning every game except the Super Bowl, that should make you the worst team automatically", it is rather obvious why the Patriots of 1990 "won" this poll. The sheep that have been brain washed this past season by tWWL and negative sports talk radio host's rants aren't old enough to remember but one of these teams. This was a very predictable vote by the jealous and envious haters who are incapable of original thought, and are still looking for an excuse as to why their favorite team can't win as often as the Patriots.

Right. No, actually, the 1990 Patriots were the worst team of all-time and that's why they were chosen.

***jmt57*** · 06-09-2008, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Leave No Doubt

I don't get the outrage, jmho

Not only did the team suck on the field, but off the field as well. Zeke Mowatt ring a bell?
That sexual harrassment thing embarrassed the franchise, and they seemed to just give up after that-they went on to lose 14 in a row.
I think the poll's probably accurate- the team didn't just lose games; the whole franchise was a disaster-probably at an all-time low in fact, but that's ok.
IIRC, that's what brought in Bob Kraft.

Yeah, that Pats team was a complete train wreck both on and off the field, no doubt. The Oilers, Colts, and several renditions of the Saints were very bad too. But for as long as I can remember the 0-14 Bucs have been the undisputed pinnacle of ineptitude in the NFL. IMO that USAToday vote was more of a vote against the current Pats team and fans, than voting the '90 Pats team as the worst ever. If you had a nationwide poll asking 'what was the worst NFL team ever' without giving any choices, that Bucs team would be the first one that most NFL fans think of.

***IcyPatriot*** · 06-09-2008, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by OhExaulted1

It only strengthens my Tommy Hodson man-crush.

Tommy "QB of the future" Hodson ... man he was awfull.
It was like watching a robot learn to throw a football.

***PatsFanJess*** · 06-09-2008, 06:32 PM

Hahaha. I can't say I disagree with these rankings. Growing up there was a rule in my family: Pats win and we got to go to Brigham's to celebrate, Pats lose and we lost. I was only a little kid in 1990, but I sure remember the two seasons ( '90 and '92 )when I got just one and two ice cream cones...and I was pissed. Can't say I disagree at all

primetime · 06-09-2008, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by jmt57

Yeah, that Pats team was a complete train wreck both on and off the field, no doubt. The Oilers, Colts, and several renditions of the Saints were very bad too. But for as long as I can remember the 0-14 Bucs have been the undisputed pinnacle of ineptitude in the NFL. IMO that USAToday vote was more of a vote against the current Pats team and fans, than voting the '90 Pats team as the worst ever. If you had a nationwide poll asking 'what was the worst NFL team ever' without giving any choices, that Bucs team would be the first one that most NFL fans think of.

That team has excuses though. It was an expansion team, most notably, in an era without free agency. It also lacked the failures of the 1990 Patriots off the field, too. I should say hilarious failures, such as a barfight with Hart Lee Dykes losing an eye and the Zeke Mowatt incident.