Worst Super Bowl teams ever

[TheRainMaker]

They got dog walked by the Eagles who are good but not a powerhouse. Tells us all we need to know. Statistically meh. A 11 win caliber team pretending to be a 15-2 team. They had the record they had and got to the game because the AFC is terrible and timely calls from the refs put them over the top. It was only a matter of time before their luck ran out. Sure I’d take most other SB teams to beat them.

People immediately forgot the Eagles were an afterthought until the 49ers and Lions injuries took over. They would’ve been eliminated by either team had they been healthy.

The AFC was absolutely dogshit and the Chiefs benefitted from the Bills and Ravens facing each other in the divisional round. The Chiefs were a terrible “Super Bowl” team.

Im on the fence about the 2018 Pats. They had a couple of really bad losses but they could still score a lot of points.. slumped then pivoted to a power run game that was hard to stop. Coached really well. I think they beat a lot of Super Bowl teams with the way the defense played in the Sb

Questions came up during the 3rd to 4th quarter of the season after they lost games in a blowout to Tennessee, the Miami disaster and Pittsburgh. They were having an hard time throwing the ball especially when Josh Gordon quit on the team.

 

[maust]

And the Pats took a lot of grief over the years for being products of an easy division... I don't think what the Bills have to compete with these days in the division is any better than the worst of the AFC East when the Pats were running it. The Chiefs* and their division isn't much better.

A perennial powerhouse team in a division can make the other teams in it look bad when in reality they do well enough against the rest of the league, they just come out of the gate with 2 losses automatically factored into their schedules.

The old 'weak division' argument against the Pats was always good for a laugh. The Brady/BB Pats had an .802 win % against the AFCE. They also had win %'s of .850 against the NFCE & NFCN, .800 vs the vaunted AFCN and a win % of .750 in the playoffs. It's fair to say it's possible the reason the AFCE seemed 'weak' from the outside looking in was because the teams in it had to play New England twice a year.

This year in spite of KC sweeping the division the AFCW sent 3 teams the playoffs, hard to argue that's a weak division.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

As much as I hate the Chiefs, a team that went 15-1 before resting their starters doesn’t belong here. Worst 1/2 loss team ever? I’ll listen to that argument.

 

[TheRainMaker]

And the Pats took a lot of grief over the years for being products of an easy division... I don't think what the Bills have to compete with these days in the division is any better than the worst of the AFC East when the Pats were running it. The Chiefs* and their division isn't much better.

Their division did suck and was extremely boring, but almost every division was as well since the NFL broke them off into 4 teams starting in 2002.

The easy path argument was annoying as they were continually beating the good teams as they clinched the #1 or #2 seed regularly.

The NFL would be way more entertaining if they finally get rid of divisions and do a straight conference. You won’t play the same teams twice per year and you’ll get a better idea of who are the best teams rather than the “paper tigers” beating up on bad divisional teams to inflate their record.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Only one I’m not totally sure about is the 1994 Chargers. Lots of playmakers on defense and Nateone Means was a monster that year

Agree 100%

That 94 Chargers team was a quality team. Top 5 offense and a top 10 defense. Very good coaching. Solid all-around. Weak link was Humphries and even he was top 10 in most passing categories.

I've said this multiple times but that 1994 49ers offense was playing at an absurd level. Best, most efficient offense i've ever seen function.

They ran into a buzzsaw. I bet 90% of the Super Bowl winners wouldn't have beaten that 49ers team that day.

 

[The Gr8est]

2011 Giants - how tf did a 9-7 team with a negative point differential who couldn’t run the ball with one of the worst defenses in the league even get to play this game never mind beating us to win it all….

John Tomase and the Omissioner happened.

 

[Steve102]

06 Bears just for Rex Grossman

 

[PatsFan2]

I think the 2024 Chiefs have a case for the top 3 worst teams to ever play in a Super Bowl

In no particular order 11 non Pats teams that come to mind
1994 Chargers
2024 Chiefs
2003 Panthers
1987 Broncos
2011 Giants
2008 Cardinals
1979 Rams
1995 Steelers
2000 Giants
1993 Bills
2006 Bears


Pats teams:
1985 (XX- nuff said about that)
2001 (even BB said he couldn’t believe they won it all)
1996? They were a really good team but let’s face it the Broncos losing at home in the divisional round to Jax might have been as big a break a team gets as there will ever be in the NFL playoffs

The 1985 Pats says hello...those who live in glass house shouldn't throw stones.

 

[Steve102]

The 1985 Pats says hello...those who live in glass house shouldn't throw stones.

Is this your first day? He's got them on there.

 

[PatsFan2]

Is this your first day? He's got them on there.

Yes it is.

 

[sb1]

Good points re the 94 Chargers they did have some really good players including a young Seau I think?

Stan Humphries wasn't exactly a top QB and it was hard to forget how outclassed they were in the Super Bowl. Not sure if it was them, the 49ers being that good or the AFC in general being weak? Feels like maybe other than the 90-91 Bills we could put a lot of AFC teams on this list in that era of NFC dominance.

 

[PatsFan2]

Good points re the 94 Chargers they did have some really good players including a young Seau.

Stan Humphries wasn't exactly a top QB and it was hard to forget how outclassed they were in the Super Bowl.

Was is that game when that Chargers Nose Tackle Ankle waved goodbye tio to us.

 

[TheRainMaker]

John Tomase and the Omissioner happened.

That was 2007.

 

[sb1]

Was is that game when that Chargers Nose Tackle Ankle waved goodbye tio to us.

Don't recall. I believe the Pats beat them in Foxboro that year on the backs of a great defensive game.

 

[Drunken Cicerone]

Good points re the 94 Chargers they did have some really good players including a young Seau I think?

Stan Humphries wasn't exactly a top QB and it was hard to forget how outclassed they were in the Super Bowl. Not sure if it was them, the 49ers being that good or the AFC in general being weak? Feels like maybe other than the 90-91 Bills we could put a lot of AFC teams on this list in that era of NFC dominance.

And don’t forget the best 1-2 punch at defensive ends in the NFL with Mims and O’Neal.

The 49ers team was essentially what the early 2010’s Patriots were

 

[Drunken Cicerone]

I’ll play the homer role here just for discussion sake.

The 1985 Patriots were a damn good team minus having an absolutely atrocious QB , and yeah bad enough that it was a death sentence


Craig James and Tony Collins at RB combined for almost 1900 yards, both over 4 ypc and James was closer to 5



Fryar and Morgan at WR were as formidable a WR duo that you’d find in the NFL and with a legitimate QB would have been elite that season

Fred Marion and Roland James were the best combo at safety in the NFL if even put them above the Bears that season seriously

The linebacker corps was arguable the best in the NFL, you had two pro bowl LBs and a pro bowl Corner

Your left guard and left tackle… also both pro bowlers

They just played against maybe the best team in NFL history who were playing an edge and with momentum and once the Patriots got smacked in the face they never recovered

 

[PancakeBlockPaul]

The absolute worst SB that I can remember was the Seahawks and Broncos beatdown with the shell of the ghost of PM trying to play with his HGH repaired broken neck. PM was just bad....making the team bad....Only good thing about that stinker was being snowed in at my hotel....

 

[TB12TheGoat]

if you're also taking a look at a teams record while judging the worst SB teams ever, the 2024 Chiefs have to be right near the top. the below numbers include their week 18 game where they rested people/didn't try, but they'd still be last on the DVOA and SRS list even if you throw that game out. they were also at a +97 point differential before the week 18 game, so they would have needed to defeat the Broncos by at least 25 points to not be last on that list. their largest win all season was by 19 against the Steelers

DVOA
1. 2007 Patriots
2. 1985 Bears
3. 2024 Lions
4. 1984 49ers
5. 2004 Steelers
6. 1998 Vikings
7. 2011 Packers
8. 2015 Panthers
9. 2024 Chiefs

SRS
1. 2007 Patriots 20.06
2. 1985 Bears 15.94
3. 1998 Vikings 14.89
4. 2024 Lions 13.77
5. 1984 49ers 12.75
6. 2011 Packers 11.36
7. 2004 Steelers 9.00
8. 2015 Panthers 8.12
9. 2024 Chiefs 4.18

Point Differential
1. 2007 Patriots +315
2. 1998 Vikings +260
3. 1985 Bears +258
4. 1984 49ers +248
5. 2024 Lions +222
6. 2011 Packers +201
7. 2015 Panthers +192
8. 2004 Steelers +121
9. 2024 Chiefs +59

I included the 2024 Lions because they did win 15 games, but you could throw them out if you wanted to since they were technically 14-2 with the "old" schedule and needed the 17th game

 

[1960Pats]

Eli also played out of his mind in that playoff run. Statistically that's one of the greatest QB runs in the playoffs ever. He got the record for completions and yards in a playoff run that season and threw 9TD's to 1INT.

To talk about how insane that was, Brady's never had a better TD:INT in any playoff run, he's only had a better playoff passer rating twice (2004 and 2017) in his whole career, he's never completed as many passes in a playoff run.

When people talk about Eli being streaky, they mean that season when he legitimately played like he was an all time great at the most important time.

Eli was generally a poor QB during the season and good in the playoffs. The exact opposite of his brother.

The Pats lost that game because they went pass-happy against a team with a poor run defense.

 

[1960Pats]

A perennial powerhouse team in a division can make the other teams in it look bad when in reality they do well enough against the rest of the league, they just come out of the gate with 2 losses automatically factored into their schedules.

The old 'weak division' argument against the Pats was always good for a laugh. The Brady/BB Pats had an .802 win % against the AFCE. They also had win %'s of .850 against the NFCE & NFCN, .800 vs the vaunted AFCN and a win % of .750 in the playoffs. It's fair to say it's possible the reason the AFCE seemed 'weak' from the outside looking in was because the teams in it had to play New England twice a year.

This year in spite of KC sweeping the division the AFCW sent 3 teams the playoffs, hard to argue that's a weak division.

I think the AFCW had the advantage of a much easier schedule than the rest of the AFC. The NFCS was the worst division in football by a large margin. KC also sat down in the last game to get Denver into the playoffs instead of Cincy.

Is it possible that the week off hurt KC? They sure looked rusty.