Cleveland’s playoff drought will now run to two seasons, with 14 teams having a longer drought. Five of those teams are set to or likely to break their droughts this year, with their last playoff appearance in parentheses:
The other nine teams with longer playoff droughts than the Browns, all of them to extend another year:
Two other teams will join Cleveland with their second straight missed playoff season:
Browns fans have plenty of reasons to be disappointed with their team, but they are far from alone in the NFL with too many bad teams staying bad for a long time. In particular, the Jets and Falcons, having not made the playoffs in the 2020s, stand out as problematic franchises.
Are you surprised at how many teams have a longer playoff drought than the Browns? What do you make of the above lists?
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