This one Super Bowl stat should give every NFL team hope heading into the 2023 season

If there’s one thing that makes the NFL wildly entertaining every year, it’s the fact that it’s one of the most unpredictable sports on the planet. At the start of every season, it feels like every team in the league has a genuine chance to win the Super Bowl. Well, almost every team. We can probably all agree that there’s no way the Cardinals are winning it all this year. 

The NFL thrives on parity, and if you need proof of how much parity is in the league right now, just look at the Super Bowl. As noted by a user on Reddit, in nine of the past 10 years, the Super Bowl has featured at least one team that didn’t win a playoff game in the prior season. (That could be because they lost in the first-round of the playoffs or it could be because they didn’t make the postseason.) 

Let’s take a look at each of those Super Bowl teams from the past 10 years and a 2023 team that could fit that mold

Super Bowl XLVIII: 2013 Broncos

During Peyton Manning’s first season in Denver, the Broncos finished with the best record in the NFL, but they didn’t win a playoff game because they got upset in the divisional round by the Ravens. One year later, they used that motivation to get to the Super Bowl, where they would lose to the Seahawks. 

Team that could fit the mold in 2023: Chargers. The Chargers had a high-flying offense in 2022 and they probably should have won at least one playoff game, but they ended up getting upset by the Jaguars after blowing a 27-0 lead. 

Super Bowl 50: 2015 Broncos

After making it to the Super Bowl in 2013, the Broncos got knocked out of the playoffs without winning a game in 2014. However, they rebounded in 2015 to get back to the Super Bowl, where they would beat the Panthers. The Broncos got to the big game thanks to their defense, a unit that put the team on its back in a season where Peyton Manning was on his last legs. 

Team that could fit the mold in 2023: Broncos….

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Author : John Breech

Publish date : 2023-09-05 19:56:20

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