{"id":149855,"date":"2020-09-24T08:58:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T15:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=149855"},"modified":"2020-09-24T11:13:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T18:13:27","slug":"winless-nfl-teams-have-history-on-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/winless-nfl-teams-have-history-on-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Winless NFL Teams Have History on Side"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although it may sound like a theme from a \u201c30 for 30\u201d documentary on ESPN<\/em>, over the previous 30 NFL seasons, 30 teams overcame 0-2 starts to reach the playoffs.<\/p>\n

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Quarterback Carson Wentz and the Philadelphia Eagles have been sacked with back-to-back losses to start the season. (Image: Brad Mills\/USA TODAY Sports<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Three of those teams — the Dallas Cowboys in 1993, New England Patriots in 2001, and New York Giants in 2007 — won the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n

That means all is not lost for the 11 teams that are 0-2 entering the start of Week 3 on Thursday: the New York Jets, Miami Dolphins, Cincinnati Bengals, Houston Texans, and Denver Broncos in the AFC, and the New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers in the NFC.<\/p>\n

The expanded playoffs, going from 12 teams to 14, should help at least one of those teams overcome a poor start.<\/p>\n

Eagles Have Best Chance<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Of the winless teams, the Philadelphia Eagles have the best Super Bowl odds<\/a> at Westgate SuperBook at 50\/1.<\/p>\n

0-2 in today\u2019s NFL really doesn\u2019t mean anything, given we have an extra playoff spot in each conference,\u201d <\/strong>said Ed Salmons, the vice president of risk management and oddsmaking at SuperBook, to Casino.org<\/em>. \u201cI agree that Philly has the best chance among this group, partly because the NFC East is a complete dumpster fire, and they could win the division and get at least one home game.”
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Here are the Super Bowl championship odds for the 0-2 teams, with opening odds in parentheses, at SuperBook.<\/strong><\/p>\n