Who will have the guts to go all-in and go completely winless this year? Only the 2008 Lions have gone 16 games with the gusto required for such failure.
Since it’s so rare, this thread will also track the teams that go farthest without a win, and the team with the first pick in the 2012 draft, probably Stanford QB Andrew Luck.
Make your predictions now and ready your insults…
Denver seems to have a pretty good track record with QBs from Stanford…
My Bills are primed for a terrible season.
Cinci is gonna be hard to beat for suck, but since they play Cleveland twice the 0fer is gonna be a challenge.
Football Outsiders have the Titans as the early favorite, but I’m going to take the Bengals for this year and probably the next five. Cincinnati is where number one draft picks go to die. Luck would last three years tops with the Bengals before he demanded a trade or got hurt and ended up a number three for the rest of his career.
Remember, it’s all about bad management. Mike Brown is a career killer. Look what Detroit has managed to do since Matt Millen went away, and look what the Raiders have done since Al Davis went senile.
Yeah, but traditionally they don’t get to draft them. And as a fan I hope that will hold up this year as well. Besides they already have more QBs than they know what to do with. And I really don’t see them reaching the same levels of suckitude they had last year. I expect mediocrity from them this year.
0-16 takes an extra special team. And I’m not sure anyone can rise up to the challenge this year… although I have to agree with Airman Doors Mike Brown’s actions this year suggest he may working for it. It takes dedication to mishandle a QB situation as badly as he has with Carson Palmer.
I think I’ll go with the Titans this year.
That would be me. Won’t know the betting pool results until January though. 
I think the awsome combination of Pete Carroll in the NFL and T-Jax under center allows Seattle to beat the 0-16 record and causes them to lose games they are not even playing in.
At last, an NFL thread that I, as a Buffalo fan, can participate in.
Just for the irritation factor, I’m gonna say the Manning-less Colts manage to get him. Then Manning comes back for one more year to mentor him along and the friggin Colts stay good for another decade.
Mike Brown is stubborn, and a bad GM and owner, but besides not trading Palmer and getting something in return to help the team, how has he mishandled Palmer’s situation? By making him one of the richest players in NFL history? Remember, its Palmer walking away from ~$42 million dollars here. He’s under contract. It was HIS poor play last season that was one of the primary factors in them going from 10-6 in 2009 to 4-12 last season, along with the drama divas whining for the ball and running bad routes, the defensive injuries, craptacular playcalling by the old o-coordinator and bad oline play.
All of those things are gone/improved now. There’s no way the Bengals are going to be as bad as you guys think. The defense has a load of talent on it that’s young and hungry and that played really well once they finally got into the lineup at the tail end of last season (I’m thinking Geno Atkins, Carlos Dunlap, Michael Johnson here). The Bengals will actually have a pass rush from their front four this season, meaning they won’t have to blitz nearly as much. The defense is going to be strong for sure.
The offense is certainly a question mark with a new coordinator, rookie QB and rookie WR but they have made a lot of progress throughout the preseason playing against other team’s #1’s. Dalton in particular is quite poised and doesn’t get rattled. AJ Green is a monster. Andre Smith has lost a ton of weight and has played really well. So we have our bookends at tackle. The oline is improved.
I think a lot of you guys will be surprised by the Bengals, especially given their weak schedule.
Anyway, back on topic: I will go with the Seattle Seahawks.
I wonder whether this isn’t actually a viable strategy for the Colts? By all accounts, Painter is absolutely horrible, and who thinks that Collins is going to be able to survive behind that line? Why wouldn’t you (tank); ahem, ‘try valiantly but fail’ for 16 games, if it meant you could get the consensus #1 QB prospect of the last 5-10 years? Would the Colts have the salary cap room to accommodate Luck’s contract? Would Manning be down with mentoring, doing one or two last hurrahs, or would it turn out like the Favre/Rodgers situation?
This is why I’ve wanted an NBA-style draft lottery for the NFL.
Slaps a hundred dollars down on the table.
“I’m out.”
lol :d
Not my Lions. Woot!
Well my Colts are still in the hunt. What a giant steaming pile of suck. Can’t blame all of that on being without Manning either. Gotta have some D and special teams… ugh.
The Chiefs lost 41-7 to the Bills…at home. That has to put them in the running.
I did point out that playing the Browns don’t really count as a win, I stand by my call,Cinci sucking the sewer.
With two teams set to join this group following tonight’s games, here are our remaining contenders, sorted by point differential:
-34 Kansas City Chiefs
-28 Pittsburgh Steelers
-27 Indianapolis Colts
-18 Atlanta Falcons
-18 St. Louis Rams
-16 Seattle Seahawks
-14 New York Giants
-10 Cleveland Browns
-8 New Orleans Saints
-7 Minnesota Vikings
-7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
-7 Carolina Panthers
-3 Dallas Cowboys
-2 Tennessee Titans
An embarrassing loss by the Steelers, to be sure, but the Chiefs and Colts were the ones that looked positively worthless on the field, and the Browns lost to the Bengals.
I voted originally for the Titans. They’re bad, but I think they’ll manage a win or two. Not sure about them Colts.