2019 NFL Preview Week

The 8 NFL Teams Taking a Step Backward in 2019

The second of a 4-part NFL season preview of all 32 NFL teams, with 8 faux contenders heading in the wrong direction in 2019…

NFL SEASON PREVIEW WEEK CONTINUES WITH EIGHT TEAMS TAKING A STEP BACKWARD THIS SEASON. Progress isn’t linear, and not every team can get better every season. The NFL is a zero-sum game, and every win is a loss for someone else.

We started our season preview with eight teams whose only real relevance this season will be contending for the #1 pick. Now we turn to eight that are more pretender than contender. Parity reigns in the NFL. Seven of these teams finished .500 or better last year. They could all miss the 2020 playoffs.

These are not necessarily power rankings. These are not the 24th through 17th best teams in the NFL. Some of these teams may even make the playoffs. But they’ll be worse than last year, and they are faux Super Bowl contenders. Last year this list included teams like the Jaguars, Panthers, Seahawks, and Lions. It’s easy to forget now, but those teams all won 9+ games in 2017, and they all missed the playoffs last year.

Start with the 8 NFL bottom feeders preview if you missed it, and come back soon for 8 teams headed in the right direction and 8 Super Bowl contenders. Now let’s get to the 8 teams closer to the bottom than they’d like to believe…