For most NFL teams, it’s too early in the season to worry about overreactions. However, teams like the Miami Dolphins face the possibility of a 0-3 start — on Thursday Night Football — that could crush playoff hopes. But how bad is the situation for three winless NFL teams on the brink of 2025 disaster?
Beginning the year 0-3 is a death knell. Playoffs, Jim Mora? Probably not. Win the Super Bowl? No chance at all , according to Sports Illustrated.
“As you would expect, dropping to 0-3 is far worse for a team's playoff chances than starting 0-2, but the difference is dramatic,” Ryan Phillips wrote. “Since 1990, 162 teams have opened the season 0-3, and only four of them have made the postseason. That's 2.5%. Of those four teams, two wound up winning their divisions. That's 1.2%. Non