It seems incredible that in a professional league like the NFL, so old, with so much competitiveness and resources, there are still franchises that have never experienced the glories of reaching the big game of the season, the coveted Super Bowl. And yet, there are, and there are quite a few cases.
After half a century of NFL history, following the merger with the AFL, the Super Bowl has been won by 20 different franchises, but there are still a handful of teams that do not know what it is like to lift a Vince Lombardi trophy, of which four have never even reached the stage of playing for it.
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The Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars are the four teams that do not know what a Super Bowl is all about, but eight more have never won the Lombardi Trophy and five of them have played for it on several occasions.
Minnesota Vikings, Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals are the teams with the most appearances on ‘Super Sunday’ that have never been able to win it, with four, four and three respectively. They are followed by the Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons with two, and finally Tennessee Titans, Los Angeles Chargers and Arizona Cardinals with one game.
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So far, the teams that have qualified for the NFL Playoffs are these teams, awaiting a final wild card spot to be decided in the final week between the Bengals, Falcons and Dolphins.
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Buffalo Bills
- Detroit Lions
- Philadelphia Eagles
- Pittsburgh Steelers
- Houston Texans
- Minnesota Vikings
- Baltimore Ravens
- Green Bay Packers
- Los Angeles Chargers
- Los Angeles Rams
- Washington Commanders
Therefore, of those who have never reached a Super Bowl, the Detroit Lions and Houston Texans will be the ones to try this time, while the Minnesota Vikings and Buffalo Bills want their fifth appearance, as well as the Cincinnati Bengals are looking for their fourth, but first they must make the AFC wild card spot, which is also sought by the Miami Dolphins to try for their sixth appearance in the SB, which they have already won twice.
The Chargers will be able to look for the instance again after losing the XXIX edition against the San Francisco 49ers in 1995. The Falcons, if they get the wild card spot in the NFC, will be able to try to get rid of the thorn of the worst comeback in history in a SB against the New England Patriots in the LI edition in 2017.
