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Dynasties of Heartbreak
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06-15-2022, 11:18 AM
This should be interesting. Only question is how many Viking teams will be on this list when it's done. I'll guess three, and all three will be in the top 10. 69-71. 73-77. 97-2000. I guess they could combine the two earlier ones. 69-77.
https://twitter.com/fboutsiders/status/1...48067?s=20&t=JoPDFFxsWT_HtzrR7Ff6Ag
06-15-2022, 12:26 PM
There certainly is a lot of heartbreak out there lol!
But I have no sympathy for fan bases where the trophy case isnt bare naked. Think about even Pack fans the last few years, those were some rough (and delicious losses).... Cue Vanguard in 1,2,3...
06-15-2022, 02:57 PM
We aren't in the list from 44 - 21.
Surprising that the 92-95 era wasn't in that. 4 playoff appearances, 2 division titles, with a group of hall of famers (Carter, McDaniel, Doleman, Zimmerman, Randle, even Roger Craig and Moon). There are going to be some Viking squads here in the top 20.
06-15-2022, 04:41 PM
Quote: @Skodin said:did that squad ever make it past 1 CG though? I'm trying to remember. The 49'ers/Montana knocked em out in one of them I thought
06-21-2022, 01:26 PM
86-2000 Vikings finish 10th. Top 5 revealed tomorrow with the 68-82 Vikings in contention.
Fitting blurb. The rest of a very good write-up HERE if you can bear to re-live... It's fitting that they're bedecked in purple, because the Minnesota Vikings are heartbreak royalty. Other franchises will claim they are the most tortured in NFL history—and you'll have to wait until tomorrow to find out who ends up at No. 1—but the Vikings are unquestionably, undoubtedly, and undeniably the most frequently heartbroken team in the NFL. They have played 61 NFL seasons. For 30 of those seasons, they have been in the middle of a top-10 all-time heartbreak dynasty. And that's before you include some of their smaller periods of pain—both the 2003-2009 Tice/Childress teams and the 2015-2019 Zimmer era end up with 300-plus heartbreak points themselves. Add in years like that, and more than two-thirds of Minnesota seasons have been part of an era of disappointment. Long live the king. https://twitter.com/fboutsiders/status/1...28034?s=20&t=MmJVpAaezgMAf0jxsx36Sg
06-22-2022, 01:33 PM
...and the #1 Dynasty of Heartbreak is....?
The 68-82 Minnesota Vikings. This is not a surprise. When we did the dynasty project a few years ago, the Purple People Eater Vikings hit No. 17 despite their lack of world championships. The greatest team to never have been the greatest team. No matter what methodology you use, the 1970s Vikings were always going to come out on top. While we docked the Bills for being a good team that took advantage of playing in a weak conference to get to their four Super Bowl losses, the Purple People Eaters were a different beast. From 1969 to 1976, the stretch in which those four losses occur, the Vikings average a 19.9% estimated DVOA, topping 20.0% three times and hitting a high of 37.5% in 1969. Their overall average DVOA doesn't quite live up to those numbers, mostly because the last five seasons of the run with Tommy Kramer under center and the defensive line aging and leaving were shadows of the early 1970s teams. But a few questionable seasons at the end don't change the fact that the Vikings were able to consistently fight through the Cowboys and Rams, which is significantly tougher opposition than any of the other multi-time Super Bowl losers had to fight off. The Vikings had two teams in their conference who averaged over 20.0% estimated DVOA during their Super Bowl appearances. The other four multi-time losers on this list (the Bills, Broncos, Dolphins, and Patriots) combined to face a grand total of one. Reaching the Super Bowl multiple times takes luck as well as skill, and the Vikings had arguably less luck than any of their compatriots on this list. https://twitter.com/fboutsiders/status/1...59713?s=20&t=4x0vUoYU02V_0DbHF3DJ-g
06-23-2022, 11:26 AM
And the Vikes played a large part in those Rams teams' #2 ranking.
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