The most irrelevant team in the NFL

[a pp roach]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers

What a worthless franchise. Who even cares about them? They're probably happy I'm making a thread about them to remind you guys they exist.

Seriously, they were in the NFC Central because the NFL forgot about them when they were making the divisions and said **** it let's throw them in with the division nobody really cares about (besides the NFC east, which was already filled by their lack of caring about the Cardinals).

Now look at them. None of the teams in the NFC South even consider them a worthy rival. They're just that other team they have to play twice.

They only won a super bowl because the NFL hates the Raiders, which is the same reason New England won that year they played them in the AFCCG.

You're welcome, Buccaneers.

[Pablo]

Jacksonville takes the cake.

We're somewhere in the Bottom 5 I'd guess.

[Mile High Mania]

Originally Posted by splatbass

A close friend of mine is a Lions fan. You must not get out much.

Ah, you found one... you must be a jet setting global traveler.

[srvy]

I pulled for the lions when Barry Sanders was there and chiefs weren't playing them.

[TEX]

Originally Posted by Johnny Vegas

I would notice if the Bills never played another game. Its one of the teams not in our division we play almost every damn year.

Yep, and it ALWAYS seems to be AT BUFFALO.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by srvy

I pulled for the lions when Barry Sanders was there and chiefs weren't playing them.

Ditto, and they also have the best looking throwback uni's by far.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Ditto, and they also have the best looking throwback uni's by far.

I like the Bills throwbacks the best.

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by Mile High Mania

Not true. I found this link - someone ranked the teams by nfl market.

http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments...a_market_size/

1) New York Giants / Jets 22421 New York, Hartford-New Haven1 , Wilkes-Barre--Scranton
2) Oakland Raiders / San Francisco 49ers 10645 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, Monterey-Salinas
3) Chicago Bears 10606 Chicago, South Bend-Elkhart, Rockford
4) New England Patriots 9684 Boston (Manchester), Hartford-New Haven1 , Providence-New Bedford, Springfield-Holyoke
5) Philadelphia Eagles 8688 Philadelphia, Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York2
6) Carolina Panthers 8152 Charlotte, Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson, Greensboro--High Point--Wiston-Salem, Columbia
7) Dallas Cowboys 8071 Dallas-Fort Worth, Waco-Temple-Bryan, Sherman-Ada
8) Detroit Lions 8032 Detroit, Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, Toledo, Lansing, Windsor
9) Atlanta Falcons 6462 Atlanta, Macon
10) Houston Texans 6452 Houston, Beaumont-Port Arthur
11) Washington Redskins 5853 Washington (Hagerstown)
12) Miami Dolphins 5722 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce
13) Minnesota Vikings 5073 Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Rochester-Mason City-Austin, Mankato
14) Cleveland Browns 4794 Cleveland-Akron (Canton), Youngstown
15) Denver Broncos 4727 Denver, Colorado Springs-Pueblo
16) Cincinnati Bengals 4666 Cincinnati, Dayton, Lexington
17) Seattle Seahawks4 4565 Seattle-Tacoma
18) Arizona Cardinals 4438 Phoenix (Prescott)
19) Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4417 Tampa-Saint Petersburg (Sarasota), Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne3
20) Pittsburgh Steelers 4396 Pittsburgh, Johnstown-Altoona-State College, Wheeling-Steubenville, Clarksburg-Weston
21) Baltimore Ravens 4248 Baltimore, Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York2 , Salisbury
22) Green Bay Packers5 4186 Milwaukee, Green Bay-Appleton, Madison
23) Saint Louis Rams 3986 Saint Louis, Champaign-Springfield-Decatur
24) Jacksonville Jaguars 3660 Jacksonville, Gainesville, Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne3
25) Indianapolis Colts 3266 Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Lafayette
26) Buffalo Bills6 2990 Buffalo, Rochester, Erie
27) Kansas City Chiefs 2903 Kansas City, Topeka, Saint Joseph
28) San Diego Chargers 2683 San Diego7
29) Tennessee Titans 2667 Nashville, Bowling Green
30) New Orleans Saints 2635 New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Biloxi-Gulfport

They have some weird media markets added together. The Chiefs should have Wichita and Omaha included if you use some of the same metrics across the board.

[Jimmya]

I know that Jacksonville has been TERRIBLE so far. They are the worst team in the NFL. Who will they draft to help Bortles?

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by Jimmya

I know that Jacksonville has been TERRIBLE so far. They are the worst team in the NFL. Who will they draft to help Bortles?

Gotta get him some offensive line help. Sounds like a LT may be in order /OldSchool

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by SNR

Gotta get him some offensive line help. Sounds like a LT may be in order /OldSchool

Hey, at least they went in the right order if they do.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by CapsLockKey

Detroit. That franchise has been a joke for decades. I can't think of a more underachieving franchise. They had arguably the greatest RB of all time and did absolutely nothing. Now they have Megatron and big name talent all over the place and they continue to lay eggs. Chicago and Green Bay were practically handing the division to them on a platter last season and they still couldn't do anything of significance other than generate negative headlines.

Lions were relevant throughout the Barry Sanders years.
Matt Millen ironically kept them relevant on the basis of what a horrid GM he was.
Megatron keeps them in the national conversation for being at times the dominant athlete in the league.
They don't have a record of achievement, but they have had aspects of their team that keep them in the national eye for good or bad for some time.

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Lions were relevant throughout the Barry Sanders years.
Matt Millen ironically kept them relevant on the basis of what a horrid GM he was.
Megatron keeps them in the national conversation for being at times the dominant athlete in the league.
They don't have a record of achievement, but they have had aspects of their team that keep them in the national eye for good or bad for some time.

I was going to post something similar to this. Its not all about winning the SB when it comes to NFL relevance.

Big time players can do the same thing. Big time coaches etc....

KC has not won a SB but we have had at least 1 HOF caliber player on the team fairly consistently the last 25 years.

[rabblerouser]

Originally Posted by Reerun_KC

Chiefs are in the discussion. Outside of the KC metro area they are petty irrelevant.

Actually, you have it backwards :

If it weren't for the Chiefs, the majority of the country wouldn't know Kansas City exists.

Everywhere I go, when people find out I'm from Kansas City, they ask me about the Chiefs first and BBQ second.

It's all we're known for.

[rabblerouser]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

They have some weird media markets added together. The Chiefs should have Wichita and Omaha included if you use some of the same metrics across the board.

CoMo/Jeff City too

That's like 150000 people right there

[Al Bundy]

Bucs aren't forgotten, the players that made the franchise a superbowl winner are still alive and in the media.