As we count down the days until Super Bowl LI, Yahoo Sports is taking a look at the best teams to not win it all. First we’ll dive into a group of contenders that didn’t quite make the cut, and we’ll finish by ranking our top seven picks.
How do you even begin to rank the best NFL teams to not win the Super Bowl? A good place to start is win-loss records.
Or so you’d think.
The first two teams to win 15 or more games in the regular season, the 1984 49ers and the 1985 Bears, both finished the job with convincing championship runs.