The Team of the Decade 2010s

[The Gipper]

Here is my computation for the NFL Team of the Decade for the 2010s after the conclusion of the 2015 NFL playoffs.

Here is a review on how the system works, and it is simple: A team gets 10 points for winning the Super Bowl, 6 points for losing the Super Bowl, 3 points for losing the conference title game, and 1 point for making the playoffs. Each year is accumulated. The points you see are the points awarded a team in a given year, then those are added up. Here is the status through the first 6 years of the 2010s:

 

Patriots: 1, 6, 3, 3, 10, 3 Total points: 26

Broncos: 1, 1, 6, 1, 10 total point: 19

Seahawks: 1, 1, 10, 6, 1 total points: 19

Packers: 10, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1 total points: 17

Ravens: 1, 3, 10, 1 total points: 15

49ers: 3, 6, 3, total points: 12

Giants: 10 total points: 10

Steelers: 6, 1, 1, 1 total points: 9

Panthers: 1, 1, 6 total points: 8

Colts: 1, 1, 1, 3 total points: 6

Falcons: 1, 1, 3 total points: 5

Bengals: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 total points: 5

Cardinals: 1, 3 total points: 4

Jets: 3 total points: 3

Bears: 3 total points: 3

Chiefs: 1, 1, 1 total points 3

Saints: 1, 1, 1 total points 1

Texans: 1, 1, 1 total points 1

Eagles: 1, 1 total points 2

Lions: 1, 1 total points 2

Redskins: 1, 1 total points 2

Vikings: 1, 1 total points 2

Chargers: 1 Total points 1

Cowboys: 1 total points 1

 

Teams that have not made the playoffs in the 2010s with -0- points:

Rams

Buccaneers

Raiders

Browns

Titans

Jaguars

Dolphins

Bills

[The Gipper]

Previous Teams of the Decade:

 

2000s: Patriots 41 points, runnersup: Steelers 28 pts. Colts 25 pts

 

1990s: Cowboys 37 pts, runnersup: Bills 28 pts. Broncos and 49ers 25 pts.

 

1980s: 49ers 46 pts, runnersup: Redskins 30 pts., Raiders 23 pts.

 

1970s: Steelers 48 pts. runnersup: Cowboys 46 pts, Raiders 26 pts.

 

1960s: Packers 56 pts. runnersup: AFL teams Chargers 34 pts, Oilers 30 pts, Bills 26 pts. NFL runnerup: Browns 23 pts.

 

1950s: Browns 57 pts. runnersup: Lions 36 pts, Rams/Giants 25 pts

 

1940s: Bears 46 pts runnersup: AAFC Browns 40 pts NFL: Redskins 28 pts Eagles 26 pts

 

1930s: Packers: 52 pts, runnersup: Giants 44 pts, Bears 32 pts.

 

1920s: Bears 43 pts. runnersup: Bulldogs 30 pts Packers/Yellow Jackets 19 pts.

[The Gipper]

Nice analysis. I would agree with your statements.

 

A couple things stand out as important to me. The Browns are pathetic. The Cowboys have really fallen from grace, haven't they? They are no longer one of the leagues formidable forces. It will be interesting to see what happens to their fans base for the next 5 years.

 

Lastly, which makes a couple points turn into three, I will watch with great interest the new franchise energy in LA. If I am the owner, I gotta change that name. La Raiders, Oakland Raiders..... let it die already.

Except it is the Rams that have officially moved to LA. The Raiders haven't decided. And of course the LA Rams were a team from 1946 Through 1994.... almost 50 years, so they will keep the Rams name.

And I hope that the Raiders go nowhere.

[MLD Woody]

I think your rating system is too top heavy

[The Gipper]

I think your rating system is too top heavy

What do you mean by that? That I put too much emphasis on winning a Championship? Isn't winning the Championship what its all about? I do this for 3 sports, baseball, football, basketball, all the same way. (haven't gotten around to doing hockey....pretty much MOntreal dominated all decades up to the 70s I believe) See those threads on those respective boards.

 

You think you have a better system? Devise it, then apply it.....going all the way back.