![]() Levy’s work eventually brought the Chiefs to mediocrity, where they would stay until Marty Schottenheimer came to town. They were still terrible, don’t get me wrong, but at least they were an interesting, novel sort of terrible. In the dawn of the modern passing age, Levy’s Chiefs set NFL rushing records, including running the ball 69 times on opening day while holding the ball for more than 40 minutes of clock time. By the late 1970s, however, there was just nothing left, to the point where new head coach Marv Levy installed the old Wing-T in 1978 to try to produce something on offense. The remaining Chiefs legends kept things from falling apart entirely for years a series of 5-9 seasons in the mid-1970s were bad, but not in and of themselves enough to qualify for this list. ![]() You could make an argument that the four worst drafts in franchise history all fell in that six-year span. He took 91 players between 19 only 11 started a single game for Kansas City, and none ever made a Pro Bowl or All-Pro team. ![]() A team can survive a bad draft or two, but general manager Jack Steadman’s run would be crippling for any franchise. The Chiefs made 11 picks in the 1975 draft only one ever saw an NFL field, where running back Morris LaGrand picked up a career 37 yards. From 1970 to 1976, the Chiefs took Sid Smith, Elmo Wright, Jeff Kinney, Woody Green, and Rod Walters all of them under 16 career Approximate Value. In 19, the Chiefs had no first-round draft pick thanks to trades for George Seals and John Matuszak (24 combined starts for Kansas City), and frankly, the picks they did make weren’t much better. Even Municipal Stadium, where the Chiefs had played in the AFL, was dismantled in 1976, a relic from the 1920s no longer fit for purpose. The last time all five players were on the field together was the final game of 1974, and the Chiefs basically lost one every year throughout this down period. Super Bowl-era Chiefs had five Hall of Famers-Bobby Bell, Willie Lanier, Len Dawson, Buck Buchanan and Jan Stenerud, plus coach Hank Stram. Key Players: QB Mike Livingston, T Charlie Getty, T Jim Nicholson, G Tom Condon, C Jack Rudnay, LB Willie Lanier, CB Emmitt Thomas Head Coaches: Hank Stram, Paul Wiggin, Tom Bettis, Marv Levy ![]() Here’s what FO had to say about Kansas City’s sole contribution to their ranking. but just one - and it’s likely not ranked as poorly as you thought. 1933-1941 Pittsburgh Pirates / Steelersīy now you must be wondering: did any Chiefs teams make this list? So in the 2021 offseason, FO simply reversed the process, creating a similar set of metrics they could use to find the worst stretches NFL teams have ever suffered - which they have chosen to call anti-dynasties.Īnd here they are - the worst teams in NFL history:Ģ. As we told you a year ago, the Kansas City Chiefs’ 1966-1971 seasons were ranked 14th, while the 2015-2019 run under head coach Andy Reid (and eventually, quarterback Patrick Mahomes) ranked 33rd. Unsurprisingly, the New England Patriots’ run from 2001 through 2019 was ranked first. So you might be asking: what does that even mean?īasically, it follows a similar series from a year ago, in which FO named the top dynasties in league history, creating a set of metrics to quantify each set of seasons in which an NFL team demonstrated continued success. Throughout the month of June, the football analytics site Football Outsiders has been publishing a series of articles identifying the worst anti-dynasties in NFL history.
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