5 NFL Teams With ‘Absolutely No Hope’ Of Being Good In 2025 originally appeared on The Spun.
Nearly a third of the league lost 12 or more games in 2024 and there wound up being a three-way tie for the worst record in the league by the final week of the season. But hope springs eternal in the NFL.
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Every year there’s a team that goes from worst to first. Last season it was the Washington Commanders, who went from drafting second overall to reaching the NFC title game. The year before it was the Houston Texans, who ended years of misery with a trip to the playoffs. And even before them there were the Jacksonville Jaguars, who got a superb year from Trevor Lawrence and then-coach Doug Pederson.
That being said, there are a handful of teams that are in such a bad space as we approach the regular season that there simply isn’t any reason to anticipate them turning it around in 2025.
Here are the five teams with no hope of winning anything in 2025:
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Tennessee Titans
New General Manager Mike Borgonzi (L) and President of Football Operations Chad Brinker of the Tennessee Titans.Johnnie Izquierdo/Getty Images
The Titans made Cam Ward the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft and promptly gave him both the starting job and Hall of Famer Warren Moon’s retired jersey number. They did that despite having no weapons, an unreliable offensive line, a head coach already the hot seat in just his second year and an impulsive owner who will probably fire that head coach for any result short of a playoff appearance.
The only reason the Titans can even hope the season will be good is that most of their division has just as many problems as they have.
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Cleveland Browns
Jul 26, 2025; Berea, OH, USA; Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett (95) talks to quarterback Shedeur Sanders (12) during training camp at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images© Ken Blaze-Imagn Images
There’s an old saying that “if you have two quarterbacks, you have no quarterback.” So what do you say about a Cleveland Browns team that has been having a four-way competition (five or six if you count the bodies they keep bringing in when someone gets hurt) for the most important position in sports?
The lone bright spot on the Browns this season will probably be their defense, spearheaded by all-world pass rusher Myles Garrett. But despite signing a mega deal with the team earlier this offseason, he may come to regret staying in Cleveland after the pain the team is likely to endure.
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Even if the Browns get solid quarterback play, anyone they put under center will likely be a distant third- or even fourth-best quarterback in the AFC North.
New York Giants and New York Jets
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – AUGUST 16: A general view of the New Meadowlands Stadium during a preseason game between the New York Jets and New York Giants on August 16, 2010 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
Just about the only difference between the two New Jersey-based New York franchises is that the Jets staff probably won’t get sacked after one terrible year. Probably.
The same can’t be said of the Giants, who are likely going to clean house – again – if they don’t show serious growth this season. But growth will be hard to come by in arguably the toughest division in football.
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The Giants head into the season with Russell Wilson as their expected starter, Jameis Winston as their backup and first-round rookie Jaxson Dart as their hope for the future. But if Wilson plays as poorly as he has for most of the past several seasons, head coach Brian Daboll and GM Joe Schoen won’t get to reap the fruits of their labor on Dart.
The Jets have a rookie head coach, rookie GM and two injury-prone journeymen quarterbacks expected to end their 15-year playoff slump. They have a few stars in Sauce Gardner, Quinnen Williams and Garrett Wilson, but without a more reliable quarterback, they’re going to remain very bad for a very long time.
New Orleans Saints
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – OCTOBER 13: Spencer Rattler #18 of the New Orleans Saints sits with Derek Carr and quarterbacks coach Andrew Janocko during the second half of a game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the Caesars Superdome on October 13, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Derick E. Hingle/Getty Images)Derick E. Hingle/Getty Images
The only thing more nerve-wracking to a fanbase than an open competition at quarterback in training camp is an open competition among players who be backups on 31 other teams.
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The trio of Jake Haener, Spencer Rattler and rookie Tyler Shough inspires about as much confidence as a brain surgeon repeatedly saying “Whoops” while you’re under the knife.
But even if Pro Bowl quarterback Derek Carr hadn’t retired, the cupboard is just so bare in New Orleans that it’s easier to envision the team drafting Arch Manning (even in spite of his reported plan to stay in college next year) than winning eight games in 2025.
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Are there any teams that you think have no hope of being good this season?
5 NFL Teams With ‘Absolutely No Hope’ Of Being Good In 2025 first appeared on The Spun on Aug 17, 2025
This story was originally reported by The Spun on Aug 17, 2025, where it first appeared.
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