Which team has been more successful?

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(03-12-2018, 02:27 PM)fredtoast Wrote: That a lot of people disagree with the claim that the only way to measure success of an NFL team is in playoff wins.  You know, that thing you call "truth" but is really just your opinion.

Unless you're Mike Brown, playoff wins is the measure of success.  It always has been.  If the goal is to win a SB, you can never reach that goal if you can't win one playoff game.

If you've been to the playoffs seven times without a single win, you have established your ceiling.  After two or three of those losses in a row, hopelessness sets in.  We're in the playoffs again.  So frigging what?  We're running in place, stuck in third gear.  Enthusiasm wanes.  

But you don't think that should have any effect on fans when that is just the natural reaction to being fed five big doses of failure in a row.  And not just failure.  Humiliating, nauseating, maddening failure.  Bitter pills leave a bitter taste.  Stops feeling like any kind of success when the last image is mind boggling failure.