Saturday, September 19, 2026

In 2025 the former Titans coach won 12 regular-season games in his first year running a team that had lost 13 the season before.

Tampa Bay's 2024 play-caller left for a division of his own and won 11 games in his first season leading Jacksonville.

He won 10 games and an AFC South title in his first season atop the Jaguars' staff in 2017.

Taking the reins from Tony Dungy in 2009, he won 16 games including the playoffs in his first season running the Colts.

This Lions back reached 48 touchdowns in his first three NFL seasons, the most ever.

The goggled Rams rookie-record rusher scored 46 touchdowns in his first three seasons.

This Charger opened his career with 3,000 rushing yards, 1,500 receiving yards and 30 scrimmage TD in three years.

This speedy Dolphin scored 34 touchdowns over his first three NFL seasons.

Buffalo's franchise quarterback carries an 0-7 career mark in overtime games, regular season and playoffs combined.

The XFL alum who briefly took over in Pittsburgh finished his NFL career 0-5-1 as a starter in overtime.

This young Falcons starter is already 0-4 in overtime, tied for the most OT losses ever by a starting QB without a win.

The first draft pick in Texans history also went 0-4 in overtime starts, never getting a win in the extra period.

In 2025 he became the first QB since Garoppolo to win a conference title game with under 100 passing yards.

This Bengal won a 2025 game with 113 passing yards — the lowest total in any victory of his career.

In a 2021 windstorm in Buffalo, this Patriots rookie started and finished a win while attempting three passes.

He threw for just 77 yards and won the 2019 NFC Championship Game as San Francisco ran for 285.

In 2025 this Eagles quarterback coughed up five turnovers without a touchdown — including two on a single play.

This 2021 Bears rookie had a five-turnover, zero-TD nightmare.

A 2019 Jets starter, later a Pro Bowler elsewhere, hit the same low.

The 2017 Bills rookie whose meltdown became shorthand for a bad debut.

Carolina in the 2003 season, Denver a decade later — the same coach lost both Super Bowls.

He rode John Elway to three Super Bowls in Denver in the 1980s, then took Atlanta to one in the 1998 season.

He took Baltimore to Super Bowl III, then made five more trips after moving to Miami, including the only perfect season.

This coach won two Lombardi Trophies with the Giants, then came back to reach Super Bowl XXXI on the New England sideline.

From 1988 to 2021 this team endured a 33-season gap between conference title game appearances.

They haven't played in a conference championship game since the 1995 season — which they won.

Dan Marino's last trip to a conference title game, in the 1992 season, is still this club's most recent.

Their most recent conference championship game appearance came in the 1989 season.

This 2025 Giants rookie starter reached seven rushing touchdowns in his first season.

The 2012 Offensive Rookie of the Year in Washington scored seven rushing touchdowns as a rookie.

This 2011 No. 1 overall pick ran for a rookie-QB record 14 touchdowns in Carolina.

This early-1960s 49er, later a Washington starter, ran for 10 touchdowns as a rookie quarterback.