The NFL’s Most WASTED Seasons

[@DampFrijoles]

Honorable mention to anyone who played for the 2021 Jaguars. That was a total waste of a season playing for Meyer.

[@gbrow1604]

No one had an amazing season though.

[@ross.2003]

We didn't enjoy the season - Jags fan

[@andrewalden8364]

@@gbrow1604 I disagree. Urban’s fingers did pretty well.

[@noll2138]

​@@andrewalden8364 So did his leg

[@zackhicks5320]

@@gbrow1604 no, but you compare the night and day difference one off season had on that team, and you can see what they mean. Don’t be a contrarian for the sake of it😂

[@MilsurpMikeChannel]

Jamaal Charles in 2012... over 1500 yards rushing, nearly 250 yards receiving for an abysmal 2-14 Chiefs team.

[@Jugglerexe]

The only other good thing about that season for the Chiefs. The first being ending the error that was the trying to copy the Patriots experiment.

[@MilsurpMikeChannel]

@@Jugglerexe They stopped getting Patriots rejects thank God, but in a way, Veach is now running the team like Belichick did the Patriots... draft well, don't overpay veterans, and your superstar QB is the only player that isn't expendable.

[@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1]

@@MilsurpMikeChannel and have an all timer TE lol

[@fortynights1513]

One of the very few all pro players who played on the single worst team in the league in the same season.

[@stimihendrix3404]

@@MilsurpMikeChannel there were more people than our qb that weren’t expendable.

[@penceguitar]

"Getting away from the cops speed!" Classic Gus.

[@MightyDuckofAnaheim200203]

That's a good quote Gus Johnson made😂

[@brientaylorcohen]

I'll take "Things white folks can't say for $500"

[@CompletelyNormal]

Other wasted seasons include basically any season from Calvin Johnson, Barry Sanders, or Joe Thomas.

[@louis3141]

F’ Joe Thomas

[@SamBrickell]

@@louis3141 You're a m o r o n, buddy. :)

[@lampini]

Barry sanders carried the lions of the early 90s to the wildcard round multiple times

[@aceassn716]

@lampini After they got rid of Erik Kramer at QB, that team treaded water.. Scott Mitchell did have a decent season, only to implode at Philly Herman Moore sadly isnt brought up enough a great WR so were Brett Perriman Johnny Morton Kevin Glover Lomas Brown forget the other man sadly but they had 3legit Oline guys too All that to say this imagine if Lions traded for Farve instead of packers?! That would have been something special

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

You think that's bad? The Chargers managed to waste the entire careers of Tomlinson, Rivers, Gates, Merriman, Shawn Phillips, and Junior Seau...at the same time! They all overlapped. It's insane the collections of Talent that Marty Shottenheimlich Wasted...just in his Chargers years.

[@Angry-est]

Poor Jared Allen being put in a dumpster with OJ Simpson, Deshaun Watson, & Zach Wilson. A fate worse than death

[@marzuuuuski]

I love Jared Allen. I actually went to his Ring of Honor induction game against the Cardinals last year when he led the SKOL chant, blew the gjallarhorn, and rode in on horseback. Dude was an animal when he played, and is one of my all-time favorites. Hopefully he'll be in Canton one day.

[@mattshipley182]

Riding in on horseback is the most Jared Allen thing ever, and I dig it.

[@BoondockGore]

Chief fans agree. Sad day when he left

[@deadzone3125]

​@@BoondockGoreI was sad too, but I lost almost all respect for him after his two DUI charges .

[@SamBrickell]

If he isn't in the HOF, the HOF doesn't mean anything. I'm tired of too many QBs making it, and not the guys at other positions who actually made the NFL special.

[@DerrickRG]

Should have been 1st ballot. The HOF is dead to me.

[@glaciersmash4118]

Honestly surprised Calvin Johnson's record breaking 2012 season wasn't included. 1964 yards, almost unstoppable... 4-12 on the year :(

[@zackford4497]

Literally thought the same exact thing as a lions fan that’s my only core memory besides the last szn when it comes to being a lions fan the rest is mostly pain and being screwed by the refs

[@aceassn716]

Thank the ea cover curse Calvin only had 6? TDs that season despite the yardage Remember madden 99?! Barry Sanders got the cover an retired after that season Patrick Mahomes only one to win superbowl being on the cover Heck he even beat the MVP curse 1999 Kurt Warner was last mvp to win SB until now

[@RhyanTV]

@@aceassn716 what is crazy is Calvin Johnson was tackled on the 1yd line like 9 or 10 times in the 2012 season. That season was weird because they were 4-4 going into the bye.

[@JUnit41484]

Also how about any Barry Sanders season except for the couple where we snuck into the playoffs? We had two of the best players to ever play the game, did NOTHING with them, pushed them both into an early retirement...and neither make this list??

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

The Lions of that Era Period had big passing numbers because they were so far out of games it was Garbage Time by Halftime. Even Jon Kitna threw for back to back 4,000 yards on those Lions Teams. Mike Furrey was a 98 catch 1086 yard receiver during that Era (Joey Harrington through Stafford is "that era"). That's my one knock on Calvin Johnson. If he had played almost anywhere else he would have Lesser Individual Seasons but a longer career and actually won. They threw to Calvin 204 times that year! 204! Far and away the most of his career, by 46 targets. They led the League in Passing Attempts that season with 740 Attempts compared to 544 Passing Attempts against them. If you took every single Passing Attempt to Calvin Johnson out, they'd be practically Ever with Attempts for and against. That's how Crazy Pass Heavy they were. They were also 25th in the league in Rush Attempts. They ran 162 more plays on Offense than Teams ran against them... There are reasons behind Calvin Johnson's Crazy Stats beyond just Calvin Johnson is one of the Best 5 WRs to ever play Football, which he is.

[@Awestinite]

Seahawk's Kennedy had 92 combined tackles that season as a DT. Not to mention they were all SOLO. He dominated the interior. What a monster.

[@RedMo46]

Holy shit

[@johnfalcetta5431]

Wow.

[@AleisterMeowley]

Cortez was so damn good. We love him up here

[@SkunkApe407]

The early Seahawks and early Buccaneers are ridiculously similar. They had Kennedy and struggled to scrape together wins. We had Selmon and couldn't buy a win. Two HoF lineman wasted on laughably bad teams. As a Bucs fan, I still feel bad for Lee Roy.

[@cinnabonthepug]

2-14 with a top 10 defense

[@quasimoto7662]

Aeneas Williams: his entire time in Arizona

[@vanessarussell7048]

And Larry Fitzgerald

[@Sez___]

You can make an entire documentary on wasted careers

[@NewGoldie]

Could do a whole series just about the Lions with how they wasted the careers of 2 of the best players ever (Sanders & Johnson) and one of the better QBs of the generation. Probably a few more that Im not thinking of.

[@seamanship1203]

Like JJ Watt

[@anthonynelson2005]

Seattle Mariners and Felix Hernandez if you wanna change sports.

[@kaminsod4077]

Tony Romo would need a 90 minute episode. He wasted some of his best years dragging sorry ass Cowboys teams to .500 records, only to get shit on by their entitled fanbase.

[@RebelTXWrestling]

Joe Thomas immediately popped in my mind

[@tylerdoremus7633]

I’m surprised Drew Brees isn’t on this list for seasons anywhere between 2014-2016

[@Rileyxray]

That was the worst 3 season stretch

[@gbrow1604]

@@Rileyxray For the team, but Brees was great individually.

[@Rileyxray]

@@gbrow1604 also bad for him because his amazing stats weren’t enough to lead the team to winning seasons. Terrible defenses held him back.

[@gbrow1604]

@@Rileyxray Yeah that's the point, he was great individually but was let down by his team.

[@NewGoldie]

​@@gbrow1604 😂 its almost like dude missed the whole point of the video

[@gro_skunk]

Minnesota should have their own hour long special of wasted seasons of the Vikings, Twins, Wolves and Wild.

[@Bigedub101]

Damn they might need a whole series

[@BrendanPappas]

Chris Johnson’s entire career seemed to be wasted on the fact that he honestly had the potential to be one of the greatest of all time if it weren’t for the ineptitude of the teams he was on and other off the field issues (*cough cough * getting shot).

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

Also had On Field Issues. After CJ2k, he went full Diva and sabotaged his own on the field production. Instead of taking the 5 yards inside, he'd try to bounce it out for the Big Play and get dragged down for a loss. I've never seen a Running Back as reluctant to take the open hole down the middle as Chris Johnson.

[@RobbbbC]

Watson couldn't massage enough success out of that team.

[@aceassn716]

But robert kraft was able to get away with being caught in a raid of a massage parlor Any player gets caught worst player ever!! Owner of team gets caught?? Massage some dollars to feds an league office Business as ususl

[@RedMo46]

Some creators like taking you down memory lane to relive and enjoy the best moments. Fivepoints takes you down memory lane to revisit all the damn potholes, and i love it.

[@jeffwinbush5039]

I got to give props for the Piper Perri reference. 😆

[@dionr1168]

The 2007 Patriots is the textbook definition of wasted.

[@waluigithemaster6864]

The most wasted season all time is the entire 1977 Falcons defense. How do you give up 9.2 points per game and not even make the playoffs?

[@RedMo46]

Holy shit

[@franohmsford7548]

Barry Sanders - Every season in Detroit {though 94 and 97 especially}.

[@Fireyninjadog]

Mathew Stafford threw 41 td passes for over 5,000 yards. Sadly, the nfl was loaded with great qbs, and Stafford didn't even get a pro bowl nod

[@tylermurphy4876]

Calvin Johnson's record breaking 2012 season too. Such a shame his career got wasted in Detroit.

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

You get the Ball thrown to you 204 times in a single season, you are going to put up some Stats. Johnson always got an insane number of Targets...but that year they led the League in Passing Attempts (but not yards) by a Wide Margin because of how bad their defense was. Johnson had 46 more targets than his next highest total for a season. It was Real Life Version of "I'ma try to get this WR the MVP" in Madden.

[@nadertayeh6809]

Bro it was not Favres fault they missed that superbowl. Peterson lost three fumbles that game and Favre kept them in it

[@haydenandquintonH]

Yeah but he still threw the ugliest INT in NFC Championship history:/

[@daBEAGLE1017]

@@haydenandquintonH Favre loved throwing the pick in big games. His last pass as a Packer was intercepted vs the Giants in the NFC championship.

[@cmbells7736]

Let's not forget bounty gate was a thing also.

[@HDreamer]

And with all the Turnovers the Vikings had in that game and Favre taking a beating, there was also some high level Refball going on, especially late in the game. Probably hurt the Vikings more than Bountygate did.

[@daBEAGLE1017]

@@HDreamer Favre did get annihilated in this game. It was hard to watch even as a Bears fan.

[@JdubPierce]

Half of the 2022 Broncos roster spent their season in the hospital and the other half suffered from Hackett's incompetence, I'd say that whole roster deserves an honorable mention (especially Simmons who tied for 1st in INTs)

[@rngfootball759]

Wasted seasons include Willie Roaf on the mid-late 90s Saints all pro and team was a dumpster fire. 1988 Herschel Walker 1500+ yds rushing for 3 win Cowboys team. Any OT Joe Thomas season too.

[@mindphaserxy]

A John Kruk joke....You've got balls that's for sure. More than we can say about the former ESPN Baseball Tonight analyst

[@nflfan02]

Megatron having 12 TDs and 1300 rec yards on an 0-16 lions team

[@hughjeff1130]

You forgot to mention jarred Allen’s greatest accolade ABSOLUTELY OBLITERATING Johnny Knoxville on Jackass

[@ZyloNecron2003.]

this year for sure Derrick Henry

[@SteelKreel]

Ladainian Tomlinson’s entire career on the Chargers

[@ChiseledAdonis]

This is a helluva video!! Absolute gold!!

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

That Year Antonio Cromartie broke out in San Diego...or the Merriman PED Years in San Diego...Or the Year LT set the TD record...pretty much any Chargers Season where somebody had a notable year.

[@thedankswordsmantm]

I feel like ever season of Calvin Johnson's career could be on here.

[@razejoseph6690]

basically every season drew brees played for the saints

[@franohmsford7548]

Well apart from the one where he won Superbowl MVP obviously.....You can't call that a wasted season :)

[@thriftaddicted7801]

"Eight point eight points," the most satisfying phrase I've heard in a while

[@MrDan708]

Dan Marino's entire career was wasted by a porous Dolphins defense and an unspectacular backfield. As for wasted individual seasons, the Eagles had an early-90's team (Kotite Era) that had an exceptional defense and an O-line so weak, they couldn't keep any QB healthy.

[@peacefrog0521]

I still remember the ESPN ad featuring Cortez Kennedy, with a children’s chorus: “You gotta watch, the games are great You gotta watch and stay up late And if you don’t and you’re a louse Mr. Cortez Kennedy will find your house!” ❤😅😊

[@vanessarussell7048]

All of Larry Fitgeralds’ seasons with the Cardinals. That man deserved a ring

[@ScambaiterX]

Ad ends at 0:56.

[@afrayedrope1939]

Loved Jared Allen as a bear. We seem to get great players on the wrong side of their careers

[@aegisofhonor]

Philip Rivers 2010 Chargers? Greatest team to not make the playoffs? Number 1 offense, number 1 defense, still missed the playoffs.

[@johngoetz4462]

Jared Allen was a mauler. He loved to goof around too, especially at the pro bowl, he would be up to all kinds of shenanigans pre snap.

[@sebaufiend]

2014 Justin Houston got 22 sacks, All-Pro season. Chiefs offense was miserable. This was the infamous season where their wide receivers didn't catch a single touchdown. This is also the only chiefs season under Andy Reid to not make the playoffs.

[@RedMo46]

Well tbf he was probably on the field a lot. Like a lot a lot. But still really impressive numbers of course.

[@kyletucker3811]

Honorable mention to Justin Herbert's first two years under Brandon Staley. Fingers crossed this year isn't more of the same and Staley stops being an idiot/actually has a decent defense that doesn't get picked apart schematically.

[@eddixon2015]

The Josh Gordon season still amazes me to this day. One of the best wide receiver performances in NFL history IMO. Also, I think Jared Allen deserved DPOY in 2011, T-Sizzle had four more tackles and three more forced fumbles, but I think the 8 more sacks more than made up for it. At the very least, Allen should be in the Hall.

[@KennyFrierson]

The Titans better not do Henry like they did CJ. They already are aren't they?

[@deemariedubois4916]

I loved Cortez Kennedy!! OMG he was amazing. We don’t talk about Rick Myer…Mayer…Bayer…Rick who? Interesting video, thanks.

[@shoebert31]

Honorable mention: Calvin Johnson's career

[@me123888]

Any season by Joe Thomas in Cleveland...

[@slackerofhell]

Megatron got so screwed on the Lions. Him and Stafford both.

[@sethspace5207]

Michael Strahan got his sack record* in a year the Giants went 7-9 and missed the playoffs

[@ScottMosier12345]

I loved CJ2k. He was such a cool dude on the field.

[@draftmagicagain1000]

Who?

[@awakenthewoke1091]

That Brett Favre throw to end the NFC Championship game was so horrendous.

[@skorpiontamer]

This dude said Piper Perri. bro I'm ded

[@marcsarfati3291]

Wasted seasons 2010 chargers - awful special teams Barry sanders whole career 2009 NY giants Pax shooting himself Archie Manning Career

[@GulsCult]

I feel for guys like Dan Marino. There's nothing sadder in sports than seeing great players on shitty teams. I grew up in the mid eighties/early nineties watching the Yankees with Don Mattingly consistently performing at a level his teammates couldn't come close to, and he never won a world series. Like Mike Trout, Barry Sanders, Eric Dickerson, etc. They must've been mentally tough to continue to perform despite the gloominess that followed their team buses.

[@lenjackson736]

“He’s got gettin away from the Cops speed!” 🤣

[@felixlara2945]

Lavonte David's 2013 season was the best statistical season from a lb maybe ever and the advanced stats backed him up too, the bucs went like 2-14 that year

[@BrooksDunn]

He never (Bucs in general) gets love… Shaq Barrett had 19.5 sacks on another sorry team. Brady really should have won MVP in 2020 and/or 2021.

[@dylanmorales8035]

2014 JJ Watt. Best season from a defensive player I’ve ever seen and should have won MVP that year but the Texans missed playoffs so it was all for nothing

[@scottydude456]

Sped up CJ2K clips makes him look like Sonic the Hedgehog

[@brandonblanco794]

I was at a sea dragons game and Josh looked like he smoked a fat blunt before taking the field lol. Ben dinucci is fucking raw and humble aswell. Really nice guy lol

[@LowkAlexander]

Archie Manning and Barry Sanders whole careers lmao

[@plastilina2010]

"...like Piper Perri" LMFAO!!!!

[@youtubeistryingtocensorme]

Honestly you could put Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson’s entire careers on here

[@dannyvalvoda8213]

Cleveland native here josh gordon led the league in recieving yard for an offense that had brandon weeden and trent richardson in its backfield. The same weeden that at as a 28 year old rookie chucked a ball that bounced off Willis Magahee's chest when he was three yards away. Despite the few good talents we wasted this one is just bad

[@mrclanton601]

The juice “sliced” through….clever 😂😂😂

[@vladtheinhaler3226]

Steven Jackson on the black hole that was the Rams.

[@devildog65]

Pretty good stuff, Adam. The Browns are the biggest nincompoops in the NFL. They throw guaranteed money around like it’s confetti. And now that they paid him his money and he’s back playing as one of the highest paid QBs in the League, he looks…………..quite average. And if he look’s that way next season, heads could very well roll!

[@neileldridge724]

Calvin Johnson showed that the Madden curse may not curse the player but the entire team. Calvin broke the receiving record in 2012 but the Lions went 4-12 losing the last 8.

[@ACGreyhound04]

The Lions have been where player potential goes to die since the dawn of the Super Bowl era. They’ve never even reached the NFC Championship Game, let alone the Super Bowl.

[@hommie789]

Five points, how did Calvin Johnson not make the list? He was impressive and has the stats, he is in Cooperstown all on a team that was absolute dog shit, then again they were every year

[@cecilhammerton8167]

Chris Johnson was amazing for having some wasted seasons in Tennessee. If he had green in front of him, he was gone.

[@Lucky_9705]

The 2023 Falcons deserve the dishonor of blowing such an easy schedule. They are 7-9 and officially eliminated from playoff contention.

[@junahn1907]

I think any mention of wasted seasons is incomplete without mentioning Joe Thomas. His entire career was wasted in Cleveland. He very well may be the greatest player ever to never play in the postseason.

[@crittoneida958]

Anybody catch that John Kruk “half a sack away”reference in the Jared Allen part? This is pure unadulterated comedy gold right here……

[@JacionBryant]

As a raiders fan josh Jacob this year of course in the Waller years

[@moffjerjerrod1579]

Starts the video, waits for the Falcons going 11-5 before blowing the Super Bowl with a 28 point lead comment. Finishes the video, and goes 😢

[@Bigchet1223]

Archie manning. He was on some of the worst teams in NFL history. Saints, 82 and 83 oilers, 84 vikings.

[@valHalen-is4zs]

Larry Fitzgerald...nuff said

[@ACGreyhound04]

Tom Brady and Randy Moss in 2007 anyone? Not to mention the dominant Pats defense during that year, that forgot to show up for the last and most important game.

[@joejackson3091]

My favorite Jared Allen moment was when he sacked Eli Manning AROUND an offensive lineman. Had a lineman in his arms, reached behind the guy and pulled Manning down by the shirt. Was epically hilarious.

[@phoenixlawson8414]

All things considered, the 16-1 Patriots team should also make this list. There’s no reason they shouldn’t have floored the giants. They played with their food and it cost them.

[@billysr9663]

Smoking weeeden lol😂

[@nmbr1seattlefan]

That wasn't baker, that was Stenson Bennet

[@ghostintheshell3576]

Forgot about Matt Ryan's 2018 season. His stats are almost dead similar to his 2016 MVP season. Atlanta's defense fell apart that year and blew some last second game's. He should received a pro bowl that year.

[@dyne313]

I can't believe Barry Sanders wasn't on this list. His entire career. It was completely wasted on the awful Lions.

[@WhiteSox1426]

How is Watt 2014 season is not on the list? He won defensive mvp, second in NFL MVP voting and single handily kept the Texans in games. To me the season was wasted since they failed to make the playoffs.

[@jacobwatson1406]

Love ur videos bro 💯

[@jeremykrause153]

Ricky Williams had an awesome 2002 season but the dolphins missed the playoffs because they had no support for him in passing. Also the defense was terrible in a few games.

[@josephgibson4250]

2022 Tom Brady should undoubtedly be on this list smh.

[@jacoblin6475]

Maurice Jones drew 2011 had 1606 yards 8 td but they 5-11

[@RobertMike-yq9kr]

He was slept on 💯

[@Fireyninjadog]

3:21 #32 leonard Russell won offensive rookie of the year in 1991 and was a 1,000-yard rusher in 1993. Both seasons were a waste, as the pats let him walk in free agency after that 93 season

[@12thMandalorian]

Drew Bledsoe at Seattle would have been incredible

[@Posirep]

This is nothing to the Angels. Forget seasons, theyre instead wasting 2 Hall of Fame careers at the same time.

[@ljhudsonjr]

🤣🤣🤣 Piper Perri...

[@erakfishfishfish]

Michael Strahan, 2001. He got 22 sacks, but the Giants finished u-9.

[@joshandrews464]

That Cortez season was so brutal to watch. Freaking Dan McGwire and Kelly Stouffer

[@JunkYardCardGuy]

MNF "Jared Allen...Culinary Academy. "

[@boog2407]

Crazy that the titans have 2 2,000 yard rushers in their history but one doesnt get talked about AT ALL, and one of them gave a guy his nickname lol

[@Jazzfan22]

Jared Allen was supposed to go to university of Washington but got a DUI in high school.

[@valHalen-is4zs]

My honorable mentions: Dick Butkus and Gale Sayers in 1969. Butkus won DPOY Sayer: Rushing Leader Chicago: 1-13

[@Zachman543]

Ladanian Tomlinsons entire career should be on this list