Friday, August 18, 2017

Phase 2 of Find Mike a New NFL Team

Now that we have a definitive short list of NFL teams that Mike would consider following, let's look at the following factors for the 13 teams on this list:
- age of current stadiums
- all-time win/loss records
- number of Super Bowl wins (and/or pre-Super Bowl championships)
- past relocations

Here we go:

Team Current Stadium First Year for Team in Stadium All-Time W/L Record Super Bowl wins Pre-Super Bowl champions Past Relocations
Arizona Cardinals University of Phoenix Stadium 2006 542-732-40 0 2 Chicago to St. Louis 1960
St. Louis to Phoenix 1988%
Chicago Bears Soldier Field 1971 (opened in 1924, renovated in 2003) 744-568-42 1 8 Decatur, IL to Chicago 1921
Cincinnati Bengals Paul Brown Stadium 2000 344-408-4 0 n/a None
Cleveland Browns FirstEnergy Stadium 1999 462-466-10 0 8 None*
Denver Broncos Sports Authority Field at Mile High 2001 465-393-10 3 0 None
Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field 1957 (renovated in 2003 and 2015) 730-553-37 4 9 None
Houston Texans NRG Stadium 2002 106-134-0 0 n/a None
Indianapolis Colts Lucas Oil Stadium 2008 502-441-7 2 2 Baltimore to Indianapolis 1984
Minnesota Vikings US Bank Stadium 2016 457-387-10 0 0 None
New Orleans Saints Mercedes-Benz Superdome 1975 (renovated in 2006) 338-427-5 1 n/a None#
New York Giants MetLife Stadium 2010 684-572-33 4 4 None
Philadelphia Eagles Lincoln Financial Field 2003 555-591-26 0 3 None%
Pittsburgh Steelers Heinz Field 2001 (renovated in 2007 and 2015) 601-535-20 6 0 None%

* Technically, the Browns were on hiatus from 1996 to 1998 as a direct result of Art Modell moving the team to Baltimore.  The Ravens - not on this list because they are not being considered - are treated as an expansion team while the "expansion" Browns are considered a continuation of the old Browns.

# During the 2005 season, the Saints - as a direct result of Hurricane Katrina - played 4 games in Baton Rouge and 3 in San Antonio.

% Not included here are two WWII temporary merged teams: Phil-Pitt "Steagles" (Eagles and Steelers) in 1943, and Card-Pitt (Cardinals and Steelers) in 1944.