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Since around the 2004 season. For any franchise, not just your own team’s most devastating loss.
Non-Super Bowl since a thread about this topic for Super Bowls specifically was made around 2 months ago.
My vote is the 2006 AFC Divisional for the Chargers. They were the best team in the NFL that year by a good margin. They were healthier than the Patriots too and had a better gameplan that they inexplicably went away from in the 2nd half. That loss set in motion a series of events that culminated in the franchise leaving San Diego.
I’ll also personally throw in the 2018 NFCCG. Started a slow descent into the perpetual mediocrity we’re in today. I firmly believe we’d be in a much better position had that game gone our way, regardless of how the Super Bowl turned out.