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In the 2024 NFL season, the Washington Commanders broke the 3rd active longest postseason drought of not winning a playoff game. They also broke their drought of being the 5th longest team of not appearing in a conference championship game (Dallas, Cleveland, Miami, Las Vegas Raiders and Houston Texans now hold that drought).
In the 2025 NFL season, the Chicago Bears brought their drought of being the T-3rd longest active team of not winning a playoff game (New York Jets, Vegas Raiders, and Miami now hold that title).
Here are the current standings of teams currently longest tenured of not appearing in the playoffs:
New York Jets: last appearance in the postseason, 2010 season.
Atlanta Falcons: last appearance in the postseason, 2017
Every other NFL team has made the playoffs in the 2020’s decade, at least 1 time since.
Longest active droughts of no playoff wins:
Miami Dolphins: 2000 season, 25 years.
Las Vegas Raiders: 2002 season, 23 years.
New York Jets: 2010 season, 15 years
Arizona Cardinals: 2015 season, 10 years
Carolina Panthers: 2015 season, 10 years
Pittsburgh Steelers: 2016 season, 9 years
Atlanta Falcons: 2017 season, 8 years
Indianapolis Colts: 2018 season, 7 years
LA Chargers: 2018 season, 7 years
Minnesota Vikings: 2019 season, 6 years
Tennessee Titans: 2019 season, 6 years
Every other team has won a playoff game in 2020’s decade.