The Cleveland Browns are the unluckiest team in the NFL

Before I begin, I'd like just like to point out to Ima that he has asked us to name "the unluckiest NFL team from the past 10 years." Notice he has said "teams" and not "franchises." Therefore, the unluckiest NFL team from the past decade is undoubtedly the AFC Pro Bowl Team. 1) No Longer in Existence & Inexcusable Fan Coverage. Despite being loaded with some of the best and most popular players in the NFL, the AFC Team was one of only two all-star teams in the history of all modern professional sports that drew in less fan coverage and lower TV ratings than what a regular-season team would (the other team being the NFC)(1). Since 2012, after having endured severe criticism from fans and sportswriters for over two decades of unexciting play, the NFL finally eliminated the NFC & AFC teams in favor of non-conference bowl games and a fantasy draft done by alumni captains. As such, despite being loaded with NFL stars year after year, the AFC Pro Bowl team joins the ranks as one of only two unlucky teams to be eliminated from the NFL Player's Association in the past decade. 2) Unluckiest Schedule in the NFL From 2005-2012, the AFC team was always scheduled to face the most challenging opponent in the NFL - the NFC All-Star Team; which is the terrible equivalent of having to debate against Bluesteel every single time on DDO. To make matters worse, those players who were selected to join the AFC team but are slated to also play in the Superbowl that year, will ultimately miss the Pro Bowl. The end result, is that year after year, AFC teams who went to play in the Pro Bowl were often without some of their best players. What can be more unluckier and dissatisfying for thousands of AFC voters & fans than to not have some of their best players show up in the Pro Bowl? 3) No Desire to Play & Chicken NFL Players From 2005 to 2012 the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl could often be described as a game to where nobody has any desire to play and everyone is afraid of getting hurt, the only NFL game in the world where professional NFL players play like soccer players. The Associated Press famously observed in 2012 that the game appeared to be like two-sides "having a pillow fight"(1) (which is sort of like that action scenes we saw in DDO The Movie). And that the incentive to win was noticeably absent from coaches and staff, who were picked to lead their conference all star teams not because they were headed to the superbowl, but because they were that year's runner up. 4) Forced to wear NFL's Worse Uniforms The AFC uniforms from 2005-2012 consisted of a plain fat red colored shirt. No other real logo, or pattern, just a plain red shirt that matched badly with the variety of different helmets the players sported. The uniforms were so terrible and so disgusting that even imabench, who often wears an Elsa wig and matching shoes to big movie premiers would never even wear one. AFC & NFC uniforms are also among the only jerseys in NFL history were players featured the same number. Talk about unlucky when as a starter you could numbers with other guys from the Cleveland Browns. 5) Loosing Pro Bowl Record and Unlucky Conference Despite being born an all-star team, the AFC drew players from some of the worst teams in the NFL. From 2005-2012 this would have included teams like the Cleveland Browns, Oakland Raiders, New York Jets, and the Miami Dolphins. This poor selection of available AFC recruits resulted in a 3-5 record against the rival NFC (last 10 years) and a 21-22 series record before the NFC-AFC Pro Bowl was cancelled. 6) Forced to Play at the Worst NFL Locations From 2005-2012, the AFC played at the Pro Bowl game in Aloha Stadium, which has received attention in recent years by Hawaii lawmakers who are concerned with the safety and overall physical integrity of the stadium. Needing million dollar repairs is rust to the overall facility, repairs to several hundred seats, and restroom facilities that need to be expanded to accommodate more patrons (2). Much of the rust has been linked to a design flaw in the weathering steel that was used to build the stadium, which interacts badly when contacted with sea salt - causing rust. The one year in 2009 where the AFC didn't actually play at the run down Aloha Stadium, they played inMiami Gardens, Florida. F#$@% Flordia! Which is the same state that brought you godless apocopitic hurricanes, man-eating alligators, crazy gun owners who shoot people for wearing hoodies, oil spills, a Bush presidency, and of course, internet trolls named after imachairs. Talk about bad luck! 1)https://en.wikipedia.org...2)https://en.wikipedia.org...;