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Eight National Football League teams entered the 2025 season with a 0-2 record, a start that historically signals significant risk for postseason contention.
Since the league adopted a 17-game schedule in 2021, only eight of the 40 teams that began a season winless have advanced to the playoffs.
That translates to an 80% failure rate for teams starting 0-2, suggesting that roughly one of the current eight winless clubs may reach the postseason if historical trends hold.
The Los Angeles Chargers face immediate scrutiny under head coach John Harbaugh, who has never started a season 0-2.
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