It took the Patriots 30 years to become good

[PanthersATL]

As we're almost hitting the 30 year mark ourselves, perhaps it's worthwhile to note that some NFL teams were perennial laughing stocks of the entire league for years and years before finding success to stay in the Top Five (or Top Ten).  We've been relatively lucky in having a minimum of horrible seasons among the larger number of mediocre and fantastic runs.  Have the Panthers ever been referred to as a "laughing stock" or a given Easy Win outside of singular seasons?  I don't recall that being the case, but I could be wrong.  Those monikers have certainly been applied to a number of other teams we know... 

If memory serves me correctly, we've been typically in the Top Half of NFL rankings the vast majority of our years, so not nearly as horrible as another team that joined the league in the mid 90's has been over the same timeframe...

A reminder talking about how horrible the Patriots used to be: https://samuelburleigh.medium.com/when-the-patriots-were-nfl-s-laughingstock-a-look-back-on-the-pre-brady-patriots-61415e4e1ba4 

 

[Sgt Schultz]

It took the Steelers about 40 years.  On the other side of the coin, it took the Dolphins only 6. 

Then there are the Arizona/Phoenix/St. Louis/Chicago Cardinals......

[Jon Snow]

We certainly took a hit with the Richardson fiasco. 

[MVPccaffrey]

It's about ownership.  Kraft bought the Patriots in '94, and they were in the big game in two years.  Back again and winning it within 7.  

 

Tepper is going into what, year three?  He's behind schedule

[Davidson Deac II]

30 years and one extremely lucky draft pick.  

[Khyber53]

Thirty years of sifting through the debris to find a diamond everyone else missed. And even they weren't too big on him until an injury turned it into a necessity.

 

[Jon Snow]

It to them hiring BB before they turned it around.

[t96]

1 hour ago, Davidson Deac II said:

30 years and one extremely lucky draft pick.  

And a ton of shenanigans with a certain someone who won't be named...

[Snake]

2 hours ago, MVPccaffrey said:

It's about ownership.  Kraft bought the Patriots in '94, and they were in the big game in two years.  Back again and winning it within 7.  

 

Tepper is going into what, year three?  He's behind schedule

Well and drafting a guy named Tom Brady. 

[Davidson Deac II]

Bill B is a good coach, but he has exactly one playoff win without Tom Brady as the starting qb.  His overall record without Brady is under 500.  

 

[bigpoppa]

How long will it take for the Lions???

[NCBlu]

What year did personal camcorders start getting really good video from far away? How many times they get caught cheating so imagine how many times they got away with it.