Historical, best teams at rebuilding (1 Viewer)

[Bri]

I think this might be worth noting so I started a thread.

We have teams rebuild each year when a new coach comes. These big overhauls where the team is usually in shambles.

Free agency hurts some teams, as you know.

New coordinators sometimes don't fit in. Supposed lame duck coaches...

Which teams do you think were built the quickest, "didn't miss a beat," or had the quickest turnaround?

 

[Bri]

I suggest Gmen last year

From 2013 to 2014 both links September first

http://www.ourlads.com/nfldepthcharts/archive/149/NYG

http://www.ourlads.com/nfldepthcharts/archive/162/NYG

The GIants replaced 8 starters on offense and had much of the above going against them and yet their offense gained roughly 900 more yards than the previous season.

 

[ol blues]

My nominee for the opposite is the 9rs: clueless owner, power hungry GM, a coaching staff of uncertain quality, and the quality players are hitting the door as quickly as their contracts allow.

 

[Borden]

I think a rebuild has to include a QB change. There's a never small number of teams that have won a SB without a slight above QB or better.

I guess you/we should define what is considered a rebuild.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

If I understand the question, you have a team that is consistently good, winning seasons with playoff appearances, and then they have one down year (maybe two) leading to a high draft pick and maybe some cap room, then they rebound. The team was still very good at its core, but they add fresh new elements and a surge of young talent.

Colts in Luck's rookie year come to mind.

 

[Bri]

If I understand the question, you have a team that is consistently good, winning seasons with playoff appearances, and then they have one down year (maybe two) leading to a high draft pick and maybe some cap room, then they rebound. The team was still very good at its core, but they add fresh new elements and a surge of young talent.

Colts in Luck's rookie year come to mind.

Was that truly just plug Luck in for Peyton? How much else on the roster changed? How many new starters on offense-since you mentioned Luck

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

If I understand the question, you have a team that is consistently good, winning seasons with playoff appearances, and then they have one down year (maybe two) leading to a high draft pick and maybe some cap room, then they rebound. The team was still very good at its core, but they add fresh new elements and a surge of young talent.

Colts in Luck's rookie year come to mind.

Was that truly just plug Luck in for Peyton? How much else on the roster changed? How many new starters on offense-since you mentioned Luck

No, it's been discussed elsewhere and there were of course other changes, but I think there was a good core that remained, it wasn't all QB. There was a good team there that never really went away.

 

[Bri]

I think a rebuild has to include a QB change. There's a never small number of teams that have won a SB without a slight above QB or better.

I guess you/we should define what is considered a rebuild.

Can you suggest a better way to word it?

Titans from Munchak to Whisenhunt was ummm the opposite of the Giants I suggested. I guess that's the nicest way to put it.

The Bucs don't really have a lot of success so they're hard to judge when I look at them.

All in all, I was dead wrong predicting a terrible year for the Giants and Eli. I'm sure there must be some but I can't think of a team with that much transition from one year to the next that improved. All my guesses were wrong when I started looking at PFR. I'm figuring there's some team that added 4 free agents and four good rooks to an offense and had similar success.

 

[Ilov80s]

Tough question. This years Cowboys jump to mind, after 4 straight years of .500 or worse ball they jumped up 12 wins despite their QB battling injury all year. Everyone had them pegged as being awful this year, especially on D and they ended up a Dez catch/no catch from the title game. Not the best in history, but it sure shocked all the experts.

 

[Borden]

To me a rebuild starts with a team that has been garbage and gets rebuilt from the ground up. I don't think a team rebuilds in a year though. It requires a total gutting of the personnel and a team that was good then was bad.

The Hawks under Carroll is probably the best example of a rebuild to me. They have an extreme number of turn over since he got there.

Some others are the Eagles under Kelly, Pats under BB, Broncos with Elway in management. Would say Harbaugh in SF but I think he already had most of the core there.

Dan Quinn might be a candidate for the one year rebuild though. But having Matt Ryan really helps.

 

[FUBAR]

My nominee for the opposite is the 9rs: clueless owner, power hungry GM, a coaching staff of uncertain quality, and the quality players are hitting the door as quickly as their contracts allow.

currently, yes. But if the question is what's in the topic - historically, the 49ers are one of the best franchises in the NFL. They've rebuilt themselves a few times with a lot of success.

Steelers also come to mind as a franchise doing things consistently the right way.

Cowboys actually have the highest winning percentage as a franchise and have rebuilt themselves fairly often and well throughout their existence.

Interesting note, though it might not answer the question: Only four teams in the league have never held the first overall pick in the NFL Draft: the Broncos, Jaguars, Seahawks and Ravens. Jags and Ravens don't really count as they've only existed for 20 years,

 

[Bri]

Hard to believe the Jags never had the first pick