Anti-Dynasty #1: 1995-2025 Cleveland Browns

Peak Anti-Dynasty Points: 125
Record: 151-301-1 (.345)
Average DVOA: -14.7%
Bottom-Five DVOA: -36.7%
Five last-place finishes in the NFL; Five last-place finishes in the AFC; Eighteen last-place finishes in the AFC Central/North
Head Coaches: Bill Belichick, Chris Palmer, Butch Davis, Terry Robiskie, Romeo Crennel, Eric Mangini, Pat Shurmur, Rob Chudzinski, Mike Pettine, Hue Jackson, Gregg Williams, Freddie Kitchens, Kevin Stefanski
Key Players: QB Tim Couch, QB Baker Mayfield, QB Derek Anderson, RB Nick Chubb, RB Kareem Hunt, RB Isaiah Crowell, RB Duke Johnson, RB Jamal Lewis, WR Jarvis Landry, WR Josh Cribbs, WR Kevin Johnson, WR Braylon Edwards, WR Dennis Northcutt, TE David Njoku, TE Steve Heiden, T Joe Thomas, T Ryan Tucker, T Mitchell Schwartz, G Joel Bitonio, G Wyatt Teller, G John Greco, G Eric Steinbach, C Alex Mack, C J.C. Tretter, DE Myles Garrett, DT Orpheus Roye, DT Ahtyba Rubin, LB D’Qwell Jackson, LB Andra Davis, LB Kamerion Wimbley, CB Denzel Ward, CB Joe Haden, CB Daylon McCutcheon, S Grant Delpit, S Corey Fuller, K Phil Dawson
Z-Score: 17.50

And so we have arrived.

I worry, sometimes, that there's recency bias involved here. After all, I had the Patriots as the greatest dynasty in NFL history, and now I have the greatest anti-dynasty ever also coming from the same era? Is it really possible that after over a century of football, the best and worst teams of all time are ones we have just happened to watch in the past handful of years?

Then I look again at the resumes, and no, I stand by it. The New Browns manage to collect many of the highlights of all the other Anti-Dynasties we have talked about, refined them, and brought them back out as a greatest hits collection of the worst teams of all time.