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There have certainly been worse seasons: the 1-15 '91 season that Nate mentioned and the Peytonless '11 season obviously come to mind.

But I would have to agree that this was the most disappointing. That I can remember anyway, going back to the '80s. We went into the season as the favorites to win the division and a trendy dark horse to make it to the Superbowl, and instead of that we got a full on dumpster fire shit show.

The other season that comes to mind that's IMO close to this one as far as disappointment was '01. It was Peyton's 4th year and we were coming off back to back playoff appearances (although underachieved in '00). We started out the season with 2 blowout wins @ NYJ and vs. Buff then went 4-12 after that, which included 4 blowout losses: 2x vs. the Cheats, at MIA on MNF, and at the Rams. A difference there is that it felt like it was more of a speed bump along the way instead of what's hopefully rock bottom.

Another more recent season that wasn't as bad as this year but was still really disappointing was '15. We were coming off being in the AFCCG and had on paper won the offseason with a ton of big FA additions, so it seemed like we were ready to take that next step. But we started out like shit, got Luck seriously injured twice and on the IR, and ended up 8-8.