With six NFL teams at 0-3, which one needs a win most? Our experts weigh in

Six teams caput into Week 4 of the NFL play without a win, and there's a agleam broadside ... and a downside. Two teams volition get their archetypal wins (barring the improbable lawsuit of the NFL's archetypal necktie since 2022), 2 teams volition not.

Of the six winless teams, 4 volition look disconnected -- the Tennessee Titans astatine Houston Texans and New York Jets astatine Miami Dolphins. The different 2 0-3 teams are the New Orleans Saints (at the 3-0 Buffalo Bills) and New York Giants (hosting the 3-0 Los Angeles Chargers).

History says a triumph for the 0-3s would connection a slim accidental to marque the playoffs, portion a loss, well, it would instrumentality a historical feat to defy the odds. Since 1990 (when the NFL expanded to a 12-team playoff format), lone 1 squad (1992 San Diego Chargers) has made the playoffs aft starting 0-4, but 35 person done it aft starting 1-3. In the 14-team playoff format that began successful 2020, 5 person made it aft starting 1-3 and each 9 0-4 teams fell short.

There person been 4 seasons successful the past 16 erstwhile astatine slightest six teams person been 0-3 (2013, 2019, 2020, 2025), and of the winless coaches, 2 are successful their archetypal year. Aaron Glenn (Jets) and Kellen Moore (Saints) are the 31st and 32nd coaches -- not including coaches who person had erstwhile interim jobs -- to commencement 0-3 since 1990. The erstwhile 30 averaged 4.7 wins per season. The past squad to decorativeness with a winning grounds from that radical was the 2004 Buffalo Bills, coached by Mike Mularkey.

Since then, 18 consecutive 0-3 teams with first-year coaches finished with losing records, and Bobby Ross with the '92 Chargers is the lone first-year manager to commencement 0-3 and marque the playoffs since 1990.

Our experts weighed successful connected what 0-3 means for these six teams and what could hap going forward.

Dolphins

How we got here: A astonishing blowout nonaccomplishment to the Colts successful Week 1, procedural issues successful Week 2 and different hard-fought crippled against division-rival Buffalo that failed to nutrient a win. The Dolphins person looked markedly amended successful their past 2 games than they did successful their 33-8 nonaccomplishment to Indianapolis, but this has been 1 of the worst defenses successful the league done 3 weeks, ranking past successful scoring, third-down defence and takeaways.

How large of a astonishment is this start? A nonaccomplishment to the Bills successful Buffalo is much oregon little expected considering the teams' caller history, but a winless commencement done 3 games is simply a astonishing improvement for a squad that believed it was adjacent to being connected the close way aft missing the playoffs past season.

Could changes travel soon? Owner Stephen Ross is simply a diligent antheral who believes successful process implicit results -- to an extent. But astatine immoderate point, the results person to matter. No Dolphins manager since Dave Wannstedt successful 2003 has made it 4 afloat seasons, and this is Year 4 for Mike McDaniel; Joe Philbin and Tony Sparano were fired during their 4th seasons with the team, portion Adam Gase and Brian Flores were fired aft their 3rd seasons. A fewer much losses with the aforesaid issues volition trial Ross' patience.

What needs to hap to get a triumph successful Week 4? Continue to tally the shot well. Ollie Gordon II and De'Von Achane combined for 100 rushing yards successful Week 3 arsenic Miami crossed the period people for the archetypal clip each season. On the different broadside of the ball, the Dolphins person to unit a turnover against a Jets squad that owns a minus-4 turnover...