Yet Another NFL Puzzle

[WSUCougar]

Why are these teams so listed?

Bengals
Panthers
Giants
Raiders
Cowboys
Bucs
Cowboys
Chargers

[cthomer5000]

thank you coug! you the man.

[cthomer5000]

Well I can't say anything is immediately jumping out at me. They've all made the Super Bowl, without the Bengals, Panthers, and Chargers being the only 3 not to win it.

I don't see anything along the lines of conference affiliation either.

[cthomer5000]

First puzzle to solve: why are the Cowboys listed twice?Good question. They have won the Super Bowl multiple times, but so have the Raiders and Giants. They are the only team there to repeat as Super Bowl champions though ,FWIW.

[cthomer5000]

I see nothing to do with team movement or stadiums either.

[MIJB#19]

First puzzle to solve: why are the Cowboys listed twice?

[cthomer5000]

someone help me, i'm drowning here.

[SirFozzie]

Could it be draft-related? IE, drafted #1, or traded for the #1 pick, or something similar?

[Esquared1]

All these teams had a losing record after appearing in a Super Bowl.

[WSUCougar]

All these teams had a losing record after appearing in a Super Bowl.
That may or may not be true, but that's not what I'm looking for.

[SirFozzie]

Teams who made the biggest improvement in record from one year to the next?

[WSUCougar]

No and no.

[rkmsuf]

how about missed the playoffs following a superbowl appearance

[Maple Leafs]

Having the Cowboys on there twice but not consecutively, implies that it's an ordered list of some sort. We also know that it must be the sort of list that a team can appear on multiple times, meaning it could be single-game or single-season related but not all-time.

Working from the super bowl theory, my guess is something along the lines of "most yards passing in a single super bowl by team", with the year's removed.

[WSUCougar]

my guess is something along the lines of "most yards passing in a single super bowl by team", with the year's removed.
No...cold.

[sabotai]

We also know that it has to be something recent, or "reaching into" recent years, since the Panthers have not been around that long.

[WSUCougar]

Need a hint?

[cthomer5000]

hmmmm

[cuervo72]

Tried to fit something with the Heisman or Bednarik awards, but not working.

[Esquared1]

These teams appeared in Super Bowls with a quarterback in their first year w/ the team.

[WSUCougar]

cuervo's getting warmer

[cthomer5000]

These teams appeared in Super Bowls with a quarterback in their first year w/ the team.
any QB, or a starting QB? Because Brad Johnson and Stan Humphries definitely were not in their first years with their respective teams.

[cthomer5000]

Why are these teams so listed?

Bengals
Panthers
Giants
Raiders
Cowboys
Bucs
Cowboys
ChargersCarson Palmer
Chris Weinke
Ron Dayne
Charles Woodson
Eddie George
Tim Brown
Vinny Testaverde
Doug Flutie

[cthomer5000]

cuervo, you had it.

[WSUCougar]

Bingo. Active Heisman winners.

[cthomer5000]

Guh. I was looking for Heismans in order for whatever reason, and was more stuck on the team they were drafted with...didn't even think to put Eddie George with Dallas. :) It's funny that I actually thought of the first four in the list, but dismissed it when I looked past that!
Eddie George stumped me (I had to look at a list of Heisman winners). And it took me much too long to gorget that Tim Brown wasn't on the Raiders anymore. :(

[cuervo72]

Guh. I was looking for Heismans in order for whatever reason, and was more stuck on the team they were drafted with...didn't even think to put Eddie George with Dallas. :) It's funny that I actually thought of the first four in the list, but dismissed it when I looked past that!

[WSUCougar]

It was pretty wild seeing the names who weren't active, as well as those who came after Vinny and Flutie.

In reverse order:

Eric Crouch
Ricky Williams
Danny Wuerffel
Rashaan Salaam
Charlie Ward
Gino Torretta
Desmond Howard
Ty Detmer
Andre Ware
Barry Sanders (!)
Bo Jackson (!)

[rjolley]

I think Ty is active...yep, on the Atlanta Falcons.

http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/1051