Some NFL teams just can't get out of neutral—or worse.
Teams stuck in purgatory aren't hard to identify. They struggle to make the postseason consistently. Their front offices rip through quarterbacks or stick with middling ones for too long, and they don't give coaching staffs enough time to prove themselves.
Granted, success is still possible for these teams. Breakouts happen, like when the Buffalo Bills made the playoffs in 2017 for the first time since 1999.
The following teams aren't entirely hopeless, but longstanding mediocrity and a poor outlook heading into 2019 paint a sour outlook.