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Breaking down NFL contenders and pretenders: 2-0 and 0-2 teams after Week 2

How important is it for an NFL team to get off to a hot start in a given regular season? The numbers don't lie when it comes to making the playoffs.

Dating back to the NFL merger in 1970, 269 of the 419 teams that started the season 2-0 made the playoffs (64.2 percent). In 2024, teams went 7-for-8, with only the Seattle Seahawks missing out.

In 2023, six of eight 2-0 teams advanced to the postseason. Going back to 2022, all five 2-0 teams made the playoffs. The Kansas City Chiefs were in all three groups, and they became the 33rd and 34th 2-0 teams in 59 tries to win the Super Bowl (57.6 percent).

The stats are more staggering for stumbling 0-2 teams. Since 1970, only 43 of 422 NFL t

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