It’s a question that’s been nagging at me ever since the 2018 season ended, and I decided it was finally time to do a little digging and see what history says. Only 11 teams have had winning seasons after their worst-to-first triumphs. Only three of those 27 teams were able to equal or surpass their first-place records one year later. In this century, only 24 percent of worst-to-first clubs have been better than 9-7 the next season, only 28 percent have made it back to the playoffs and only 12 percent have improved (record-wise) the following year. I, for one, will be picking the Bears to win the NFC North again and at least one playoff game this coming season, if not more.

Source: Daily Sun March 21, 2019 02:15 UTC