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It's Over: History shows season is already done for these 5 teams

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The NFL season began just three weeks ago, but recent history suggests there are five teams in the NFL that can already pack it up for the year.

As per Elias Sports, since the league adopted the current playoff format in 1990, only three of 132 teams that started a season 0-3 have qualified for the playoffs, with none coming after 1998.

Here's the five 0-3 teams this season ranked from most surprising, to least.

Giants

Just when it looked like the Giants were going to grab their first win with a great comeback Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles' Jake Elliott smashed a game-winning 61-yard field goal through the uprights for the victory. It's been a disastrous September for the Giants, who also lost to the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions to open the season. After being called out by head coach Ben McAdoo following two terrible performances, Eli Manning looked much better against the Eagles, but the 0-3 start is likely going to be too much to overcome for New York.

Bengals

The Cincinnati Bengals probably have no business being on this list, but thanks to Aaron Rodgers' heroics, the AFC North outfit is 0-3 on the season. The Green Bay Packers tied Sunday's game in the final seconds before ultimately defeating the Bengals in overtime for the dramatic win. A loss in Green Bay isn't altogether surprising, but the Bengals failing to score a touchdown in their opening two home games certainly is. After making the playoffs five seasons in a row, the Bengals struggled to a 6-9-1 record in 2016. Considering how terrible the start to this season has been, don't be shocked if Marvin Lewis doesn't last the year as head coach in Cincinnati.

Chargers

The Los Angeles Chargers are two missed field goals from a possible 2-1 start, but instead sit 0-3 heading into a Week 4 matchup with the Eagles. After seeing his last-second game-tying kick blocked by the Denver Broncos in the opening week, Younghoe Koo missed a 44-yarder to beat the Miami Dolphins in Week 2. The first two losses were tight, but the Chargers were punished by the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday, with Philip Rivers throwing three interceptions in the loss. Playing in arguably the best division in football makes it almost a sure thing the Chargers won't be close to a playoff spot this year.

49ers

Most pundits figured the San Francisco 49ers would struggle to win a game this season, and while they are 0-3, the NFC West club has come very close to a victory the last two contests. A narrow 12-9 road loss to the Seattle Seahawks was followed by a 41-39 setback to the Los Angeles Rams. While the 49ers aren't going to be threatening many teams this year, the future looks bright under the leadership of John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan.

Browns

Just like the 49ers, the Cleveland Browns were expected to struggle for a win in 2017, and through three games that's certainly the case. While the schedule shows two 3-point losses thus far, late touchdowns made those scorelines much more flattering to the Browns then the games actually were. While the losses are negative, the play of rookie quarterback DeShone Kizer has been a positive for the club, and certainly gives them hope going forward. Just not this year.

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