Heart break in Cincinnati: 2025 Parity Cycle now complete

 NFL Parity cycle is now complete. Sadly it happen with a Cincinnati lose to the Jets, keeping the Bengals under 500. Ironically Bengals have completed the cycle in previous years by winning for the first time in a season against the Jets. I wasn't sure if the cycle was going to happen because the Raven's only win is against Clevland that the Jets are scheduled to play and the Dolphin's only win is to the Jets who they play again later. Here is that cycle:

1) New York Jets

2) Cincinnati Bengals

3) Jacksonville Jaguars

4) Houston Texans

5) Baltimore Ravens

6) Cleveland Browns

7) Green Bay Packers

8 ) Detroit Lions

9) Tampa Bay Buccaneers

10) San Francisco 49ers

11) Seattle Seahawks

12) Pittsburgh Steelers

13) Minnesota Vikings

14) Chicago Bears

15) Dallas Cowboys

16) Washington Commanders

17) Los Angeles Chargers

18) Kansas City Chiefs

19) Las Vegas Raiders

20) New England Patriots

21) New Orleans Saints

22) New York Giants

23) Philadelphia Eagles

24) Los Angeles Rams

25) Indianapolis Colts

26) Denver Broncos

27) Tennessee Titans

28) Arizona Cardinals

29) Carolina Panthers

30) Atlanta Falcons

31) Buffalo Bills

32) Miami Dolphins

Way to go Buffalo: 2024 Nfl Parity Cycle is complete!

 Go Bills! Although my number one team is the Bengals, I still hold a great love for the Buffalo Bills as a former Rochester NY native.

Today the Bills have handed Patrick Maholmes and the Kansas City Chiefs their first loss of the season bring the 2024 Parity cycle to completion. Each team has a win over the next team in the list with the Bills in spot 32 beating the KC in spot 1:

1 Kansas City Chiefs

2 Atlanta Falcons

3 Philadelphia Eagles

4 Green Bay Packers

5 Arizona Cardinals

6 Miami Dolphins

7 Jacksonville Jaguars

8 Indianapolis Colts

9 Chicago Bears

10 Los Angeles Rams

11 Minnesota Vikings

12 San Francisco 49ers

13 Dallas Cowboys

14 Pittsburgh Steelers

15 Los Angeles Chargers

16 New Orleans Saints

17 Carolina Panthers

18 Las Vegas Raiders

19 Cleveland Browns

20 Baltimore Ravens

21 Washington Commanders

22 Cincinnati Bengals

23 New York Giants

24 Seattle Seahawks

25 Denver Broncos

26 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

27 Detroit Lions

28 Tennessee Titans

29 New England Patriots

30 New York Jets

31 Houston Texans

32 Buffalo Bills

Parity Cycle in Week 8 - The Panther 8 year plummet

And the kick is good! So 8 years ago the Carolina Panther were the lynch pin the a parity cycle ending in a win streak broken to the Falcons in December. This season it is a Panther lossing streak breaking that yields our parity cycle. With a 15 to 13 win against Houston, your 2023 Parity Cycle is as follows:

1) Carolina Panthers
2) Houston Texans
3) New Orleans Saints
4) New England Patriots
5) New York Jets
6) Philadelphia Eagles
7) Tampa Bay Buccaneers
8) Minnesota Vikings
9) San Francisco 49ers
10) Pittsburgh Steelers
11) Cleveland Browns
12) Indianapolis Colts
13) Baltimore Ravens
14) Tennessee Titans
15) Cincinnati Bengals
16) Los Angeles Rams
17) Seattle Seahawks
18) Detroit Lions
19) Kansas City Chiefs
20) Jacksonville Jaguars
21) Buffalo Bills
22) Miami Dolphins
23) New York Giants
24) Arizona Cardinals
25) Dallas Cowboys
26) Los Angeles Chargers
27) Las Vegas Raiders
28) Denver Broncos
29) Green Bay Packers
30) Chicago Bears
31) Washington Commanders
32) Atlanta Falcons

Washington Commanders complete the 2022 NFL Parity Cycle on Monday Night Football!

Most years at this point I am waiting for the worst team to get their first win. This year it's been the question of when the Eagles were going to lose. Turns the division rival Washington Commanders take them down in a hard-fought Monday night game!

Here is your 2022 NFL Parity Cycle:

1) Philadelphia Eagles

2) Minnesota Vikings

3) Arizona Cardinals

4) Los Angeles Rams

5) Atlanta Falcons

6) Cleveland Browns

7) Cincinnati Bengals

8) Miami Dolphins

9) Baltimore Ravens

10) New York Jets

11) Buffalo Bills

12) Tennessee Titans

13) Indianapolis Colts

14) Kansas City Chiefs

15) Los Angeles Chargers

16) Houston Texans

17) Jacksonville Jaguars

18) Las Vegas Raiders

19) Denver Broncos

20) San Francisco 49ers

21) Carolina Panthers

22) New Orleans Saints

23) Seattle Seahawks

24) New York Giants

25) Green Bay Packers

26) Chicago Bears

27) New England Patriots

28) Pittsburgh Steelers

29) Tampa Bay Buccaneers

30) Dallas Cowboys

31) Detroit Lions

32) Washington Commanders

2021 NFL Parity Cycle

Parity time in the NFL. Who would have thought that the Lions could pull it off? Finally one of these close games goes Detroit's way. With the W for the Lions here is your 2021 NFL Parity Cycle:

1) Detroit Lions 2) Minnesota Vikings 3) Seattle Seahawks 4) Jacksonville Jaguars 5) Miami Dolphins 6) New England Patriots 7) Cleveland Browns 8 ) Houston Texans 9) Tennessee Titans 10) Indianapolis Colts 11) Buffalo Bills 12) New Orleans Saints 13) Washington Football Team 14) Tampa Bay Buccaneers 15) Atlanta Falcons 16) New York Giants 17) Philadelphia Eagles 18) Carolina Panthers 19) New York Jets 20) Cincinnati Bengals 21) Pittsburgh Steelers 22) Chicago Bears 23) Las Vegas Raiders 24) Baltimore Ravens 25) Denver Broncos 26) Dallas Cowboys 27) Los Angeles Chargers 28) Kansas City Chiefs 29) Green Bay Packers 30) Arizona Cardinals 31) San Francisco 49ers 32) Los Angeles Rams

2020 NFL Parity Cycle

 Less than one week away from Christmas and the Jets finally get a win over the LA Rams. Here is this year's Parity cycle:


1) New York Jets
2) Los Angeles Rams
3) Seattle Seahawks
4) Atlanta Falcons
5) Minnesota Vikings
6) Green Bay Packers
7) New Orleans Saints
8) Chicago Bears
9) Tampa Bay Buccaneers
10) Carolina Panthers
11) Detroit Lions
12) Arizona Cardinals
13) Buffalo Bills
14) Las Vegas Raiders
15) Kansas City Chiefs
16) Denver Broncos
17) Miami Dolphins
18) Los Angeles Chargers
19) Jacksonville Jaguars
20) Indianapolis Colts
21) Cincinnati Bengals
22) Tennessee Titans
23) Houston Texans
24) New England Patriots
25) Baltimore Ravens
26) Cleveland Browns
27) Washington Football Team
28) Pittsburgh Steelers
29) Dallas Cowboys
30) New York Giants
31) Philadelphia Eagles
32) San Francisco 49ers

There was a stretch during mid season when Pittsburgh was undefeated. Plus the Jag won their first game and have lost every game since.

2019 NFL Parity Cycle

Happy December everyone! My beloved home town Cincinnati Bungals finally got their first win of the season, bringing them to 1 and 11. Although if they could have beaten the Jets in the playoffs ten years ago instead of today that would have been my preference. But today's win does complete this year's Parity cycle:

1) Cincinnati Bengals
2) New York Jets
3) New York Giants
4) Tampa Bay Buccaneers
5) Arizona Cardinals
6) Atlanta Falcons
7) New Orleans Saints
8) Seattle Seahawks
9) San Francisco 49ers
10) Pittsburgh Steelers
11) Los Angeles Rams
12) Cleveland Browns
13) Baltimore Ravens
14) New England Patriots
15) Buffalo Bills
16) Dallas Cowboys
17) Washington Redskins
18) Miami Dolphins
19) Indianapolis Colts
20) Jacksonville Jaguars
21) Denver Broncos
22) Tennessee Titans
23) Los Angeles Chargers
24) Chicago Bears
25) Detroit Lions
26) Philadelphia Eagles
27) Green Bay Packers
28) Carolina Panthers
29) Houston Texans
30) Kansas City Chiefs
31) Minnesota Vikings
32) Oakland Raiders