>I'll be very impressed at whoever gets this one first.
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>While the playoff teams aren't fully set, it's already known that the defending champion Steelers won't make the playoffs, and the Super Bowl losers from last year [Seattle] will make the playoffs.
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>Name the last time that the defending Super Bowl champions didn't make the playoffs the following season, but the runner-up team did.
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You are easily impressed. It was Buffalo. 1992 - Washington 37, Buffalo 24 and the year before 1991 - N.Y. Giants 20, Buffalo 19. Buffalo was in four years in a row and lost all four. They also played Dallas the last two in a row.