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Many NFL fans find it hard to resist the urge to press the panic button after their team gets off to a slow start. It’s hard to be too optimistic if the squad you root for has a losing record (or is even sitting at .500) by the time the first month of play wraps up, but there are plenty of teams that have managed to rally on their way to winning a Super Bowl.
As you’d probably expect, most of the NFL teams that have ended up winning the Super Bowl got off to a pretty hot start and never looked back. However, there are more than a few that struggled to get things clicking before they were able to turn things around in a big way.
Nick Sirianni led the Eagles to the playoffs during his first three seasons in Philadelphia, which included a loss to the Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII. However, that run was sandwiched between two one-and-done showings in the wild card round, and there were plenty of people who asserted he headed into 2024 on the hot seat due to the second-half collapse that preceded the end of their season.
The Birds got off on the right foot with a win over the Packers in Brazil, but they ended up at 2-2 by the time the end of September rolled around. They rallied after a bye week with a ten-game winning streak while getting victories in 12 of the last 13 games of the regular season, and Sirianni ensured his job was very safe when they got revenge on the Chiefs by embarrassing Kansas City in Super Bowl LIX.
I would like to warn you in advance that the Patriots account for nearly half of the entries on this list, as Tom Brady and Bill Belichick seemingly thrived on luring the rest of the NFL into a false sense of security before adding a ring to their collection.
Every single NFL fan was waiting for Brady to finally start showing his age when the Patriots kicked off the 2018 season around a month after his 41st birthday. New England opened things up with a win over the Texans, but the haters got a glimmer of hope after they fell to 1-2 with losses to the Jaguars and Lions.
Unfortunately, reports of their demise were greatly exaggerated, as the Patriots rattled off six straight wins before finishing at the top of the AFC East for the tenth year in a row with an 11-5 record. They eventually met the Rams in the snoozefest that was Super Bowl LIII and earned the win that essentially marked the end of the dynasty.
The Patriots were still one of the best teams in the NFL heading into the season in 2014, but...
