6. 2004 St. Louis Rams
Regular season: 8-8 | Playoffs: 1-1
The 2004 Rams bore little resemblance to the Greatest Show on Turf teams, as quarterbacks Marc Bulger and Chris Chandler combined for 23 touchdowns and 22 interceptions. Still, an 8-8 record was enough to reach the playoffs in a season where just three NFC teams won 10 or more games. The real star of this show was cornerback Jeremetrius Butler, who led the team with five interceptions, but missed the entire 2005 season with a torn PCL and never had another pick in his NFL career after that. St. Louis rose out of the morass of 8-8 squads and beat NFC West champion Seattle 27-20 in the wild-card round before falling to the Falcons, 47-17, a week later. This was the start of a long, slow decline for the Rams, who wouldn’t make the playoffs again until 2017.