I don't understand the Eagles losing the NFC Championship as more soul crushing than losing to the Pats in the Super Bowl.This clickbait slide show (pretty much the worst kind of Internet content) is one writer's take on each NFL team's worst playoff loss:
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/photos/each-nfl-teams-most-soul-crushing-playoff-loss/
The interesting part is if you sum up which team is on the winning side of these soul-crushing losses. The most hated according to this metric? -- the Patriots crushing 6 of the 32 teams' hopes with their worst playoff losses in franchise history (again, according to one person's judgment).
Can you guess which other teams would be "most hated" according to this (somewhat arbitrary) metric?
Denver with 4 hate-inspiring wins, Baltimore with 3 soul crushers, Rams, Green Bay, and Seattle with two each...
Extra credit if you can name the six teams NEP crushed without clicking into the ad-infested slideshow.
Also, could argue that the Panthers worst lost was XXXVIII since they only lost by 3, as opposed to 50 where they lost by multiple scores.
Also the Steelers - the 2001 AFCCG was soul crushing, moreso than losing on the road to Tebow. Ditto the 2004 AFCCG in Pittsburgh.
So you get up to 9, easily.