NFL mode
NFL Draft Game: Build a Perfect Season
One perfect season in over a century of professional football. The 1972 Miami Dolphins won every game they played, and no NFL team has matched them since — not even the 2007 Patriots, who went 16-0 in the regular season and then lost the only game that mattered. Perfection in this sport is seventeen straight Sundays without a single mistake.
Here, you get to assemble the team that might pull it off. Spin for an iconic NFL franchise season, draft a ten-man lineup covering both sides of the ball, and simulate the full 17-game schedule. Every drafted lineup tells a different story — most end in the playoff hunt, a few end in history.
Play NFL modeHow it works
Your lineup runs ten slots deep: quarterback, running back, two wide receivers, tight end and offensive line on offence; defensive line, linebacker, cornerback and safety on defence. Each slot begins with a spin that locks in one of six famous team seasons — the 1985 Bears, the 2007 Patriots, the 1989 49ers, the 1992 Cowboys, the 1978 Steelers and the 2019 Chiefs — and deals a hand of four players from that roster. Two re-rolls are available across the draft, and Knowledge Mode hides ratings for purists.
The simulation then plays all 17 games of a modern NFL regular season, each one a win or a loss — no ties here. Run the table at 17-0 and you hit PERFECT SEASON, the top of the ladder; win at an 80% rate or better and you are SUPER BOWL CHAMPS, with Conference Finalist, Playoff Berth and In The Hunt below, all the way down to a Top-Five Pick if it goes badly. Chemistry between teammates from the same franchise or season boosts your roster, and the seeded simulation means your shared result is the season you really got.
10
Draft picks
17
Games simulated
2
Re-rolls per run
Result tiers
- PERFECT SEASONPerfect record — no losses, no draws
- SUPER BOWL CHAMPS80%+ win rate
- CONFERENCE FINALIST68%+ win rate
- PLAYOFF BERTH56%+ win rate
- IN THE HUNT44%+ win rate
- TOP-FIVE PICK0%+ win rate
The real-world benchmark
The 1972 Miami Dolphins remain the only perfect team in NFL history: 14-0 in the regular season, then three straight playoff wins to finish 17-0 with victory in Super Bowl VII. Five decades on, their record still stands alone.
The nearest miss is just as famous. The 2007 New England Patriots — Tom Brady throwing to Randy Moss — became the first team to finish a 16-game regular season undefeated, then lost Super Bowl XLII to the New York Giants in one of the great upsets in American sport. Eighteen wins, one loss, no ring: the gap between great and perfect has never been thinner.
Legendary squads you can draft
Frequently asked
Has any NFL team ever had a perfect season?
Yes, exactly one. The 1972 Miami Dolphins went 17-0 — a 14-0 regular season followed by three playoff wins, capped by Super Bowl VII. No NFL team has finished perfect since.
Did the 2007 Patriots go undefeated?
In the regular season, yes — they were the first team to go 16-0. But they lost Super Bowl XLII to the New York Giants, so the 1972 Dolphins remain the only team to finish an entire season perfect.
Why does the game simulate 17 games?
Because that is the modern NFL regular season — the league moved from 16 to 17 games in 2021. Win all 17 in the simulation and you earn the PERFECT SEASON tier.
How many players do I draft?
Ten — six on offence (QB, RB, two WRs, TE and OL) and four on defence (DL, LB, CB and S). Each slot is filled from a hand of four candidates dealt from whichever legendary team the wheel lands on.