These NFL teams haven't been on HBO’s Hard Knocks

Football season is near, which means HBO is gearing up to give us another season of all-access on Hard Knocks that won’t feature anything worth seeing.

The New York Jets are up — again — as the combination of Aaron Rodgers, Sauce Gardner, Garrett Wilson, and Zach Wilson was too much for Home Box Office to pass on. “They forced it down our throats and we have to deal with it,” Rodgers recently told KPIX. There have already been reports that the Jets are going to limit HBO’s access — so this season is guaranteed to suck, just like many of the seasons before it.

According to ProFootballTalk, there have been 18 seasons of the preseason version of the show that have featured 14 franchises. They include the Jets (twice), Ravens, Cowboys (three times), Chiefs, Bengals (twice), Dolphins, Falcons, Texans, Rams (twice), Buccaneers, Browns, Raiders, Chargers, and Lions. The Colts and Cardinals have appeared during the new in-season version of the show.

The report goes on to detail that back in 2013, the NFL came up with three ways in which a team can skip out on production, which include having a new head coach, reaching the postseason in either of their last two seasons, and being on the show in the last decade.

That has led to 16 franchises being able to dodge HBO’s cameras, 10 of them are in the NFC, and six are from the AFC. Let’s check out the list:

We missed out on the Panthers’ magical 2015 season and the complete waste of time the Matt Rhule era was.

No one outside of the state of Illinois — or anyone who still clings to the ‘85 Bears — would watch this if it ever happened.

Between Aaron Rodgers’ annual offseason antics, this would have been gold. A Jordan Love episode could have even made great TV.

Kirk Cousins is getting his shine on Netflix’s “Quarterback.” But, it would have been nice to see the beginning of the end of Stefon Diggs’ time there.

The years after Hurricane Katrina could have been great television if the show dedicated time to the fans/citizens of New Orleans.

Seeing Eli Manning’s mediocrity up close and personal would have been great for all the people who believe he’s Hall of Fame worthy.

The Chip Kelly years. We needed to see it.

Four words: Colin Kaepernick. Eric Reed.

Imagine Hard Knocks being around the preseason AFTER the debacle against the Patriots in the Super Bowl.

It just feels like Dan Snyder having dirt on people is why this never happened.

The Nathan Peterman/Tyrod Taylor season. We missed out.

Nathaniel Hackett and Russell Wilson would have been something to see.

The Urban Meyer era. It only lasted a few months, but we’ll never forget it.

Pick any year since 2000, and this franchise would have given us nothing but classic gifs/memes.

You just know there would have been a Ben Roethlisberger “I’ve changed/redemption story” episode.

We never got to see players and coaches enjoying the treasure that is Pan.