All good things must come to an end and the most impressive win streak in NFL history is over. The
New England Patriots snapped their run of consecutive 10-win seasons at 17 -- snapped in Thursday's loss to the
Los Angeles Rams. The Patriots fell to 6-7 on the season, meaning they can only win a maximum of nine games in 2020. New England hasn't won fewer than 10 games in a season since finishing 9-7 in 2002 as this is just the third time head coach Bill Belichick has failed to win 10 games with the Patriots (New England went 5-11 in Belichick's first season with the team in 2000).
The Patriots run of 17 consecutive seasons is unmatched in
NFL history. New England went an astonishing 212-60 during the streak (not counting the 2020 season) -- an incredible .779 winning percentage. The Patriots won an incredible 16 AFC East titles and made the postseason in 16 of those 17 seasons (they missed the playoffs in 2008 at 11-5). New England reached the conference championship game 12 times and the
Super Bowl eight times -- winning five of them.