Another year, another impressive Patriots regular season. As Bill Belichick’s team looks to make its eighth consecutive AFC Championship Game appearance, New England fans can also enjoy the fact that their team enters the playoffs as the number one seed for the seventh time since 1990:
The @Patriots clinch their seventh No. 1 playoff seed since 1990, most by any team in that span.
This is their seventh 13-win season, second-most in the Super Bowl era. pic.twitter.com/UM2duiLRoQ
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) December 31, 2017
Given all of the postseason success in the Brady-Belichick era, it’s possible for Patriots fans to lose appreciation for the achievements of the regular season.