The Patriots’ 18 consecutive winning seasons are the second longest streak in NFL history, trailing only Tom Landry’s Cowboys (1965-1985).
New England’s run of success includes five Super Bowls and 12 AFC Championship Games, including the last seven in a row. The remarkable partnership of Bill Belichick and Tom Brady has been the constant, keep the team perpetually among the league’s elite.
Speculation about the dynasty’s end has hovered at a distance for years, though Brady’s continued brilliance keeps pushing back the expiration date. More than five years after experts began suggesting Brady was no longer the quarterback he’d once been, the 41-year-old has been to three of the last four Super Bowls.