There were 11 division titles, 19 winning seasons and 11 consecutive postseason appearances
The Miami dolphins ended the 11-straight postseason streak New England Patriots, by beating them in Florida 12-22. For the first time in 12 years, there is no late season in Foxborough.
1 went1 division titles, 19 winning seasons and 11 consecutive postseason appearances what broke in 2020.
Saturday, Buffalo Bills winning the AFC East division started this trend from stop the tracks of Bill Belichick and his patriots. From 2000 to 2019, the team finished just one time worse than 2nd – when they last were in 2000, Belichick’s first season. The other teams in the division were last at least four times during that period.
The 19 consecutive campaigns with a winning record are the second longest in history of the NFL (2001-2019) behind 20 of the Dallas Cowboys (1966-1985).
Tua Tagovailoa became the first rookie quarterback to defeat the Patriots since Geno Smith in 2013.
The young quarterback’s dolphins will continue their fight for the wildcard pass for the NFL playoffs. They will come by next week Las Vegas Raiders and ends the regular season in Buffalo, against the division champion.}
Patriots, in turn, play at home against Bills the next date and close against the New York Jets, who ended the year without any wins.
This was the first season in which Tom Brady He hasn’t been a Patriots player since his debut in 2000. 2002 was the only time that, with Brady healthy, Pats was left without playoffs; they also failed to qualify in 2008 after Brady was injured in week 1 – Matt Cassel took over the attack that year. Now with Cam Newton behind the center the team was eliminated.
For his part, the veteran quarterback heads to the postseason with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.