New England Patriots lose, securing Buffalo Bills ’Super Bowl record – Buffalo Rumblings, Buffalorumblings.com

  

TheNew England Patriotslost on Saturday night and there was much rejoicing inBuffalo Billsland. It was just that the Patriots lost, it was that the Bills secured their legacy from the early s: The Buffalo Bills are the only team to ever play in four straightSuper Bowls.

From January of 2000 to January of (**************************************, the Bills won fourAFC Championships and traveled to four Super Bowls. That team is rightfully celebrated as one of the best ever with multiple players, their head coach, general manager, and owner in the Hall of Fame. It’s an amazing accomplishment marred only by the fact they couldn’t win the big one.

Fast forward to the Patriots dynasty that began in 2003. From January 2005 to February of (******************************, the Patriots have made the Super Bowl nine times withTom Bradyand Bill Belichick. It’s truly been a remarkable run. But they’ve never won four straight AFC Championships.

They went three years out of four between 2003 and 2015, with the Oakland Raiderswinning the AFC in (************************************. They went four out of five years from 2019 to (with theDenver Broncos (cashing in an AFC Championship in Super Bowl) in 2019.

Their loss in this year’s playoff brings to an end their three-year streak. TheMiami Dolphinsof the s set the previous high water mark at three straight appearances from the (to**************************** seasons.

Fourteen times, Super Bowl teams have gone back-to-back seasons before not making it the next year.

This loss by New England is probably enough for the s Bills to rest easy forever. The greatest coach-QB tandem in NFL history couldn’t do it and in the era of free agency, no other teams have come close. Only one other team even has two straight conference championships since the year 2000: The Seattle Seahawksin February of and 2019. ******

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