The Saints won 10 straight after losing their opener that season. The Saints won that game, but lost the rematch in the NFC title game that season. This marks the first time since 2018 when the Rams played the Saints that both teams entered on winning streaks of at least six games. The Cardinals have won seven straight, while the Packers have won six in a row since a season-opening loss to New Orleans. The Cardinals and Green Bay Packers head into their Thursday night game on impressive streaks. The droughts for two other division leaders are slightly shorter, with the AFC West-leading Raiders seeking their first playoff bid since 2016 and the NFC East-leading Cowboys (5-1) looking to get back for the first time since 2018.Īt least two teams have won their divisions the season after missing the playoffs in 17 of the last 18 years. In 16 of the past 18 seasons, a team has gone from last to first.
The Cardinals (7-0) last made the postseason in 2015.ĪFC North leading Cincinnati (5-2) also hasn’t made the playoffs since 2015, and finished last in the division the previous three years. Half of the division leaders are teams that didn’t make the playoffs in 2020, led by the NFL’s sole remaining undefeated team in NFC West-leading Arizona. When it comes to nail-biters, there have been 24 contests decided by a score in the final minute, 11 OT games and 29 wins by teams that trailed at some point in the fourth quarter. The average margin of victory on Sunday was 20 points, marking the third day since the merger when at least four games were played and the average margin of victory was at least 20 points. The six games decided by at least 22 points on Sunday marked just the third time that has happened on a single day in the past 100 years, with the others coming on Oct. The NFL averaged less than 13 of these blowouts in the first seven weeks in the past six seasons. There have been 21 games so far decided by more than 21 points, tied for the second-most since the merger through seven weeks. There also has been a increase in blowouts - with last week one of the most lopsided the league has seen in years.Ĭincinnati, New England, the Giants, Tennessee, Tampa Bay and Arizona all won by at least 22 points on Sunday as more than half of the games that day were blowouts. The NFL has been highlighting the big number of late comebacks, overtimes and last-minute finishes so far this season.
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