If the Packers win today, they’ll accomplish something nobody else has done: win at least 13 games three years in a row. They’ve been remarkably steady since Matt LaFleur showed up, sitting on the cusp of a third straight season at 13-3.

With all those wins, of course, comes the added pressure of making them count, finally making it back to the Super Bowl. If they close out this season with wins over the Vikings and Lions, Green Bay will also have the potential to become the winningest team over a three-year period to not make it to a championship game.

The NFL went to a 16-game format in 1978. Since then, 27 teams have made it through a three-year period without losing more than 10 games. Only three of those teams didn’t also appear in at least one Super Bowl during their streak.

The Packers lost in the NFC Championship game at San Francisco two years ago. Last year they fell at home in that game against Tampa Bay. Right now it’s looking like the Packers will be playing at home in the playoffs again this season.

Currently, three teams have gone 38-10 in three-year periods without appearing in a Super Bowl: the 49ers of the early ‘90s, the Peyton Manning Colts that had trouble getting by New England, and the Saints of the last three years.

BEST THREE-YEAR WINNING PERCENTAGES
YearsTeamGWinLossTiePct
1985-87Chicago474070.851
1984-86Chicago483990.813
1996-98Denver483990.813
2005-07Indianapolis 483990.813
2006-08New England 483990.813
2007-09Indianapolis 483990.813
2010-12New England 483990.813
2015-17New England 483990.813
2019-21Green Bay 473890.809
1982-84Miami 413380.805
1982-84Washington 413380.805
1983-85Miami 4838100.792
1988-90San Francisco 4838100.792
1989-91San Francisco 4838100.792
1990-92San Francisco 4838100.792
2003-05Indianapolis 4838100.792
2003-05New England 4838100.792
2004-06Indianapolis 4838100.792
2005-07New England 4838100.792
2012-14Denver4838100.792
2014-16New England 4838100.792
2016-18New England 4838100.792
2018-20Kansas City 4838100.792
2018-20New Orleans 4838100.792
1986-88Chicago4737100.787
1987-89San Francisco 4737100.787
2019-21Kansas City 4737100.787

—Ian Allan