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Detroit Lions now hold the longest active playoff win drought

With their win over the Las Vegas Raiders in Saturday’s opening game of Wild Card weekend, the Cincinnati Bengals erased a 31-year drought. It was January 6, 1991 when the Bengals last won a postseason game, with then quarterback Boomer Esiason leading Cincinnati to a 41-14 win over the Houston Oilers.

That leaves your Detroit Lions with the longest active playoff win drought. This season marks 30 years since the Lions’ last postseason win. Detroit’s last playoff win—and only postseason victory in the Super Bowl era—came in the 1992 playoffs.