There are some impressive winning streaks going on around the NFL right now. Just yesterday, both the Eagles and the Saints extended their streaks to a league-high eight games. The Vikings have also won six in a row in the NFC.
Three teams in the AFC have streaks of four wins or more as well, and two of them are the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New England Patriots, the owners, jointly, of the best record in the AFC, and of the second-best record in the league overall.
Between now and four weeks from yesterday, when they face off, both teams have three games on the docket against teams who have a .