NFL Streak Watch, Cincinnati Bengals's Run Hits 3

Every result in NFL feeds a streak somewhere, and a few of them have now grown big enough to deserve names. Everything below comes straight off the results; nothing fancier than counting.

Count them up and seven teams are currently on streaks of at least three, so there is no shortage of momentum stories to argue about.

The win-column crowd

Cincinnati Bengals have won three straight, the longest active run in the league. Winning streaks change how a club carries itself, every bounce feels earned, every close game feels like it belongs to them until somebody proves otherwise.

Behind them, Buffalo Bills have quietly won 3 in a row.

Add Los Angeles Rams to the list too, 3 in a row.

The skids

On the other side of the ledger, Houston Texans have dropped three straight. Losing streaks carry their own gravity, the pressing starts, the bounces stop cooperating, and close games keep finding the same ending.

Miami Dolphins are on a slide of their own at 3 straight losses.

Philadelphia Eagles round out the skid list at 3 in a row.

By the numbers

Every active streak of three or more, in one place:

Worth remembering

The longest run on the board sits at 3 games, and runs that size have a way of bending a whole week's storylines around them, every broadcast, every pregame note, every nervous manager quote.

Streaks end, that is the one thing every single one of them does. They tell you where a team has been, loudly, and nothing at all about where the next game is going.