Streak Watch in NFL: Cincinnati Bengals at 5 and Counting

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 ten teams are currently on streaks of at least three, so there is no shortage of momentum stories to argue about.

The teams stacking wins

The longest active run belongs to Cincinnati Bengals: five consecutive wins. Nobody stays hot forever, but while it lasts, every night has looked like a rerun of the same comfortable movie.

Buffalo Bills are building a case of their own at 5 straight.

San Francisco 49ers join the party at 4 straight.

Stuck in the barrel

Houston Texans cannot find the exit: five consecutive losses and counting. The schedule keeps coming regardless, which is either mercy or cruelty depending on the next opponent.

Miami Dolphins are on a slide of their own at 5 straight losses.

Indianapolis Colts have lost 4 straight themselves, in case anyone at the cold end needed company.

At a glance

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

One more thing

At 5 games, the board's longest streak is officially a main character; nothing else in the league gets talked about the same way while it lives.

None of these runs are forever. Enjoy them as stories, count them honestly, and remember the results table starts blank again tomorrow.