Through Wednesdayâs play, 2015 games have averaged about two hours and 56 minutes, according to Baseball Prospectus. If that holds, it will be the first season since 2011 with an average game length under three hours. Last seasonâs games averaged three hours and eight minutes, an all-time high. The 12-minute difference may not seem like much on a game-to-game basis, but over the course of a 162-game season, it means more than 32 fewer hours of gameplay per team â and 32 fewer hours in front of the TV for dedicated fans.
Since 2001, New England had made the playoffs twelve times, reaching the Super Bowl, incredibly, in half of those seasons. The Patriots have won the Super bowl four times over this fourteen-year span, which made me wonder: how many Super Bowls *should* the Patriots have won? This could be measured in a few ways.
No franchise has yet won three Super Bowls in a row, although several have come close: 1  The Green Bay Packers won the first two Super Bowls, but had also won the NFL championship in the preceding year. 2  The Miami Dolphins appeared in three consecutive Super Bowls (Super Bowls VI, VII, and VIII), winning the last two. The Green Bay Packers won the first two Super Bowls, but had also won the NFL championship in the preceding year. 2  The Miami Dolphins appeared in three consecutive Super Bowls (Super Bowls VI, VII, and VIII), winning the last two.