How The Packers And Patriots Have Become The NFL’s Winningest Franchises

When the Green Bay Packers and New England Patriots met in Super Bowl XXXI, it would have been impossible to predict they'd become the NFL's marquee franchises for the next three decades. Those 1996 Packers were playing in their first Super Bowl in 29 years. And the Patriots had gone 35-77 between 1989-1995 before reaching Super Bowl XXXI. Amazingly, though, no two teams in football have been better — at least during the regular season — over the last 30 years.