Rank an NFL team’s best postseason in franchise history.
For the New Orleans Saints, that’s easy: 2009, the one that ended in a Super Bowl victory.
For the New England Patriots, was 2018 better than 2001? Why talk about either when there was 2016 and the 28-3 comeback against the Atlanta Falcons?
Winning the Super Bowl is the best playoff run.
What about postseason runs that were just fun, even if the team didn’t win it all?
For this list, Super Bowl-winning playoff runs are excluded. Just because it ended in heartbreak doesn’t mean you have to be stay sad. Be thankful that it happened. In keeping with that theme, the specifics of how the playoff runs ended will be minimized to help remember the good times.
Here is a list at each team’s playoff run in the Super Bowl era that was the most fun, even if it didn’t conclude with hoisting the Lombardi Trophy.