Jets, Patriots, Bills, Dolphins — 2012 AFC East Preview – Don Banks – SI.com

The Patriots have yet to have a losing season in the realigned AFC East, and their eight playoff trips and four Super Bowl appearances since 2002 dwarf the accomplishments of the rest of the division. The Bills (a league-high 12-year playoff drought), Dolphins (one playoff berth) and Jets (five playoff trips) together can’t come close to matching what the folks in Foxboro have done in the postseason. The Patriots also own the six best regular season records in the division’s history: logging a 16-0 in 2007, 14-2 marks in 2010, 2004 and 2003, a 13-3 in 2011, and a 12-4 in 2006. Put another way, New England’s nine double-digit win seasons in that span are four more than the rest of the division combined, and none of the other three have finished better than 11-5.