Morning Distribution for Thursday, January 19, 2023

A [FiveThirtyEight]( email [Morning Distribution]( Thursday, January 19, 2023 Your daily briefing from FiveThirtyEight --------------------------------------------------------------- The Morning Story [Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes]( [Patrick Mahomes And The Chiefs Are Still Improving On Excellence]( By [Neil Paine]( The Patrick Mahomes-led Kansas City Chiefs have crossed over into that rarest territory of sports dominance — teams so consistently good that it’s easy to take them for granted if you’re not careful. With a 14-3 record this year, K.C. just wrapped up its fifth consecutive regular season winning at least 70 percent of its games, joining an exclusive club: K.C. is a fixture in the .700 club Longest streaks in NFL history of seasons with at least a .700 regular-season winning percentage Years Team Streak 2010-2017 New England Patriots 8 2003-2009 Indianapolis Colts 7 1968-1973 Dallas Cowboys 6 1970-1975 Miami Dolphins 6 1973-1978 Los Angeles Rams 6 1946-1951 Cleveland Browns 6 1920-1924 Chicago Bears 5 1939-1943 Chicago Bears 5 2018-2022 Kansas City Chiefs 5 1981-1985 Miami Dolphins 5 1972-1976 Pittsburgh Steelers 5 For the purposes of winning percentage, ties are considered half-wins. [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Listen [Play]( [Politics Podcast: Why Gas Stoves Became A Casualty In The Culture War]( [FiveThirtyEight] [View in browser]( [ABC News]( [Unsubscribe]( Our mailing address: FiveThirtyEight, 47 West 66th Street, New York, NY 10023.