2017_Buffalo_Bills_season

2017 Buffalo Bills season
2017 Buffalo Bills season
Owner	Terry and Kim Pegula
General manager	Brandon Beane
Head coach	Sean McDermott
Home field	New Era Field
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	2nd AFC East
Playoff finish	Lost Wild Card Playoffs; (at Jaguars) 3–10
Pro Bowlers	3 OG Richie Incognito; RB LeSean McCoy; S Micah Hyde;
Uniform
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2017 Buffalo Bills season

58th season in franchise history; return to playoffs after 17-year drought

The 2017 Buffalo Bills season was the franchise's 58th overall season, 48th in the National Football League and third full season under the ownership of Terry and Kim Pegula. The season was the first under the leadership of general manager Brandon Beane and head coach Sean McDermott. On December 31, 2017, the final week of the regular season, the Bills finally ended their 18-year playoff drought (previously the longest active drought in the NFL and the longest active playoff drought among the four major professional North American sport leagues) (meanwhile the Cleveland Browns, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and New York Jets owned the NFL's longest playoffs missing them since 2002, 2007, and 2010 respectively) with the Bills winning 22–16 over the Dolphins and the Cincinnati Bengals upsetting the Baltimore Ravens 31–27.

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The Bills also improved on their 7–9 record from 2016 and clinched their first winning season since 2014 (when Doug Marrone was head coach).^[1] However, the #6 seed Bills lost the Wild Card game against the #3 seed Jacksonville 10–3, extending their playoff victory drought to 22 years.

Regular season

Game summaries

Standings

Conference

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AFC v t e
#	Team	Division	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	SOS	SOV	STK
Division leaders
1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	New England Patriots	East	13	3	0	.813	5–1	10–2	.484	.466	W3
2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Pittsburgh Steelers	North	13	3	0	.813	6–0	10–2	.453	.423	W2
3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Jacksonville Jaguars	South	10	6	0	.625	4–2	9–3	.434	.394	L2
4^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Kansas City Chiefs	West	10	6	0	.625	5–1	8–4	.477	.481	W4
Wild Cards
5^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Tennessee Titans	South	9	7	0	.563	5–1	8–4	.434	.396	W1
6^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Buffalo Bills	East	9	7	0	.563	3–3	7–5	.492	.396	W1
Did not qualify for the postseason
7^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Baltimore Ravens	North	9	7	0	.563	3–3	7–5	.441	.299	L1
8^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Los Angeles Chargers	West	9	7	0	.563	3–3	6–6	.457	.347	W2
9	Cincinnati Bengals	North	7	9	0	.438	3–3	6–6	.465	.321	W2
10^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Oakland Raiders	West	6	10	0	.375	2–4	5–7	.512	.396	L4
11^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Miami Dolphins	East	6	10	0	.375	2–4	5–7	.543	.531	L3
12^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Denver Broncos	West	5	11	0	.313	2–4	4–8	.492	.413	L2
13^{[lower-alpha 5]}	New York Jets	East	5	11	0	.313	2–4	5–7	.520	.438	L4
14^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Indianapolis Colts	South	4	12	0	.250	2–4	3–9	.480	.219	W1
15^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Houston Texans	South	4	12	0	.250	1–5	3–9	.516	.375	L6
16	Cleveland Browns	North	0	16	0	.000	0–6	0–12	.520	–	L16
Tiebreakers^{[lower-alpha 7]}
New England claimed the No. 1 seed over Pittsburgh based on head-to-head victory. Jacksonville claimed the No. 3 seed over Kansas City based on conference record. Tennessee finished ahead of Buffalo, Baltimore and Los Angeles Chargers based on conference record, claiming the No. 5 seed. Buffalo and Baltimore finished ahead of Los Angeles Chargers based on conference record. Buffalo claimed the No. 6 seed over Baltimore based on strength of victory. Oakland finished ahead of Miami based on head-to-head victory. Denver finished ahead of the New York Jets based on head-to-head victory. Indianapolis finished ahead of Houston based on head-to-head sweep. When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.

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[No._1_seed-34] New England claimed the No. 1 seed over Pittsburgh based on head-to-head victory.

[No._3_seed-35] Jacksonville claimed the No. 3 seed over Kansas City based on conference record.

[Wild_Card-36] Tennessee finished ahead of Buffalo, Baltimore and Los Angeles Chargers based on conference record, claiming the No. 5 seed.
Buffalo and Baltimore finished ahead of Los Angeles Chargers based on conference record.
Buffalo claimed the No. 6 seed over Baltimore based on strength of victory.

[6-10-37] Oakland finished ahead of Miami based on head-to-head victory.

[5-11-38] Denver finished ahead of the New York Jets based on head-to-head victory.

[4-12-39] Indianapolis finished ahead of Houston based on head-to-head sweep.

[40] When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.

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Position	Name	Reason	2017 Replacement	Date
Head coach	Rex Ryan (Weeks 1–16), Anthony Lynn (Week 17)	Fired (Ryan)	Sean McDermott	January 11
Defensive coordinator	Dennis Thurman	Fired	Leslie Frazier	January 13
Linebackers coach	Bobby April III	Fired	Bob Babich	January 13
Offensive line coach	Aaron Kromer	Fired	Juan Castillo	January 13
Defensive line coach	John Blake	Fired	Mike Waufle	January 14
Tight ends coach	Tony Sparano, Jr.	Fired	Rob Boras	January 17
Running backs coach	Anthony Lynn (Weeks 1–2), Vacant (Weeks 3–17)	Resigned^[8]	Kelly Skipper	January 18
Offensive coordinator	Greg Roman (Weeks 1–2), Anthony Lynn (Weeks 3–16)	Fired (Roman)	Rick Dennison	January 19
Assistant offensive line coach	Pat Meyer	Fired	Andrew Dees	January 20
Quarterbacks coach	David Lee	Fired	David Culley	January 24
Wide receivers coach	Sanjay Lal	Fired	Phil McGeoghan	February 2
Defensive quality control coach	position created		John Egorugwu	February 2
Offensive quality control coach	position created		Marc Lubick	February 2
Assistant special teams coach	Eric Smith	Fired	Matt Smiley	February 2
Special teams quality control	Kathryn Smith	position abolished		February 2
Assistant defensive line coach	Jason Rebrovich	Fired	Bill Teerlinck	February 2
Defensive backs coach	Tim McDonald	Fired	Gill Byrd	February 7
Assistant defensive backs coach	Ed Reed	Fired	Bobby Babich	February 7
Player engagement and alumni director	Paul Lancaster	Fired	Marlon Kerner	April 3
Assistant strength and conditioning coach	Hal Luther	Fired	Will Greenberg	April 3
Assistant athletic trainer	Jason Rebrovich	Fired	Denny Kellington	April 3

Position	Name	Reason	2017 replacement	Date
General manager	Doug Whaley	Fired	Brandon Beane	May 9
Player personnel advisor	Kelvin Fisher	Fired	Vacant
Assistant general manager	Vacant		Joe Schoen	May 14
Player personnel director	Jim Monos	Fired	Malik Boyd	May 17
Assistant director of college scouting	Vacant		Lake Dawson	May 18
National scout	Vacant		Marvin Allen	May 18
National scout	Vacant		Brian Adams	May 18
College scouting director	Vacant		Terrance Gray	May 25
BLESTO scout	Vacant		Marcus Cooper	May 25
Northeast area scout	Vacant		Pete Harris	May 25
Pro scout	Vacant		Chris Marrow	May 25

Position	Player	2016 Team	Date signed	Notes
LS	Reid Ferguson	None	January 2, 2017	2 years/$1.02 million (Reserve/Future)
RB	Cedric O'Neal	Philadelphia Eagles	January 2, 2017	2 years/$1.02 million (Reserve/Future)
CB	Joe Powell	New York Giants	January 2, 2017	2 years/$1.02 million (Reserve/Future)
CB	Max Valles	Buffalo Bills	January 2, 2017	2 years/$1.02 million (Reserve/Future)
QB	Josh Woodrum	Chicago Bears	January 2, 2017	2 years/$1.02 million (Reserve/Future)
SS	Colt Anderson	Buffalo Bills	January 27, 2017	1-year extension/$900,000
LB	Ramon Humber	New England Patriots	February 16, 2017	1 year/$900,000
FB	Mike Tolbert	Carolina Panthers	March 8, 2017
S	Micah Hyde	Green Bay Packers	March 9, 2017
S	Jordan Poyer	Cleveland Browns	March 9, 2017
FB	Patrick DiMarco	Atlanta Falcons	March 9, 2017
G	Vladimir Ducasse	Baltimore Ravens	March 9, 2017
K	Steven Hauschka	Seattle Seahawks	March 9, 2017	4 years
WR	Corey Brown	Carolina Panthers	March 12, 2017
DE	Ryan Davis	Dallas Cowboys	March 13, 2017
WR	Jeremy Butler	San Diego Chargers	March 13, 2017
RB	Joe Banyard	Jacksonville Jaguars	March 17, 2017
CB	Leonard Johnson	Carolina Panthers	March 17, 2017
WR	Corey Washington	None	March 17, 2017
WR	Andre Holmes	Oakland Raiders	March 18, 2017	3 years/$6.5 million
CB	Marcus Cromartie	San Francisco 49ers	April 7, 2017
T	Cameron Jefferson	Denver Broncos	April 7, 2017
LB	Jacob Lindsey	None	April 7, 2017
DE	Jake Metz	Philadelphia Eagles	April 7, 2017
OL	Jordan Mudge	None	April 7, 2017
DB	Bradley Sylve	None	April 7, 2017
LB	Junior Sylvestre	Indianapolis Colts	April 7, 2017
LB	Eddie Yarbrough	Denver Broncos	April 7, 2017
DE	Ian Seau	Los Angeles Rams	April 10, 2017
QB	T.J. Yates	Miami Dolphins	April 10, 2017
S	Trae Elston	Cleveland Browns	April 21, 2017
CB	Shareece Wright	Baltimore Ravens	May 1, 2017	1 year
CB	Charles James	Houston Texans/Indianapolis Colts	May 2, 2017
LB	Carl Bradford	San Francisco 49ers	May 9, 2017
TE	Wes Saxton	Washington Redskins	May 24, 2017
WR	Rod Streater	San Francisco 49ers	May 24, 2017
LB	Gerald Hodges	San Francisco 49ers	May 25, 2017
CB	Greg Mabin	None	June 1, 2017
WR	Rashad Ross	San Francisco 49ers	June 6, 2017
S	Bacarri Rambo	Miami Dolphins	July 25, 2017
LB	Sam Barrington	Kansas City Chiefs/New Orleans Saints	July 25, 2017
OL	Karim Barton	Tennessee Titans	July 25, 2017
RB	Taiwan Jones	Oakland Raiders	August 2, 2017
WR	Anquan Boldin	Detroit Lions	August 7, 2017	1 year/$2.75 million
CB	Jumal Rolle	Baltimore Ravens	August 12, 2017
TE	Rory Anderson	Chicago Bears	August 20, 2017
S	Adrian McDonald	Los Angeles Chargers	August 20, 2017
QB	Keith Wenning	None	August 28, 2017
QB	Joe Webb	Carolina Panthers	September 4, 2017
DT	Cedric Thornton	Dallas Cowboys	September 5, 2017
S	Shamarko Thomas	Pittsburgh Steelers	October 3, 2017

Position	Player	2017 Team	Date signed	Notes
CB	Nickell Robey-Coleman	Los Angeles Rams	March 7, 2017
CB	Stephon Gilmore	New England Patriots	March 9, 2017	5 years/$65 million
WR	Robert Woods	Los Angeles Rams	March 9, 2017	5 years/$39 million
LS	Garrison Sanborn	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	March 14, 2017	1 year/$950,000
QB	E.J. Manuel	Oakland Raiders	March 20, 2017	1 year/$800,000
RB	Mike Gillislee	New England Patriots	April 24, 2017	2 years/$6.4 million
S	Corey Graham	Philadelphia Eagles	August 3, 2017	1 year

Player/picks acquired	From	Date traded	Player/picks traded
Conditional 7th-round pick	Los Angeles Chargers	July 26, 2017	Cardale Jones
E. J. Gaines 2nd-round pick	Los Angeles Rams	August 11, 2017	Sammy Watkins 6th-round pick
Jordan Matthews 3rd-round pick	Philadelphia Eagles	August 11, 2017	Ronald Darby
2019 4th-round pick	Kansas City Chiefs	August 28, 2017	Reggie Ragland
Kaelin Clay 2019 7th-round pick	Carolina Panthers	September 2, 2017	Kevon Seymour
Conditional 6th-round pick	Jacksonville Jaguars	October 27, 2017	Marcell Dareus
Kelvin Benjamin	Carolina Panthers	October 31, 2017	3rd-round pick 7th-round pick

Position	Player	Date
TE	Gerald Christian	March 6, 2017
K	Dan Carpenter	March 6, 2017
S	Phillip Thomas	March 6, 2017
WR	Marcus Easley	March 8, 2017
S	Aaron Williams	March 9, 2017
CB	Marcus Cromartie	May 11, 2017
CB	Marcus Roberson	May 11, 2017
WR	Corey Washington	May 11, 2017
LB	Junior Sylvestre	May 15, 2017
WR	Jeremy Butler	May 15, 2017
T	Cyrus Kouandjio	May 24, 2017
QB	Josh Woodrum	May 24, 2017
CB	Charles Gaines	May 25, 2017
S	Jonathan Dowling	June 1, 2017
LB	Anthony Harrell	July 25, 2017
C	Patrick Lewis	July 25, 2017
CB	Charles James	August 12, 2017
K	Austin Rehkow	August 20, 2017
S	Bacarri Rambo	August 29, 2017
OL	Karim Barton	August 29, 2017
DE	Jake Metz	August 29, 2017
RB	Cedric O'Neal	August 29, 2017
CB	Jumal Rolle	August 29, 2017
WR	Rashad Ross	August 29, 2017
QB	Keith Wenning	September 2, 2017
RB	Jordan Johnson	September 2, 2017
WR	Jeremy Butler	September 2, 2017
WR	Dezmin Lewis	September 2, 2017
WR	Brandon Reilly	September 2, 2017
WR	Daikiel Shorts	September 2, 2017
TE	Rory Anderson	September 2, 2017
TE	Wes Saxton	September 2, 2017
OL	Cameron Jefferson	September 2, 2017
OL	Jordan Mudge	September 2, 2017
OL	Michael Ola	September 2, 2017
OG	Greg Pyke	September 2, 2017
OG	Zach Voytek	September 2, 2017
DE	Marquavius Lewis	September 2, 2017
DT	Nigel Williams	September 2, 2017
DE	Ian Seau	September 2, 2017
DE	Max Valles	September 2, 2017
LB	Sam Harrington	September 2, 2017
LB	Carl Bradford	September 2, 2017
LB	Jacob Lindsey	September 2, 2017
CB	Marcus Sayles	September 2, 2017
CB	Bradley Sylve	September 2, 2017
S	Shamiel Gary	September 2, 2017
S	Adrian McDonald	September 2, 2017
S	Joe Powell	September 2, 2017
S	B.T. Sanders	September 2, 2017
RB	Jonathan Williams	September 3, 2017
LB	Gerald Hodges	September 3, 2017
CB	Marcus Sayles	September 5, 2017
S	B.T. Sanders	September 5, 2017
CB	Greg Mabin	September 12, 2017
WR	Daikiel Shorts	September 12, 2017
LB	Jelani Jenkins	September 19, 2017
S	Robert Blanton	October 3, 2017
DE	Eric Lee	October 3, 2017

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
2017 Buffalo Bills draft
1	27	Tre'Davious White *	Cornerback	LSU	Trade from KC
2	37	Zay Jones	Wide receiver	East Carolina	Trade from LAR
2	63	Dion Dawkins *	Guard	Temple	Trade from ATL
5	163	Matt Milano *	Linebacker	Boston College	Compensatory pick from NE
5	171	Nathan Peterman	Quarterback	Pittsburgh	Trade from DAL
6	195	Tanner Vallejo	Linebacker	Boise State
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Position	Player	College
TE	Jason Croom	Tennessee
RB	Jordan Johnson	Buffalo
DE	Marquavius Lewis	South Carolina
K/P	Austin Rehkow	Idaho
WR	Brandon Reilly	Nebraska
G	Greg Pyke	Georgia
S	B.T. Sanders	Nicholls State
CB	Marcus Sayles	West Georgia
WR	Daikiel Shorts	West Virginia
TE	Keith Towbridge	Louisville
S	Jeremy Tyler	West Virginia
DT	Nigel Williams	Virginia Tech
G	Zach Voytek	New Haven


	Quarterbacks 2 Nathan Peterman 5 Tyrod Taylor 14 Joe Webb Running backs 42 Patrick DiMarco FB 25 LeSean McCoy 45 Marcus Murphy 35 Mike Tolbert FB Wide receivers 13 Kelvin Benjamin 16 Malachi Dupre 11 Zay Jones 89 Brandon Reilly 15 Brandon Tate 10 Deonte Thompson Tight ends 85 Charles Clay 84 Nick O'Leary 88 Khari Lee 82 Logan Thomas		Offensive linemen 73 Dion Dawkins T 62 Vladimir Ducasse G 66 Seantrel Henderson T 64 Richie Incognito G 72 Ryan Groy C 68 Conor McDermott T 76 John Miller G 79 Jordan Mills T 70 Eric Wood C Defensive linemen 75 Cap Capi DE 56 Ryan Davis DE 94 Rickey Hatley DT 55 Jerry Hughes DE 91 Cedric Thornton DT 92 Adolphus Washington DT 95 Kyle Williams DT 54 Eddie Yarbrough DE		Linebackers 57 Lorenzo Alexander OLB 52 Preston Brown MLB 50 Ramon Humber OLB 44 Deon Lacey OLB 58 Matt Milano OLB 40 Tanner Vallejo MLB Defensive backs 33 Colt Anderson FS 41 Breon Borders CB 28 E. J. Gaines CB 23 Micah Hyde SS 24 Leonard Johnson CB 30 Lafayette Pitts CB 21 Jordan Poyer FS 29 Shamarko Thomas SS 27 Tre'Davious White CB 20 Shareece Wright CB Special teams 69 Reid Ferguson LS 4 Steven Hauschka K 6 Colton Schmidt P		Reserve lists 17 Jeremy Butler WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 39 Travaris Cadet RB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 77 Cordy Glenn T (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 18 Andre Holmes WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 26 Taiwan Jones RB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 90 Shaq Lawson DE (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 87 Jordan Matthews WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 89 Keith Towbridge TE (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Practice squad 19 Quan Bray WR 7 Cory Carter P 80 Jason Croom TE 61 Josh James T 97 Marquavius Lewis DE 31 Dean Marlowe FS 38 L. J. McCray SS 60 Adam Redmond C 74 De'Ondre Wesley T 53 Xavier Woodson-Luster MLB Rookies in italics 53 active, 8 inactive, 10 practice squad

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	August 10	Minnesota Vikings	L 10–17	0–1	New Era Field	Recap
2	August 17	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 16–20	0–2	Lincoln Financial Field	Recap
3	August 26	at Baltimore Ravens	L 9–13	0–3	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
4	August 31	Detroit Lions	W 27–17	1–3	New Era Field	Recap

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	September 10	New York Jets	W 21–12	1–0	New Era Field	Recap
2	September 17	at Carolina Panthers	L 3–9	1–1	Bank of America Stadium	Recap
3	September 24	Denver Broncos	W 26–16	2–1	New Era Field	Recap
4	October 1	at Atlanta Falcons	W 23–17	3–1	Mercedes-Benz Stadium	Recap
5	October 8	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 16–20	3–2	Paul Brown Stadium	Recap
6	Bye
7	October 22	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 30–27	4–2	New Era Field	Recap
8	October 29	Oakland Raiders	W 34–14	5–2	New Era Field	Recap
9	November 2	at New York Jets	L 21–34	5–3	MetLife Stadium	Recap
10	November 12	New Orleans Saints	L 10–47	5–4	New Era Field	Recap
11	November 19	at Los Angeles Chargers	L 24–54	5–5	StubHub Center	Recap
12	November 26	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 16–10	6–5	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
13	December 3	New England Patriots	L 3–23	6–6	New Era Field	Recap
14	December 10	Indianapolis Colts	W 13–7 (OT)	7–6	New Era Field	Recap
15	December 17	Miami Dolphins	W 24–16	8–6	New Era Field	Recap
16	December 24	at New England Patriots	L 16–37	8–7	Gillette Stadium	Recap
17	December 31	at Miami Dolphins	W 22–16	9–7	Hard Rock Stadium	Recap

AFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
⁽¹⁾ New England Patriots	13	3	0	.813	5–1	10–2	458	296	W3
⁽⁶⁾ Buffalo Bills	9	7	0	.563	3–3	7–5	302	359	W1
Miami Dolphins	6	10	0	.375	2–4	5–7	281	393	L3
New York Jets	5	11	0	.313	2–4	5–7	298	382	L4

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Jets	0	6	6	0	12
Bills	0	7	7	7	21

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Bills	0	0	0	3	3
Panthers	3	3	0	3	9

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	3	10	3	0	16
Bills	0	13	7	6	26

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Bills	0	7	7	9	23
Falcons	0	10	0	7	17

2017_Buffalo_Bills_season

Offseason

Transactions

Coaching and front office changes

Coaching staff

Front office

Roster changes

Arrivals

Departures

Trades

Cuts

Retirements

Draft

Undrafted free agents

Staff

Final roster

Preseason

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. New York Jets

Week 2: at Carolina Panthers

Week 3: vs. Denver Broncos

Week 4: at Atlanta Falcons

Week 5: at Cincinnati Bengals

Week 7: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week 8: vs. Oakland Raiders

Week 9: at New York Jets

Week 10: vs. New Orleans Saints

Week 11: at Los Angeles Chargers

Week 12: at Kansas City Chiefs

Week 13: vs. New England Patriots

Week 14: vs. Indianapolis Colts

Week 15: vs. Miami Dolphins

Week 16: at New England Patriots

Week 17: at Miami Dolphins

Standings

Division

Conference

Postseason

Schedule

Game summaries

AFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (3) Jacksonville Jaguars

References

External links

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