2016 Buffalo Bills season

2016 Buffalo Bills season
Owner	Terry and Kim Pegula
General manager	Doug Whaley
Head coach	Rex Ryan (fired Week 16, 7–8 record) Anthony Lynn (interim, 0–1 record)
Home field	New Era Field
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	3rd AFC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	6 DT Kyle Williams OG Richie Incognito OLB Lorenzo Alexander RB LeSean McCoy CB Stephon Gilmore ILB Zach Brown
AP All-Pros	2 LB Lorenzo Alexander (2nd team) LB Zach Brown (2nd team)
Uniform
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The 2016 Buffalo Bills season was the franchise's 57th overall season as a football team, 47th in the National Football League (NFL), fourth under leadership of general manager Doug Whaley and second under head coach Rex Ryan. The Bills hoped to improve on their 8–8 record from 2015, the team's first since 2002, but a 34–31 overtime loss to the Miami Dolphins in Week 16 eliminated the Bills from playoff contention for a 17th season in a row, extending the longest active drought among all four North American major professional sports leagues. It would be Ryan's final season as head coach of the team, as he and his brother, Rob, were fired with one game remaining in the regular season.^[1]