2016 Buffalo Bills Season

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2016 Buffalo Bills season
Head coach	Rex Ryan
General manager	Doug Whaley
Owner	Terry and Kim Pegula
Home field	New Era Field
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The 2016 Buffalo Bills season is the franchise's 47th season in the National Football League, the 57th overall and it will also mark the fourth season under leadership of general manager Doug Whaley and the second under head coach Rex Ryan. The Bills will attempt to snap their sixteen year playoff drought, which is the longest active playoff drought among all four North American major professional sports leagues.

[edit] Offseason

[edit] Roster changes

[edit] Signings

Position	Player	2015 Team	Date signed	Notes	Source

[edit] Free agents lost

Position	Player	2016 Team	Date signed	Notes	Source

[edit] Cuts

Position	Player	Date	Source

[edit] Retirements

Position	Player	Date

[edit] Draft

Main article: 2016 NFL draft

[edit] Undrafted free agents

All undrafted free agents were signed after the 2016 NFL draft concluded on April 30 unless otherwise noted.

Position	Player	College	Notes

[edit] Staff

On January 10, 2016 Doug Whaley signed a three-year contract extension to remain the Bills general manager. On the same day it was announced that Rex Ryan had hired his twin brother Rob to the Bills coaching staff. Rob will serve as an assistant head coach and will also work with the defense. Three days later Ryan hired former NFL standout Ed Reed to be an assistant defensive backs coach. On January 20, 2016, the Bills promoted Kathryn Smith to special teams quality control coach, making her the first female full time coach in NFL history.

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[edit] Schedule

[edit] Preseason

Week	Date	Kickoff (CDT)	Opponent	Results	Record	Game site	TV	NFL.com recap
1	August 13	7:00 p.m.	Indianapolis Colts	L 18–19	0–1	Ralph Wilson Stadium	MSG
2	August 20	4:00 p.m.	New York Giants	W 21–0	1–1	New Era Field	MSG
3	August 26	7:30 p.m.	at Washington Redskins			FedEx Field	MSG
4	September 1	7:30 p.m.	at Detroit Lions			Ford Field	MSG

[edit] Regular season

Week	Date	Kickoff (CDT)	Opponent	Results	Record	Game site	TV	NFL.com recap
1	September 11	1:00 p.m.	at Baltimore Ravens			M&T Bank Stadium	CBS
2	September 15	8:25 p.m.	New York Jets			New Era Field	CBS/NFLN/Twitter
3	September 25	1:00 p.m.	Arizona Cardinals			New Era Field	Fox
4	October 2	1:00 p.m.	at New England Patriots			Gillette Stadium	CBS
5	October 9	4:25 p.m.	at Los Angeles Rams			Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	CBS
6	October 16	1:00 p.m.	San Francisco 49ers			New Era Field	Fox
7	October 23	1:00 p.m.	at Miami Dolphins			Hard Rock Stadium	CBS
8	October 30	1:00 p.m.	New England Patriots			New Era Field	CBS
9	November 7	8:30 p.m.	at Seattle Seahawks			CenturyLink Field	ESPN
10	Bye
11	November 20	1:00 p.m.	at Cincinnati Bengals			Paul Brown Stadium	Fox
12	November 27	1:00 p.m.	Jacksonville Jaguars			New Era Field	CBS
13	December 4	4:05 p.m.	at Oakland Raiders			Oakland Alameda Coliseum	CBS
14	December 11	1:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh Steelers			New Era Field	CBS
15	December 18	1:00 p.m.	Cleveland Browns			New Era Field	CBS
16	December 24	1:00 p.m.	Miami Dolphins			New Era Field	CBS
17	January 1	1:00 p.m.	at New York Jets			MetLife Stadium	CBS

Notes

• Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
• Networks and times for Sunday games from Weeks 5–17 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling.
• Games on MSG and ESPN will be simulcast on WKBW-TV.

[edit] Current roster

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[edit] References

[edit] External links

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2016 NFL season
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