the last time the bills made the playoffs was 1999.
the last time the bills made the playoffs was 1999.
when is the last time the bills made the playoffs?
1999
on january 26, 2018, after the bills made their first playoff appearance since 1999, wood announced that he had failed his end-of-season physical and would no longer be cleared to play professional football. adam schefter of "espn" said the cause of the failed physical, a neck injury, was partially due to wear and tear, but also part of a "complicated medical situation" (wood later specified that the disc between his second and third vertebrae had come dangerously close to his spinal cord, which he suspected happened during the week 6 game of the 2017 season). wood had played through the entire 2017 season, handling every offensive snap that year without missing any. he had intended to wait until after the 2018 pro bowl to announce the injury; he had been designated as an alternate to the game and did not consider his condition to be a hindrance to playing in the game. news of the injury had leaked to the press two days before the game, and the two pro bowlers named to the position for the afc both played in the game. he reached an injury settlement with the bills on may 31, 2018, and was officially released.
eric wood
1980 marked the 3rd year the bills were good. they beat the archrival miami dolphins for the first time in 11 years in their season opener, en route to an 11-5 season and their first afc east title. however, they lost to the san diego chargers 20-14 in the divisional playoffs. in 1981, the bills made the playoffs as a wild-card team with a 10-6 record. they defeated the new york jets 31-27 in the wild card round of the playoffs, but lost in the divisional round to the eventual afc champion cincinnati bengals, 28-21. the following year — the strike-shortened season of 1982 — the bills slipped to a 4–5 final record and missed the playoffs. in the famous 1983 draft, the bills selected quarterback jim kelly as their replacement to an aging joe ferguson, but kelly decided to play in the upstart united states football league instead.
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