<P> In 2016 Kathryn Smith became the first woman to be a full - time coach in the NFL, when she was hired by the Bills as a special teams quality control coach . The start of the 2016 season was marred by long - term injuries to both of the team's top draft picks, first - rounder Shaq Lawson and second - rounder Reggie Ragland (who will miss his entire rookie season). On December 27, 2016, Rex Ryan was fired after compiling 15 - 16 record in 2 seasons along with his brother Rob which made the Bills the third team in the NFL to fire a coach in - season (along with the Los Angeles Rams and Jacksonville Jaguars who both fired Jeff Fisher and Gus Bradley), Anthony Lynn was promoted to interim coach . After winning four straight games from weeks 3 - 6, they only won three more games to finish 7 - 9 . </P> <P> On January 11, 2017, Sean McDermott was hired as the head coach of the Buffalo Bills . McDermott had previously spent the past six seasons as the defensive coordinator of the Carolina Panthers . </P> <P> As of 2016, the Buffalo Bills are the only team in the National Football League to have not yet made the playoffs in the 21st century . Heading into that season, the playoff drought stands at 16 seasons, the longest active droughts in the league (the Bills' streak of nine consecutive losing seasons, also a high among active streaks, was broken in 2014). In addition, the Bills have suffered attendance problems at Ralph Wilson Stadium, particularly in the later portions of the season, when Buffalo's weather declines and the team usually falls out of playoff contention . Of the fourteen home games at Ralph Wilson Stadium in 2010 and 2011, six were blacked out due to the failure to sell out, and a seventh very narrowly avoided the same fate . Christmas Eve games in 2006 and 2011 were particularly poorly attended, with only 45,000 in attendance at the 2011 contest, an estimated half of which were fans of the opposing team . The attendance problems have largely been mitigated since the arrival of Ryan and the Pegulas . </P> <P> On December 21, 2012 Team CEO Russ Brandon, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, and Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz announced a new 10 - year lease for Ralph Wilson Stadium . Included in the terms are $130 million in renovations and a $400 million buyout to move the team out of Buffalo (in addition to the NFL re-locating fee). The lease will include the team paying for part of the renovations for the first time . The deal also calls for a committee to explore building a new stadium in the Buffalo vicinity, a proposal the Pegulas have put on hold . </P>

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