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The Buffalo Bills currently are the members of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Bills started playing in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League and joined the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL Merger. They have managed to win two consecutive AFL titles in 1964 and 1965 but haven't won a championship since the merger. They are the only team known to win four consecutive American Football Conference Championships, though have failed to win any of the subsequent Super Bowls.

The team made the NFL playoffs for the first time in 1974, but lost in the first round to the eventual Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers. 1980 marked a breakthrough for the Bills. They defeated the archival Miami Dolphins for the first time in 11 years in their season opener, en route and won their first AFC East title. They lost their title to the Dolphins the following season, but won their first NFL playoff game. The Bills won the AFC East championship in 1993 with a 12-4 record followed by playoff games against the Los Angeles Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs, setting up a rematch with the Cowboys in Super Bowl XXVIII on January 30, 1994 . The Bills became the only team ever to play in four straight Super Bowls.

The worst in recent memory for the Bills is when Titans defensive coordinator Gregg Williams took over as head coach for the 2001 season. Bledsoe revived the Bills for the 2002 season, leading them to an 8-8 record, setting 10 team passing records in the process. Lawyer Milloy, joined the Bills days before the 2003 season began and gave the team an immediate boost on defense. Gregg Williams was fired as head coach after the 2003 season and was replaced with Mike Mularkey. The Bills also drafted another quarterback, J.P. Losman, to be used if Bledsoe continued to struggle in 2004.

The 2004 season started by the Bills 0-4, with Bledsoe and his offense struggling in their run-first offense, averaging only 13 points per game. The team could finally manage to turn things around with a victory at home against the also winless Miami Dolphins. The Bills released quarterback Drew Bledsoe and signed with the Dallas Cowboys-reuniting him with former coach Bill Parcells. .

In the 2006 NFL Draft, the Bills used their first pick on Safety Donte Whitner from Ohio State. Their second pick drafted Defensive Tackle John McCargo from North Carolina State. The rest of the picks included Ohio St. Cornerback Ashton Youboty, South Carolina Safety Ko Simpson, Louisiana State Defensive Tackle Kyle Williams, Virginia Offensive Tackle Brad Butler, Oregon State Linebacker Keith Ellison, New Mexico Offensive Tackle Terrance Pennington, and California Guard Aaron Merz. Since 2005, the Bills have used the 1960s uniforms as the team's alternate/throwback jerseys.