Bills end longest playoff drought in pro sports with win, Bengals' upset of Ravens

The Buffalo Bills have circled the wagons.

By virtue of their victory over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday and the Baltimore Ravens' loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, the Bills earned the sixth and final AFC playoff spot, ending the longest drought in pro sports. Their last playoff appearance came in 1999.

The Bills defeated the Dolphins 22-16 to end the year at 9-7, and needed either a loss by the Ravens or losses by both the Los Angeles Chargers and Tennessee Titans to get in. The Chargers and Titans both won, but the Ravens lost on a last-minute touchdown by the Bengals.

The Bills enter the playoffs as the conference's sixth seed and will play the Jacksonville Jaguars at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday, Jan. 7.

The game pits the Bills against the team's former coach, Doug Marrone, who opted out of his contract with Buffalo in 2014 and took over the Jaguars in Week 14 of the 2016 season.