Head coach Mike Mularkey Owner Ralph Wilson Record 5–11 | General manager Tom Donahoe Home field Ralph Wilson Stadium Division place 3rd AFC East | |
The 2005 Buffalo Bills season was their 46th in the National Football League. The team was unable to improve upon their previous season's output of 9–7, instead finishing 5–11. This was the sixth consecutive season in which the team missed the playoffs.
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Mike Mularkey coached the Bills for his second year.
Offseason
Drew Bledsoe, who had been the team's quarterback from 2002–2004, was released by the Bills after the 2004 season to make way for backup quarterback J.P. Losman. It was the second time that Bledsoe's team had let him go for a younger quarterback. When Bledsoe was later signed by the Dallas Cowboys, he expressed bitterness with the Bills for the move, stating "I can't wait to go home and dress my kids in little stars and get rid of the other team's [Buffalo's] stuff."
Draft
Buffalo had six draft picks in the 2005 draft. The Bills traded their only first round pick in 2005 to the Dallas Cowboys to move up in the previous draft, a pick they used to draft J.P. Losman.