It wasn’t until 1976, when the Raiders went 13-1 in the regular season and poleaxed the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl XI, that they finally got that albatross of their backs.
The Bills had their chances in this one, as they have in most of their postseason games against Patrick Mahomes and his crew, but things tend to turn out the way they turn out.
For the Buffalo Bills of the Josh Allen era, there is still that same albatross, though there’s only one dynasty that has stood in their way.
They lost Super Bowl II to the Green Bay Packers, and were crossed off in successive seasons in the playoffs by the Miami Dolphins and the Pittsburgh Steelers – two more all-time teams.
They compiled a record of 95-24-7, and that winning percentage of .798 was a full 70 percentage points higher than the second-best team, the Dallas Cowboys.
