the music city miracle was added to the list of infamous moments in buffalo sports history, joining "wide right" and "no goal". it marked the start of a long playoff drought, as the bills would go on to miss the playoffs for 17 straight years, finally qualifying again in the 2017 season (the playoff game in question then taking place in 2018). the bills' last playoff win came in . although the bills had lost four consecutive super bowls before this game, many bills fans consider this game to be their single most humiliating loss in franchise history, due to the more surreal and controversial ending as well as the long-term impact the game had on the team. bills fans generally refuse to call this game and climactic play by its standard "music city miracle" name, and instead have taken to calling it more insulting names, most popularly "the forward lateral" and "the immaculate deception." in his 2017 autobiography "son of bum", bills coach wade phillips called the play "the music city mistake."