Buffalo Rumblings
The Buffalo Bills have fired head coach Sean McDermott. McDermott is the third long-tenured NFL head coach fired in the last two weeks since the 2025 NFL season ended, joining John Harbaugh and Mike Tomlin.
The Bills have not been to a Super Bowl under McDermott despite having an MVP quarterback and a solid roster for years. Multiple reports have general manager Brandon Beane staying on to lead the next head coach search.
Buffalo lost 33-30 in overtime on Saturday to the Denver Broncos. That’s six straight years with a playoff victory. No team has ever won a playoff game in six straight years and not won a Super Bowl.
McDermott is the second-winningest head coach in team history behind only Hall of Fame coach Marv Levy. He has 98 head coach wins and 50 losses in the regular season. In the playoffs, he is 8-8. But beyond that, McDermott turned around a franchise that was moored in despair, taking them to the playoffs in his very first season in 2017 and establishing a culture that was evident in the locker room.
It was believed McDermott was safe heading into this playoff run and may have done one of the best coaching jobs of his career, ushering a defense through turnover and injuries into a solid unit while maintaining the success of the offense. Buffalo had a chance to win multiple times on Saturday, including a Josh Allen pass at the end of regulation and a Brandin Cooks catch in overtime that would have set up the game-winning field goal. Now instead of prepping for the AFC Championship Game, he’s prepping to take some coaching interviews.
