A 10th—10th—NFL head coaching job opened Monday morning, less than 48 hours after the Bills’ unceremonious exit from the NFL playoffs. Acting with an almost unprecedented urgency, Buffalo cut ties with Sean McDermott after he posted a 98–50 record in nine seasons, the 15th-best win percentage in NFL history and double-digit win totals every season since 2019.
To say that this adds an incredible amount of palace intrigue to this coaching cycle would be putting it lightly. The Giants and Falcons sprinted down the aisle with the consensus top candidates on the market, John Harbaugh and Kevin Stefanski, removing them from consideration for a job that many would consider to be the best, or a close second best, in this cycle. Only Harbaugh knows whether he’d have been interested in the Buffalo opening.
