The Buffalo Bills have seen enough from Sean McDermott and decided to relieve him of his coaching duties and start fresh. While McDermott had accomplished a lot during his time as the head coach of the Bills, this team hadn't sniffed a Super Bowl under his tutelage, so it makes sense that they're finally moving on from him.
With McDermott out, the question now becomes - What will happen to offensive coordinator Joe Brady? The Bills promoted Brady to offensive coordinator in 2023 when they fired Ken Dorsey midway through the year and his presence was immediately felt. In 2024, Josh Allen won his first (and to this point only) MVP award, and Brady helped make that happen.
While the Bills didn't win their division or advance past the divisional round this year, Brady is someone that other teams are looking at as a head coaching candidate for their vacant spots. Does McDermott getting fired make Brady leaving for one of those jobs more realistic now?
The bigger question is what will happen to Brady if he doesn't get one of the seven open head coaching jobs? Is he retained by whoever takes over in Buffalo, and does he get to keep his offensive coordinator role?
All eyes will be on Joe Brady after Bills fired Sean McDermott
The Bills offense was still on fire in 2025, so it makes sense that teams would be interested in bringing Brady on. Hey, maybe the plan here is for Buffalo to promote Brady to head coach and let him continue to work with Allen moving forward.
If that's not the plan though, retaining Brady could be tricky. He could not only land a head coaching position with another team (which is going to be the goal for him if Buffalo doesn't promote him) or simply not be in the head coach who is hired by the Bills' plans for the team. Either way, it's going to be interesting to see how all of this plays out and where Brady ends up in 2026.