BREAKING: Buffalo Bills Fire Head Coach Sean McDermott — Where Does Buffalo Go From Here?
NFL Daily with Gregg Rosenthal
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🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Gregg Rosenthal and Ollie Connolly provide instant reaction and analysis following the bombshell news of Sean McDermott's divorce from the Buffalo Bills organization. The duo discusses the power dynamic in Buffalo, key candidates for this now-coveted opportunity and McDermott's future in the NFL. In the end, reigning MVP Josh Allen will work with a new head coach for the first time in his career.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:09.2 | Welcome to NFL Daily, where when you think this coaching cycle can't get any crazier, it gets crazier. |
| 0:16.4 | I'm Greg Rosenthal. |
| 0:17.8 | In my garage on a Monday morning on the West Coast. |
| 0:21.4 | It is evening in Manchester where Ali Connolly joins us. |
| 0:25.9 | You can check out Ollie's work at the read optional substack, |
| 0:29.4 | but we got them on last second because we had some breaking news on Monday morning. |
| 0:33.5 | Sean McDermott is out, fired after nine seasons as the Buffalo Bills head coach, |
| 0:41.7 | Brandon Bean, is not only staying as general manager, but he has been promoted to president |
| 0:49.8 | and, I don't know, some sort of VP of football operations. |
| 0:54.6 | So we didn't want to wait all the way until Tuesday afternoon to talk about this. |
| 0:59.5 | Ali, I have a feeling you have all sorts of conflicted feelings about this after watching the |
| 1:06.3 | ups and downs of what was, you know, a really successful nine-year run for Sean McDermott in Buffalo. |
| 1:13.1 | I do have a lot of opinions, and I'm operating on three hours sleep so I cannot be |
| 1:16.8 | held responsible for any takes during the show, but that makes the show fun. It's a decision |
| 1:21.6 | where I'm not in any way shocked. I am surprised this was the year they decided to do it after |
| 1:26.4 | successive failures in the |
| 1:27.8 | postseason. This probably being the second most heartbreaking one after 13 seconds, but this is not |
| 1:33.6 | the year Shaw McDermott deserved to lose his job. It would be previous cycles where you could |
| 1:39.2 | say, okay, maybe it's time for the full reset. And if you're going to do a full reset, keeping |
| 1:43.4 | Brandon Bean and promoting |
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