Bruce Arians Endorses Sean McDermott
January 21st, 2026
This piqued Joe’s interest.
Buccaneers senior advisor to general manager Jason Licht is a post held by Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians. Joe assumes Arians also has the ear of Team Glazer.
The Bucs don’t seem to mind Arians double-dipping as a media star this season on the The Pat McAfee Show, an ESPN property.
Yesterday, Arians was asked about the Bills firing head coach Sean McDermott after seven consecutive seasons of double-digit wins and an 8-8 record in the playoffs.
In typical Arians fashion, he came out swinging.
“This one baffles me,” Arians said. “How [Bills general manager] Brandon Beane got elevated [to president of football operations] and Sean McDermott got fired, that just blows my mind because they didn’t have any damn players.
“I mean the guy’s one of the best coaches in the league and a great leader of men. He’s taken that team as close as you can get, couldn’t beat Mahomes. [McDermott] didn’t throw any damn interceptions. And the referees screwed him bad and he gets fired. C’mon man. And Brandon Beane gets a fuc*’n raise? I don’t get that one. That one blows my mind.”
Joe wonders if Arians brought the same kind of fire in a December or January sales pitch to Team Glazer for retaining Todd Bowles.
Joe also wonders if Licht and Team Glazer share Arians’ view of McDermott, who interviewed for the Bucs head coaching gig in 2016.