{"id":696347,"date":"2026-01-22T13:20:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/696347\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:20:20","slug":"bills-news-assessing-buffalos-head-coaching-vacancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/696347\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills news: Assessing Buffalo\u2019s head coaching vacancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The Buffalo Bills became the latest NFL team to dismiss its head coach when veteran Sean McDermott was fired on Monday after leading the Bills to eight playoff appearances in nine seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Newly promoted president of football operations\/general manager Brandon Beane will be tasked with leading the search to tab McDermott\u2019s replacement, and while there is a lot to like about coaching in Buffalo, the situation comes with some risks, too.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Today\u2019s edition of Buffalo Rumblinks leads off by exploring the attractiveness of coaching Josh Allen and the Bills, who boast the league\u2019s top rushing attack and an MVP-caliber quarterback but have plenty of question marks on the roster and find themselves in a less-than-desirable position when it comes to salary cap space.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"692\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8db314bbc3905ef723a616ebd35d5ea7.jpeg\"\/>How appealing is the Bills\u2019 head coaching opening?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Linked below: Exploring the immense pressure the next Buffalo head coach will face to finally be the one to guide the Bills to a Super Bowl title. Plus, discussing where the Bills\u2019 opening ranks among the current head coaching vacancies; explaining whether making a change from Sean McDermott will help the Bills make the most of Josh Allen\u2019s prime years; identifying seven potential replacements for McDermott in Western New York; and dissecting the traits Brandon Beane and Terry Pegula will prioritize during the coaching search.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2feb45613ffbc747321bc49f3672218f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Even more Bills news<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Examining which players were signed to reserve\/future deals. Plus, speculating on which veterans could be surprise cut candidates; exploring the best potential landing spots for Sean McDermott; and more!<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bcec2475615b3766a378a514e691359c.jpeg\"\/>Buffalo Bills articles recently featured on Buffalo Rumblings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Buffalo Bills became the latest NFL team to dismiss its head coach when veteran Sean McDermott was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[215,4256,214,53,2086,54474,7,872,6,3026,3025],"class_list":["post-696347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-buffalo-bills","tag-bills","tag-brandon-beane","tag-buffalo","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-buffalobills","tag-coaching-search","tag-football","tag-josh-allen","tag-nfl","tag-sean-mcdermott","tag-the-bills"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115938960306360324","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}