The Buffalo Bills need to get this head-coaching hire right.
They fired Sean McDermott and now have to maximize the Super Bowl window remaining with superstar quarterback Josh Allen.
Sports Illustrated's national NFL writer, Connor Orr, has an idea: What about a trade?
Yes, a head-coaching trade.
It has happened before, both with Jon Gruden and with Sean Payton.
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Orr makes the case that maybe it's the best move the Bills can make, if they want to be super bold.
"Do not rule out the exploration of a head coaching trade for Buffalo," Orr writes. "I think this is something being bandied about in league circles—though to be clear, I am not reporting it as an inevitability or even a possibility. It would be immensely complicated and cost a talent-deprived Bills team more draft capital."
Orr notes that part of the calculation would also involve whether the other team feels it has a head-coach-in-waiting on staff already.
"And, again, we’re just playing on this playground, but how interesting would it be if you’re the Vikings and you simply promote Brian Flores to head coach and reap the draft capital from a (Kevin) O’Connell trade?" Orr concludes.
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O'Connell would be a great offensive mind to pair with Allen.
Allen has spent his entire career with the defensive-minded head coach, McDermott. It's generally thought the Bills will lean offense with the new hire.
O'Connell wouldn't come cheap, but maybe he'd be worth it.
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