The Buffalo Bills will be in the market for a new head coach this offseason.
According to several reports, the Bills are firing head coach Sean McDermott after nine seasons. Meanwhile, general manager Brandon Beane is safe and will stay.
Since news broke of McDermott's firing, The Athletic's Dianna Russini has provided some details behind the team's decision.
Russini reports that the Bills "felt a change was necessary" and the team's brass felt the Bills still could've beaten the Denver Broncos on Saturday despite the controversial officiating in the game.
"From recent conversations with people in the Bills’ organization, the sense I get is that it felt that there were opportunities to win Saturday in Denver, officiating or otherwise," Russini reported.
"Leadership felt a change was necessary after coming up short of the Super Bowl yet again," she added.
Despite those controversial calls and a whopping four turnovers from quarterback Josh Allen, the Bills were still in position to win the game in overtime.
While it's hard to blame Saturday's loss on McDermott, we also can't ignore the Bills' inability to get over the hump to a Super Bowl despite the team being a perennial Super Bowl contender and having an elite quarterback.
McDermott's 98-50 record was all well and good, but at some point he had to cash in on a title and simply wasn't able to do that.
It is a bit puzzling to see Beane remain safe, as he no doubt has played a role in the Bills' failures over the years. If the Bills truly wanted to hit the reset button with their leadership, canning Beane made sense.
Instead, he will now lead the search for the team's next head coach.
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