Sean McDermott may no longer be on the Bills’ sideline, but he still sees Buffalo as a team built for a Super Bowl run.
The former Buffalo head coach, who spent nine seasons with the franchise before being let go after the 2025 season, said on The Rich Eisen Show that he believes the Bills can get back to the biggest stage this year. McDermott, who posted a 98-50 regular-season record and went 8-8 in the playoffs, said the roster moves made by Brandon Beane have pushed Buffalo into true contender territory.
"Now, with what they've done, the moves that Brandon Beane has made, and the activity that they've had on the roster, just over the x-amount of months, I think has been very important. So I think if you're betting on a Super Bowl contender, they are certainly one of them. I don't see why you wouldn't bet on them because the games, at the end of the day, have to be played…could be Bills-Rams; that would be a great Super Bowl," McDermott said.
That kind of confidence carries some weight coming from the man who helped reshape Buffalo’s identity. During his time with the Bills, McDermott guided the team to multiple AFC East titles and took them to the AFC Championship Game twice, even if the final breakthrough never came. He leaves behind a team that climbed from the bottom of the league into a perennial playoff presence, reaching the postseason in eight of his nine years.
Now it’s Joe Brady’s turn to take the wheel, and Buffalo enters the season with a new voice in charge and plenty of expectations attached. McDermott didn’t sound bitter about the change. If anything, he appears to be watching closely as the roster he helped build tries to finish the job he couldn’t.
If the Bills do end up in the Super Bowl, it will be hard to separate that success from the foundation McDermott laid in Buffalo.
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