Even if you are one of just four teams in the Super Bowl era to win a playoff game in six straight seasons, it does not mean much if you can never win at least three in a single postseason.
On Monday, the Buffalo Bills’ Sean McDermott was fired. After another devastating playoff defeat, this time at the hands of the Denver Broncos. The 33-30 loss marks the eighth time in the coach’s nine-year tenure that he has been bounced from the playoffs before reaching the Super Bowl (the team missed the playoffs in 2018).
Sean McDermott is out after nine seasons as head coach of the Buffalo Bills. McDermott compiled a 98-50 record in regular-season games and reached the playoffs in eight of his nine seasons.
Thanks to pro-football-reference.com's addition of unofficial sack totals to players' resumes, more clarity has emerged about the best pass-rushing years from previous eras.
Less than 48 hours after their heartbreaking 33–30 overtime loss to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Divisional Round, the Buffalo Bills have already begun making changes.
The Buffalo Bills were eliminated from the playoffs on Saturday afternoon, losing another heartbreaker. This time it was the Denver Broncos that inflicted the pain, 33-30, in overtime.
The Buffalo Bills stunned the NFL world on Monday morning by firing their head coach, Sean McDermott, following the team’s Divisional Round playoff loss.
The Buffalo Bills announced the firing of head coach Sean McDermott, which drew a heartbroken reaction from Damar Hamlin. Also, Hamlin expressed his thanks to McDermott on social media, according to his post on X.
24 seconds. That’s the time NCAA champion and Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson took to win his second professional MMA fight. The bout caught the attention of many, including longtime UFC color commentator Joe Rogan.
For years, Thanksgiving belonged to the NFL, but Christmas belonged to the NBA. Occasionally, an NFL game would fall on Christmas, but it was anomalous, even avoided if possible.
The Buffalo Bills' season is officially over after a heartbreaking defeat to the Denver Broncos in the divisional round of the playoffs. The main talking point after the contest was a missed call by the referees during a play in overtime that was ruled an interception, not a catch by wide receiver Brandin Cooks.
On Monday morning, the Buffalo Bills shook up the NFL world by firing head coach Sean McDermott in the wake of their playoff loss against the Denver Broncos over the weekend.
The Buffalo Bills left Mile High Stadium on Sunday feeling screwed. Saturday’s Bills-Broncos game went about as controversially as you’d expect for a playoff tilt involving Buffalo.
The Buffalo Bills seemingly did not take player opinion into account too much when deciding to fire head coach Sean McDermott. The Bills fired McDermott on Monday, two days after the team lost in heartbreaking fashion to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Divisional round.
Joe Brady has been a popular head-coaching candidate for some time now, and he may have a chance to remain with the Buffalo Bills after the team shockingly fired Sean McDermott on Monday morning following yet another playoff disappointment.
Sean McDermott was surprisingly fired on Monday after the Buffalo Bills failed to get past the second round of the NFL playoffs. McDermott had eight winning seasons in nine years and won the AFC East five years in a row before finishing second to the New England Patriots in 2025.