Bruce Arians doesn’t have any idea what is going on in Buffalo.
The former Buccaneers’ Super Bowl-winning coach is in agreement with the Bills’ now-former coach Sean McDermott, who reportedly upset owner Terry Pegula and general manager Brandon Beane in a closed-door meeting five weeks ago.
McDermott was then fired after the Bills lost to the Broncos 33-30, in the divisional playoff round, while Beane was promoted to president of football operations.
“This one baffles me,” Arian said on Tuesday’s “The Pat McAfee Show.”
“How Brandon Beane got elevated and Sean McDermott got fired – that just blows my mind because they didn’t have any damn players. The guy is one of the best coaches in the league… and Brandon Beane gets a f—ing raise?”
McDermott is widely considered to have done some of his best work on this year’s installation of the Bills.
Josh Allen was given nearly no playmakers at receiver and that ultimately ended their season when Brandin Cooks — who was released by the Saints earlier in the year – couldn’t hold onto a pass that was wrestled away for a controversial interception by Ja’Quan McMillian.
The Broncos eventually got the ball down the field with a few more debatable pass interference penalties to end the game in overtime.
Bills owner Terry Pegula still chose to side with Beane over McDermott despite some bizarre roster choices.
The Bills signed Von Miller in 2022 to a massive six-year contract, but he tore his ACL in year one of the deal and never returned to form.
He was eventually released and became a massive dead cap hit for the Bills, hampering them from making other moves going forward, including re-signing linebacker Tremaine Edmunds, who has had a strong career with the Bears.
With Beane winning the power struggle in Buffalo, it will now be on him to find a coach as good or better than McDermott, which won’t be easy considering the top two candidates in this cycle –John Harbaugh (Giants) and Kevin Stefanski (Falcons) – are now off the board.
McDermott went 98-50 as the coach of the Bills over nine seasons, but was just 8-8 in the playoffs and never got over the hump to advance to the Super Bowl.
