Mike McDaniel reached an agreement with the Chargers earlier this week to turn out to be their latest offensive coordinator. He stays in the marketplace for a head coaching gig at this point of the hiring cycle, nevertheless.
McDaniel will conduct an interview with the Bills today for his or her HC emptiness, as first reported by Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated. This in-person summit will are available the wake of McDaniel withdrawing from the Browns’ search. That looked as if it would leave him short on head coaching opportunities, but no less than certainly one of the league’s five remaining vacancies may very well be a possibility in his case.
McDaniel’s job security with the Dolphins remained a talking point through the top of the 2025 campaign. A comparatively strong finish to the season appeared to assist his standing within the organization, but having already moved on from general manager Champ Kelly owner Stephen Ross elected to wash house not long after Week 18 wrapped up. The Dolphins have since brought in Jon-Eric Sullivan and former Packers colleague Jeff Hafley to prepared the ground.
The Bills, meanwhile, will proceed to have Brandon Beane guiding the front office. The veteran general manager was promoted to president of football operations shortly after the choice was made to fireplace head coach Sean McDermott. A variety of familiar names – equivalent to current offensive coordinator Joe Brady, former OC Brian Daboll and ex-Josh Allen teammate Davis Webb – have been strongly linked to Buffalo because the seek for McDermott’s alternative unfolds.
The Bills went up against McDaniel’s Dolphins eight times within the regular season and once within the playoffs during his Miami stint. There’s in fact a high degree of familiarity already on this case in consequence, but it can be interesting to see what takes place following this interview. Buffalo has other meetings set for this weekend, so a small group of finalists should emerge relatively soon.
Buffalo owner Terry Pegula together with Beane and executives Brian Gaine and Terrance Gray are present for the upcoming set of interviews, Breer notes. He adds Allen will participate within the interviews as well, confirming Pegula’s comments on that matter from earlier this week. Per Dianna Russini of The Athletic, Allen may have a “significant say” within the Bills’ ultimate HC decision. Buffalo’s McDermott alternative might be the second head coach of the 2024 MVP’s NFL profession.
Via PFR’s HC Search Tracker, here is an updated take a look at where the Bills currently stand: