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The Buffalo Bills continue their head coach search after moving on from Sean McDermott following yet another heartbreaking one-score loss in the playoffs. And while many have pushed back against the move, others believe it was long overdue.
One of those people is Tyler Dunne of Go Long, who revealed on The Jim Rome Show that the relationship between McDermott and quarterback Josh Allen wasn't great.
"Not necessarily toxic," Dunne said. "It's not like Josh Allen and Sean McDermott were in the weight room wrestling and getting each other pinned down. It wasn't that bad. But the relationship wasn't that great, either. I've talked to players, coaches, people around this dynamic, and it's something that hasn't been talked about, written about a lot, but I've heard it kind of brewing for a while."
Dunne added that after the infamous 13 seconds game loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, McDermott took no accountability.
"Sean McDermott took no accountability for [the 13 seconds game loss]," Dunne said. "He overruled his special teams coordinator Heath Farwell, who wanted a squib. Sean goes, 'Touchback.' Takes over Leslie Frazier's play-calling. You got your DBs lining up in another zip code and you lose that game. He basically points the finger at all of the assistant coaches and says, 'You guys need to figure out what happened here."
Dunne continues by saying that owner Terry Pegula and general manager Brandon Beane saw that the team needed to flow through Josh Allen - something that McDermott disagreed with.
"I feel like when the calculus changed and Terry Pegula the owner, Brandon Beane the GM, scouts, coaches, players all kind of realized that the operation should flow through Josh Allen. Like, this is the center of your universe - Sean McDermott did not get on board with that. He believed the team kind of runs through him [and] his culture.
Now with McDermott gone, the Bills need to hit a home run with their next head coach, and that coach will need to bring immediate success.
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