Post-Bills Sean McDermott Should Garner High Viewership in 2026

The Buffalo Bills still have Josh Allen, but they don’t have head coach Sean McDermott. It was a shocker when the franchise parted ways with McDermott after the 2025 season, and it got a mixed reaction.

What will the Bills look like in a post-McDermott era? It should make for interesting football.

In a feature for USA Today published on Friday, June 12, Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz lists every NFL team from most to least entertaining. Now, this is subjective, of course. He notes that “there’s no universal standard for football aesthetics.”

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“While transactions have mostly slowed to a trickle, the period before training camps doesn’t tend to lend a lot of insight into the state of teams,” he adds. “Prior to practices starting in a more formal summer setting, it can be difficult to make substantive assertions about the upcoming campaign. But summer is meant to be a time of fun, so let’s assess each franchise on how amusing each team might be in the fall.”

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He calls the Bills the No. 4 most entertaining team in the NFL.

“In firing Sean McDermott after falling just short of the AFC championship game, the Bills ramped up the already considerable pressure facing the franchise,” he says in the piece. “Yet with Joe Brady appointed as McDermott’s replacement, Josh Allen and Co. should be as captivating as ever.”

He adds: “And the 2024 NFL MVP might even be a bit more at ease thanks to the acquisition of DJ Moore, who can change the complexion of what was a severely undermanned and underperforming receiving corps.”

It’s true that people are curious about the upcoming season with the Bills and Brady’s approach as a head coach. But, one could also argue this team would be even more interesting to watch if they had landed a blockbuster coach from outside the franchise.

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This story was originally published June 13, 2026 at 11:02 AM.