Bills' Sean McDermott might be forced into making a big decision after latest coaching news
As NFL teams keep filling the voids in their coaching staffs entering the 2024 offseason, the Buffalo Bills might be forced into making a big decision themselves that would take some responsibility off of Sean McDermott's plate. On Saturday morning, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported the Chicago Bears were signing Bills defensive line coach Eric […]
As NFL teams keep filling the voids in their coaching staffs entering the 2024 offseason, the Buffalo Bills might be forced into making a big decision themselves that would take some responsibility off of Sean McDermott's plate.
On Saturday morning, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported the Chicago Bears were signing Bills defensive line coach Eric Washington for their defensive coordinator vacancy.
The thing is Washington was also an "assistant head coach" in Buffalo and therefore a second-in-command for McDermott, who was the de-facto defensive coordinator following Leslie Frazier's departure last year.
With Washington out of the picture, the Bills' coaching staff might not be done taking hits just yet. Linebackers coach Bobby Babich is quickly rising as one of the top defensive coordinator candidates, having scheduled interviews with three NFL teams.
The Miami Dolphins, New York Giants, and Green Bay Packers have all shown interest in the Bills LB coach who's quickly risen within McDermott's staff developing guys like Tyrel Dodson and Terrel Bernard as well as working with Matt Milano.
Babich has been a fast riser in Buffalo since he joined the Bills in 2017 as an assistant defensive backs coach and moved on to coaching safeties in 2018 before being promoted to linebackers coach in 2022. He's a high-energy guy with a love for football and film, which he details in the clip below.
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In order to keep Babich, the Bills might be forced to name him defensive coordinator. One could argue Washington's departure facilitates that as McDermott no longer has a clear-cut second-in-command on the defensive side of the ball.
Losing Babich and Washington in the same year would be a tough blow for the coaching staff and if the former does leave, the Bills can't let the reason be that McDermott didn't surrender the DC title.
Babich has done a great job grooming the Bills' linebackers and deserves a shot at coaching the entire unit after also gaining experience with the secondary earlier in his career.
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