"The New England Patriots are heading to the AFC Championship Game after outclassing the Houston Texans and the NFL's No. 1 defense, 28-16, in Sunday's divisional-round playoff game. The Patriots now have a chance to do the funniest thing - reach a Super Bowl in the post-Tom Brady era before Josh Allen and the rival Buffalo Bills, who had won the division five straight years prior to the Patriots' 2025 reemergence."
"Those optics aren't lost on owner Terry Pegula and the Bills, who after watching Mike Vrabel's team advance on Sunday night, made the bombshell decision to fire Sean McDermott on Monday morning. The Bills now become one of seven teams across the NFL currently searching for a head coach, with Vrabel - still in Year 1 with the Patriots - now technically the longest-tenured coach in the AFC East;"
"Monday's news made waking up even sweeter for Patriots fans, who were already on cloud nine with former draft bust Jarrett Stidham and the Denver Broncos on deck for a trip to Super Bowl LX. The Bills have been a talented team with a brilliant QB for a while now, but they've been laughably poor when it comes to situational football, and Pegula's new "front office structure" in the wake of McDermott's firing has Buffalo feeling like the Patriots' little brother all over again."
New England defeated the Houston Texans 28-16 to advance to the AFC Championship Game and could reach a Super Bowl before Buffalo and Josh Allen. Buffalo owner Terry Pegula fired Sean McDermott the morning after the Patriots' win, making the Bills one of seven NFL teams searching for a head coach. Mike Vrabel, in Year 1 with the Patriots, became the AFC East's longest-tenured coach amid recent hirings. The New York Jets hired Aaron Glenn; the Dolphins and Bills have active job postings. Buffalo promoted Brandon Beane despite McDermott's seven-season streak of 10-plus wins and ongoing situational-football concerns.
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