Brian Daboll Is the 'Answer' for Bills at Head Coach, Says Colin Cowherd

The Buffalo Bills have moved on from head coach Sean McDermott after nine seasons, and Colin Cowherd wants them to bring back a name from their past — New York Giants head coach and ex-Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll.

"Brian Daboll won a playoff game with Daniel Jones and is a former offensive coordinator who helped take Josh Allen to the next level," Cowherd said on Monday's "The Herd." "Sean McDermott [has] got eight playoff wins. You can do a lot worse than Sean McDermott, but for Buffalo, it's different. Josh Allen changes the calculus. The standard changes when you get a [John] Elway and Peyton Manning. You've got to have a [Bill] Belichick, [Bill] Walsh, Andy Reid or Jimmy Johnson.

"I don't know if Brian Daboll is that, but John Harbaugh is off the market. Jim Harbaugh is off the market. Sean Payton is taken [and] so is Mike Vrabel. To me, Brian Daboll — who's been in that room, worked with Josh and is an offensive coordinator who has worked every ounce out of his star quarterback — is the answer."

Daboll was fired as Giants' head coach in the midst of his fourth season in November 2025, posting a 20-40-1 record in his tenure with the organization. However, as Cowherd mentioned, Daboll does have some past success. He led the Giants to a surprise turnaround in his first season with the organization, going 9-7-1 as they were able to reach the divisional round in 2022. Jones also went from being viewed as a bust to a viable starting quarterback under Daboll's watch. After the team let Jones go in 2024, Daboll helped develop Jaxson Dart into becoming one of the league's top dual-threat quarterbacks as a rookie in 2025. 

Prior to that, Daboll's claim to fame was helping turn Allen into arguably the most