Bills Legend Jim Kelly Points Out Alarming Signs: It Looks Like Sean McDermott Is Trying to Destroy the Bills Before Getting Fired

Orchard Park, New York – November 12, 2025 — Buffalo Bills legend Jim Kelly has sent shockwaves through the NFL after publicly accusing head coach Sean McDermott of “tearing the team apart from the inside before his inevitable firing.”

Appearing on NFL Network Tuesday morning, the Hall of Famer spoke with rare emotion, expressing deep frustration over what he described as “reckless and stubborn” coaching decisions — particularly those involving Josh Allen, who continues to play through visible pain and injury.

“You’ve got a quarterback who’s been hit harder than anyone in this league and keeps taking the field week after week,” Kelly said firmly. “At some point, that’s not toughness anymore — that’s negligence. You don’t prove leadership by breaking your own leader.”

Kelly criticized McDermott’s continued use of Allen in high-risk designed runs and extended scrambles despite ongoing shoulder and knee issues. During Sunday’s loss to the Miami Dolphins, Allen took several unnecessary hits late in the game, and cameras caught visible tension between the quarterback and the coaching staff.

“You don’t protect your quarterback, you don’t protect your team,” Kelly continued. “It feels like Sean’s trying to make a point instead of making progress. And in doing so, he’s breaking the one player who still gives this city hope.”

Then came Kelly’s most cutting remark — one that quickly went viral across Buffalo and the NFL community:
“If he doesn’t know how to bring the Bills back to what they used to be — tough, proud, and united — then let someone who truly bleeds Buffalo blue take that job.”

The Bills, now 6–3, have lost two of their last three games and are showing troubling signs of inconsistency on both sides of the ball. Injuries to key players such as Ed Oliver, Von Miller, and Stefon Diggs have only fueled concerns about the team’s leadership and direction.

Sources within the organization describe growing friction between McDermott and the medical staff, with several players privately questioning whether the head coach has lost the locker room.

If things don’t turn around soon, Jim Kelly’s warning may prove prophetic — and the Sean McDermott era in Buffalo, once defined by resilience and hope, could end not with triumph, but with frustration and heartbreak for Bills Mafia.