The Buffalo Bills are 6-3 after their first 9 games of the 2025 NFL season, but their issues are becoming more regularly apparent. Even with the reigning league MVP at the quarterback position, the offense has been limited this season, never more so than in their woeful performance against the Miami Dolphins last week.
Brian Daboll & The Bills Have Successful History Together
But there may be a way to fix things even after the passing of the trade deadline, and it involves bringing in someone who was a part of their coaching staff in the past.
Brian Daboll was fired from his job as the head coach of the New York Giants on Monday. He entered his fourth season with the team already on the hot seat, and he was finally relieved of his duties after he led New York to a 2-8 record to start the year. After a playoff appearance in his first season at the helm, Daboll failed to win more than 6 games in any of the subsequent campaigns, and finishes his tenure with an overall record of 20-40-1.
Giants part ways with head coach Brian Daboll. pic.twitter.com/viFYN7A4Kt
— NFL (@NFL) November 10, 2025
And while his stint with the Giants is considered an abject failure, Brian Daboll has had success in his career in other positions.
His best work came with Josh Allen and the Bills. From 2018 until 2021, Daboll was the offensive coordinator in Buffalo, and he was a catalyst in the development of the future MVP. Things started slowly, as the Bills finished 30th and 23rd in points scored in his first two seasons, but were in the top-three in the final two.
Under Daboll’s tutelage, Allen transformed from a project prospect into a perennial MVP candidate.
Would Buffalo Make A Mid-Season Change In 2025?
The two certainly have a positive history and genuine chemistry, which could be attractive to the Bills at the current moment. Their sitting offensive coordinator is Joe Brady, whose luster has faded after being considered a potential head coaching commodity in recent years. While Buffalo’s offense has always finished in the top-6 under his watch, much of the credit goes simply to the quarterback, and there have been fans calling for Brady’s job in recent months and years.
The #Bills are expected to have interest in bringing former #Giants HC Brian Daboll back on their staff, per sources
Daboll was the teams Offensive Coordinator from 2018-2021 pic.twitter.com/reRzUUy0vC
— JLV Football (@JLVFootball) November 10, 2025
Could Buffalo look in Daboll’s direction and potentially make a change mid-season? It doesn’t appear likely, at least according to their current head coach. When asked about Daboll’s potential availability on Monday, Sean McDermott revealed that the team is not exploring that option at the moment, and said that he has full confidence in Brady to do his job and right the ship.
As some have pointed out, though, McDemott made similar remarks in 2023 about then-OC Ken Dorsey, who was fired two weeks later.
