Browns’ prior interest in hiring Sean McDermott changes everything

Fired Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott | Diamond Images/GettyImagesThe NFL’s 2026 head coaching carousel has officially gone bonkers, with John Harbaugh, Mike Tomlin, and now Sean McDermott all either changing teams, or taking a year off. That’s a combined 46 years of head coaching experience hitting the market this year — and that only accounts for 30 percent of the total openings league-wide.

For the Cleveland Browns, who have been taking a methodical approach to their search and should continue doing so with interviews expected to continue past the conference championship games this coming weekend, things just got complicated. Buffalo’s decision to fire McDermott after nine seasons…