NFL fans left stunned as ‘nasty’ Bills owner goes nuclear with savage criticism of Keon Coleman and Sean McDermott
Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula went on the attack on Wednesday morning in a stunning press conference explaining his decision to fire Sean McDermott as head coach that only seems to have created more chaos.
In his most sensational revelation, Pegula blamed McDermott and his coaches for drafting the problematic wide receiver Keon Coleman with the 33rd pick of the 2024 NFL Draft – Coleman was benched in the 2025 campaign for bad timekeeping and told to ‘grow up’ by teammate Dion Dawkins.
The owner’s comments came as he defended the move to promote Brandon Beane from general manager to President of Football Operations on the same day McDermott was fired – a decision slammed by the Bills fanbase.
‘I’ll address the Keon situation,’ Pegula said, interrupting a question posed to Beane. ‘The coaching staff pushed to draft Keon. I’m not saying Brandon wouldn’t have drafted him but he wasn’t his next choice.
‘That was Brandon being a team player and taking the advice of his coaching staff who felt strongly about the player. He’s taken, for some reason, heat over it and not saying a word about it. I am here to tell you the true story.’
Coleman, 22, is still on the Bills roster and is midway through a four-year deal worth around $10million. And Pegula’s comments are all the more baffling as one of those members of the coaching staff who he criticized, Joe Brady, is being interviewed over becoming the new head coach. Brady was offensive coordinator under McDermott.
Brandon Beane fielded a question about not getting enough help at WR, including drafting Keon Coleman.
Terry Pegula: “Can I interrupt? … The coaching staff pushed to draft Keon. … That was Brandon being a team player.” pic.twitter.com/vAn3e1SpP2
— Henry McKenna (@henrycmckenna) January 21, 2026
Pegula also said that the decision to fire McDermott was based solely on the 33-30 overtime defeat to Denver Broncos last Saturday, rather than his overall body of work as head coach.
‘I know we can do better and I know we will get better,’ Pegula said. ‘My decision to bring in a new coach was based on the results of our game in Denver.’
It also emerged that quarterback Josh Allen, who left the Broncos game in tears at the loss, may need surgery on his foot but if he does, he should be fine for OTAs later in the year.
Pegula added that he did not discuss his decision to fire McDermott with Allen.
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