Philip Rivers under 'serious consideration' to be next Bills head coach, NFL insider says

The Buffalo Bills bringing successful Philip Rivers for a caput coaching interrogation turned immoderate heads, but possibly it was simply to cheque each their boxes arsenic they hunt for Sean McDermott's replacement. 

Not truthful fast, dadgummit. 

Rivers, 44, shocked everyone erstwhile helium returned to the Indianapolis Colts to commencement 3 games pursuing backmost injuries with his aged squad. Now, he’s reportedly nether superior information for the caput manager station successful occidental New York.

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Indianapolis Colts backmost Philip Rivers jogs disconnected the tract pursuing an NFL shot crippled against the Jacksonville Jaguars Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, successful Indianapolis. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

"One of the biggest stories of the twelvemonth was Philip Rivers coming backmost to the field, unbelievable, and really it is not done yet," NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport said connected "NFL Gameday Morning."

"Philip Rivers interviewed successful the past respective days for the Buffalo Bills caput coaching job, successful person. That is real, this really happened, and my knowing is this is nether superior consideration."

The Bills announced connected Friday they interviewed Rivers for their vacancy, and helium has been coaching astatine the precocious schoolhouse level since his retirement.

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Rivers served arsenic the caput shot manager astatine St. Michael Catholic High School successful Fairhope, Alabama from 2021-24 aft a 17-year vocation with the Chargers organization.

Rapoport added that Rivers "crushed" the interrogation with the Bills, making him idiosyncratic to ticker successful this process.

"I cognize helium has been conscionable a high-school coach, but he’s fundamentally been a caput manager and fundamentally a play-caller connected each squad he’s been successful implicit the past decennary oregon so," Rapoport explained. "Philip Rivers has a beardown transportation astir the league of seasoned coaches, guys similar [former Colts and Carolina Panthers coach] Frank Reich would beryllium one, guys similar [San Francisco 49ers assistant] Gus Bradley another. He could propulsion an awesome staff. This is surely 1 to support an oculus on."

Indianapolis Colts backmost Philip Rivers (17) connected the sideline during the crippled against the Houston Texans astatine NRG Stadium connected Dec. 6, 2020. (Troy Taormina/USA TODAY Sports)

Buffalo continues to look astatine different candidates arsenic well, including Jacksonville Jaguars violative coordinator Grant Udinski, who they met with connected Sunday. Another apical campaigner is ex-New York Giants caput manager Brian Daboll, who spent years with the Bills nether McDermott, moving intimately with MVP backmost Josh Allen to make him into 1 of the champion successful the game.

Rivers’ instrumentality to the NFL was amusive to ticker contempt going 0-3. He replaced Daniel Jones, who suffered a torn Achilles, playing successful his archetypal games since the 2020 campaign. He threw for 4 touchdowns and 3 interceptions implicit his 3 starts.

Rivers remained with the Colts successful Week 18, wherever caput manager Shane Steichen fto rookie Riley Leonard get his reps fixed the team’s elimination from playoff contention.

While the Bills proceed their search, ESPN reported that McDermott could beryllium taking a twelvemonth disconnected coaching.

Philip Rivers of the Indianapolis Colts warms up anterior to the crippled against the Seattle Seahawks astatine Lumen Field connected Dec. 14, 2025 successful Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

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McDermott went 98-50 implicit his 9 years starring the Bills, which is the second-most wins by an NFL squad since helium began coaching Buffalo successful 2017.

The Bills made the postseason 8 times successful that span, but McDermott was incapable to pb them to the Super Bowl contempt 2 AFC Championship appearances. Buffalo mislaid some of those games to the Kansas City Chiefs, including the 2024 season.

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