India, Jan. 19 -- The Buffalo Bills fired head coach Sean McDermott on Monday following yet another season that did not culminate in a Super Bowl appearance. However, the organization elevated Brandon Beane to the position of president of football operations.

"Sean has done an admiral job of leading our football team for the past 9 seasons," Bills owner Terry Pegula stated in a statement. "But I feel we are in need of a new structure within our leadership to give this organization the best opportunity to take our team to the next level. We owe that to our players and to Bills Mafia."

"Sean helped change the mindset of this organization and was instrumental in the Bills becoming a perennial playoff team," Pegula acknowledged in his state...