Bills’ Wild Coaching Search: Philip Rivers a Betting Favourite
Posted on: January 25, 2026, 11:43h.
Last updated on: January 25, 2026, 11:45h.
- Bills’ coaching search gets interesting as Philip Rivers jumps into conversation
- FanDuel Canada offers Bills’ coaching market
- Brian Daboll seeing most of the betting action, followed by Joe Brady
FanDuel Canada has a market out on who the next Buffalo Bills’ coach is going to be, and Philip Rivers just made it all very interesting.
After the Bills fired Sean McDermott last Monday, stories started dropping on who his replacement might be, with candidates like Brian Daboll, Joe Brady, and Jesse Minter on that list.
Daboll has had the shortest odds, soon after the McDermott news broke. Then Friday news broke that the Hall of Fame candidate Rivers, who had come out of retirement in December to quarterback the Indianapolis Colts for three games after Daniel Jones went down with an Achilles injury, was interviewing for the Bills’ job.
Daboll Betting Favourite for Bills’ Coach
Bills’ QB Josh Allen, who’s being consulted by team management as the coaching search plays out, was said to be excited at the prospect of bringing in Rivers.
“I do think, as humbly as I can say it, that I could coach at this level,” said Rivers in December. “I know enough about the game and about the guys, and from a leadership standpoint, camaraderie, all that comes with it. But again, that’s not something that I’m sitting here pursuing.”
Rivers is 44, and played 18 seasons in the NFL, 16 of those with the Chargers. At FanDuel Canada, Daboll is at -125, then Rivers jumps right in at No. 2, at +210, followed by Klint Kubiak at +500, Brady +650, Davis Webb +750, Mike La Fleur at +850 and Anthony Lynn at +900.
Brady No. 2 in Betting Action
Bill Belichick is on there, at +1100. So is Mike Tomlin, at +2700.
A spokesperson from FanDuel Canada told Casino.org: “Opening odds and early betting action showed Canadian-born Brian Daboll as the favorite and this continues as nearly 25% of bets have been placed on him to take on the head coach role. A close second is Joe Brady with over 15% of bets.”
Daboll was also interviewed by the Las Vegas Raiders for the head coaching job there. Yahoo also reported that two other offensive-minded coaches (Daboll was the Bills’ offensive coordinator, where he was then hired by the New York Giants as head coach, then fired this past fall) are under consideration for the Raiders: Webb, a quarterbacks coach with the Denver Broncos, and Kubiak, who is offensive coordinator with the Seattle Seahawks.
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