5 replacements for Rex Ryan with Buffalo Bills
By John Buhler
Like Schiano, Mike Shanahan has been out of the NFL since the 2013 season, but would make for a viable head coaching candidate in Buffalo. Shanahan last coached with the 2013 Washington Redskins and would be the rare head coaching candidate to get a third shot leading a franchise.
Shanahan is an elite offensive mind, especially in the running game. Shanahan’s son Kyle has become a strong offensive coordinator in the NFL over the last decade with several teams. One could think that Shanahan could join his dad in Western New York should he get the coaching gig.
The Shanahans know what they are doing in terms of offensive game planning and drafting players on that side of the ball. Buffalo hasn’t had an elite offensive mind since Jim Kelly was running the K-Gun offense under Marv Levy in the early 1990s.
Shanahan is 64 years old and may not want to be a head coach again. It would take the right situation to get him back into the NFL. Buffalo isn’t the best landing spot for him, but he could get the job if he really feels a calling for leading the Western New York NFL franchise.