As the 2025 league year approaches, Josh Allen’s Buffalo Bills aren’t just tweaking their playbook—they’re shaking up the sidelines. After clinching their fifth consecutive AFC East title and coming heartbreakingly close to the AFC Championship, Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane seem to be on a quest. A quest to make bold moves in their coaching roster. And it seems they’ve already made a bunch of changes to their staff.

Recently, they hired cornerbacks coach Mike Pellegrino, senior defensive assistant Ryan Nielsen, and special teams coordinator Chris Tabor. And the latest change? Oh no, there isn’t any more addition to their coaching staff. In fact, they’ve decided to fire their strength and conditioning coach Eric Ciano this week. WOW! That wasn’t actually on the Bills’ fans’ 2025 cards.

I mean, for starters, Ciano was named the NFL’s Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year back in 2020. Besides, the Bills were one of the healthier teams in the NFL last year. So, why’s the plot twist even though we haven’t got to the new league year yet? Well, according to the Bills’ reporter Sal Capaccio, “Bills were one of the healthier teams in the NFL last year. That said, I’m thinking about comments about Kincaid (play strength) and Coleman (not same after injury). Wonder if there’s any connection to this move.”

Translation: rookie wideout Keon Coleman injured his wrist in the week 9 game against the Dolphins when he was hit by the Dolphins’ safety, Jordan Poyer. After missing the game for several weeks, the GM Brandon Beane wasn’t too thrilled with how the WR bounced back from his wrist injury. Long story short: Coleman wasn’t the same after returning from the injury, especially following a solid start in his rookie season.

On the flip side, the Bills demanded a strong comeback from their tight end, Dalton Kincaid, after he suffered a knee injury in the week 10 game against the Colts. As a matter of fact, the Bills needed Kincaid’s strength to be able to handle a whole season’s workload. That said, the organization believes that Erin Ciano wasn’t the right man to do the job. The result? They parted ways with him.

But let’s be real—how can we ignore the elephant in the room? I mean, Ciano had been with the Bills since 2010. Meaning? Well, that means McDermott and Beane inherited him rather than hiring him themselves. Now, that alone could make him replaceable if the head coach and the general manager felt Ciano’s methods weren’t aligning with their vision of building a healthier team.

But one thing’s clear, the Bills’ fans aren’t taking this lightly.

Fans are calling out Josh Allen’s Bills for wrong decision

Alright, the Bills mafia isn’t thrilled after the organization axed Eric Ciano. And who can blame them? I mean, if you’re gonna fire a guy, there’s gonna be a pretty valid reason, right? But in this case? Well, you can say the fans are struggling to wrap their heads over this wrong decision. “Wow! Bills were pretty healthy down the stretch this season,” one of them pointed out.

And honestly, they aren’t wrong. If injuries were piling up left and right, this decision would’ve made sense. But does it make sense? Nope, it doesn’t seem so. Another fan chimed in and wrote, “The team is almost always healthy when it matters the last 4-5 years. Makes no sense.” The frustration seems real. The reason? Well, over the last five years, the team’s been dominating the AFC East—clinching five consecutive AFC East titles.

And then there’s the whole “scapegoat” theory. Because let’s be real—whenever a team shakes things up, someone’s gotta take the fall. And one fan didn’t shy away from pointing this out, commenting bluntly, “Gotta have scapegoats.” Now hold that thought! Because the worst is yet to come. Many of the fans feel that the Bills fired the wrong guy and one of them commented the same without even bothering to sugarcoat it, “They fired the wrong guy.”

At the end of the day, some injuries are just bad luck. And someone just argued it while commenting, “This feels stupid. Generally, a very healthy team, most big injuries felt like freak accidents.” Well, if that’s the case, what was Eric Ciano supposed to do differently?

Bottom line? After losing the AFC conference round, some tough calls were on the cards for Josh Allen’s team. But it is safe to say, firing Ciano came out of the syllabus.