‘McDermott, a man of great faith said, “I’ve tried to open myself up to our players to be a listener, be listening and I think it’s important to educate myself. My faith plays a factor and the love we are to have for one another.”‘
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McDermott remains “proponent” of camp out of town
‘“I think there was a lot of question early on whether Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane were proponents of going away to training camp,” said McDermott in a rare third person reference of himself. “I think there was, for some reason, mixed messaging early. I don’t know how that happened. I’ve always been a proponent of going away.”’
Sean McDermott addresses the climate of the country and Bills offseason
‘On the topic of training camp, McDermott stressed that he’s always been a proponent of going away because it builds fellowship and comradery.’
Bills training camp to be held at One Bills Drive
‘Based on the medical assessment of current risk factors amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it was determined that the safest way to conduct training camps would be to do so at their own facilities. The panel of experts felt that setting up a second facility for training camp at a remote location presented unnecessary additional travel and exposure risk for players, coaches and staff.’
Sean McDermott listening and leading to help Bills navigate current racial injustices
‘”We discussed it as a team,” he said. “I know the Pegulas also put out a statement. Overall, I shared with the team that I was disappointed. I know that this hits directly at home for a lot of the guys on our football team. And when we talk about doing things the right way, I just feel strongly that right now as a country we need to unify. Obviously through this situation and other situations there’s a divide and I think that we as a country need to need to come together.”‘
Bills Today | What is Buffalo’s mindset in 2020?
‘”Games aren’t won on paper,” McDermott said. “I mean that’s truth. Games aren’t won on paper. That’s the mindset we’ve embraced since we showed up here. If games are won on paper, we would have probably won two or three games the first year. That’s probably what we were projected to win, a handful of games the next year and over a handful of games last year. I think that in it of itself is a great lesson for our football team. Like I said before, this is a sign of respect in terms of expectations. When expectations rise, it’s a sign of respect that people have for what we’ve done and how we do things. That said, we embrace it. It’s not going away. So we embrace it and we move forward. At the same time, staying the course and knowing that we’ve got to earn it.”‘