It is really McDermott that needs to get full credit for breaking the drought. He brought a culture change to this organization and made this team believe in themselves. They went through a crappy 3-game losing streak including a QB benching; but he swallowed his ego and brought the QB back and then went on a 4-2 run to close out the season. He did not put the team in disarray or second-guess themselves at any time. Even when we lost that game to Carolina with a finger-tip miss at the end of the game, he gave full credit to his team for staying there till the final whistle and to learn from the experience of losing a close game. I think that made the players feel responsible and accountable for their actions. As I wrote in another thread, the most important concept that he drilled into his team is what Pegula mentioned in his post-game Press Conference: "Sean does NOT ask a player to do something that he himself cannot do". There were NO ANTICS in that locker room.