Two Bills Drive

‘I’d say McDermott has grown more comfortable in his dealings with the media. That’s to be expected. He has been around a lot of us who cover the team for eight years now, so I’d like to think there is a comfort level that he has established with us that naturally wasn’t there in his early years as coach. That’s not to say he’s immune to criticism. He’s taken some of that, including from me with how he handled the end of the game against the Rams most recently. Overall, though, he seems very comfortable in the job, and maybe that’s what you’re seeing in his news conferences. The next challenge, and it’s the biggest, is to achieve a level of success in the postseason, and that would mean a trip to the Super Bowl.’

‘The enduring love and passion of that crowd – dogged, raucous loyalty that’s now part of the international football persona of this city – helps explain why these championship Bills still live in greater Buffalo, six decades later.’

‘Mr. Halpern represented the Bills organization and individual players from the team’s earliest days until Bill Polian became general manager in 1986. As counsel and team vice president, he negotiated player contracts, the lease on what was then Rich Stadium and business arrangements with the National Football League.’