Tuesday morning, head coach Sean McDermott said he had a “similar” reaction to Beane when reading and hearing those comments, and was asked to give his own thoughts on the situation.
“Perception and reality are not always the same,” McDermott told reporters as part of the Head Coach’s Breakfast here at the annual league meetings. “Spend a day, spend a week in Buffalo, get around the people, get around the city, get around the energy in our city. People that say that, in my opinion, haven't spent that time. And really, maybe don't want to spend that time. To me, that's on them.
“In the time I’ve been in Buffalo and my family’d been in Buffalo, I didn’t realize how important it was when I was going through the interview process with the different teams to become a head coach. I am very grateful to have ended up in Buffalo with the Bills, because of the fit, because of the people, and because of the tradition. So, what more could you ask for from a city that football, to me, is important to the city of Buffalo. That’s not the case in every city. People want to pump palm trees and this and that, and weather and this and that, come to Buffalo where football is important to the people.”
