Sean McDermott needs to take a hard look at his defense and make some structural changes for next season, writes Mark Gaughan.
Sean McDermott led the Buffalo Bills to the AFC Championship Game. However, they fell to a familiar foe as they lost to the Kansas City Chiefs by a final score of 32-29.
There have been calls for the Buffalo Bills head coach's job because he hasn't been able to get over the hump in the playoffs and reach a Super Bowl. McDermott has guided the franchise to five straight AFC East titles. McDermott is 5-1 against Kansas City in the regular season but 0-4 in the playoffs.
Forget the conspiracies. The head coach with the fourth-most wins in NFL history continues to own one of his pupils come playoff time.
One of the biggest plays of the AFC Championship game also ended up being one of the most controversial plays of the game, and it happened early in the fourth quarter of Kansas City's 32-29 win over the Buffalo Bills.
Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott did not hold back when discussing the officiating in the AFC Championship game against the Chiefs.
Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott had plenty to be upbeat about looking toward the future despite entering the offseason once again short of reaching the Super Bowl.
Quick-hitting items from Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott’s 60-minute wrap-up news conference Thursday in Orchard Park: 1. On staying positive that the Bills will eventually get it done.
It's been less than a week since the Buffalo Bills lost the AFC Championship Game to the Kansas City Chiefs and the team is still understandably sore over how it played out. The game was slightly marred by some controversial calls that largely benefitted the Chiefs.
The Buffalo Bills are saying all the right things when reflecting on their recent loss in the AFC Championship Game, refusing to blame the referees for an unfair advantage. There is a narrative floating out in the ether that the NFL has been “scripting” games for the Kansas City Chiefs as they look to capture the first “three-peat” in league history.
Difficult as it was for Sean McDermott to wrap up yet another Bills’ season ending short of a Super Bowl berth, there was nothing on Thursday dissuading Buffalo’s coach from believing more opportunities lay ahead.