Dear Coach McDermott,
Thank you.
Thank you for taking over a franchise that was broken long before you arrived — and refusing to let it stay that way. Thank you for walking into Buffalo when hope felt fragile, when the playoff drought felt permanent, and when being a Bills fan meant bracing for disappointment.
You didn’t just win games. You restored pride.
You broke the drought before Josh Allen ever became Josh Allen. You taught this team how to work, how to believe, how to carry itself. You built a culture that mattered — one rooted in accountability, humility, and toughness. For the first time in a long time, the Buffalo Bills felt stable. They felt respected. They felt like a real organization again.
You were a leader of men. Players trusted you. Fans trusted you. Families trusted you with something that mattered deeply to them. You felt like more than a coach — you felt like family. Like the uncle who shows up every year, does things the right way, and gives everything he has even when it’s not easy.
We know football is a results business. We know the standard changes when you find a quarterback like Josh Allen. But that doesn’t erase what you gave, or how hard this is to accept. It doesn’t erase the 98 wins, the playoff nights, the belief, or the sense that for once… the Bills were safe in good hands.
This ending hurts because it mattered.
Because you mattered.
No matter what comes next — for you or for this team — know this: Buffalo won’t forget what you did here. You helped heal something. You gave us years we’ll never take for granted.
Thank you for the stability.
Thank you for the dignity.
Thank you for the culture.
Once a Bill, always a Bill.
With gratitude and respect,
#BillsMafia
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The @BuffaloBills got straight HOSED by the @NFLOfficiating!!!
I swear I feel so bad for the Bills organization for what they’ve had to endure over the years but to have the refs to make that decision is not only unbelievable but unacceptable. These refs may need to be investigated. #realtalk
It’s not Sean McDermott’s fault that he had to play LB Baylon Spector and CB Dane Jackson in the biggest game of the year.
McDermott didn’t hand out bad contracts and screw up the #Bills cap situation.
McDermott didn’t give Curtis Samuel, Joshua Palmer and Elijah Moore almost $70 million in total value.
McDermott didn’t go on WGR and puff out his chest saying that “bitching about wide receiver is one of the dumbest arguments” that he’s ever heard.
McDermott didn’t fail to add a WR at the trade deadline.
McDermott didn’t fail to add a legitimate pass rusher to this team after pouring asset into asset into this DL, year after year.
McDermott wasn’t the main one responsible for all of the missed draft picks over the years.
Sean McDermott had his shortcomings, no doubt. But I saw a lot of growth from him this year and thought he did more with less.
GM Brandon Beane should’ve been the one to go, if the Bills really wanted to make a change.
#BillsMafia
"FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RULED A CATCH"
– @EmmanuelAcho weighs in on the controversial interception ruling in the Bills' loss to the Broncos
WE ARE LIVE RIGHT NOW DISCUSSING JOSH ALLEN ➡️ https://t.co/f4H3dQB55c
Total Team Victory tonight over Springville-Griffith, 54-50. We get ECIC play started with a W!
Liam Shaver, 15 pts
Eli Peresan, 13 pts
Brody Peresan, 12 pts
#AldenBasketball#BulldogBasketball
If this makes Shadeur Sanders feel better:
I was always one of the last boys picked in gym class, yet I grew up to be a fairly well known personality in the nation’s 54th largest TV market.
#blessed