Resilient Buffalo Bills tell HC Sean McDermott “We got your back, coach!”

The weeks building up to the Buffalo Bills’ Week 14 matchup at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium versus the Kansas City Chiefs had been difficult. The Bills experienced a barrage of noise from

outside the organisation this past week, centred on edge rusher Von Miller and head coach Sean McDermott, rather than just resting and relaxing on their Week 13 bye and then getting ready for the Chiefs.

The inquiry into Miller’s arrest for allegedly assaulting his pregnant girlfriend in a domestic violence incident is still ongoing; nonetheless, the findings of a thorough examination of Sean McDermott’s tenure were exposed. Additionally, they attempted to undermine a man who tries hard to stick close to the vest in both his personal life and when defending his football team by reaching a greater proportion of readers.

Speeches in those settings, in most locker room moments, are often private affairs. Locker rooms are supposed to be sacred spaces, unless NFL films or credentialed reporting outfits are invited in and given permission to share personally or publicly. But Dunne isn’t credentialed as a Bills reporter, so the sanctity of protocol did not apply.

As one might expect, there have been no shortage of opinions about the results of that long-form story. Interestingly, many who continue to have doubts about McDermott’s future employ with the team have taken exception with what they find to be a smear campaign on the part of the Go Long author. When a person is forced to re-visit comments made five years ago, to a room full of enough players who weren’t part of the organization, it’s bound to ruffle some outside feathers.