When a new head coach arrives, a team will often look to change the culture of the building into which that coach enters. For the Buffalo Bills and head coach Sean McDermott, that involved bringing in players that fit the mold of their head coach. Sometimes, coaches bring along lots of their former players, and the Bills have been mocked, both seriously and jokingly, for becoming the Carolina Panthers north.
Sometimes, though, that coach is able to sign a free agent who helps to change the entire culture of the team. In McDermott’s case, he was able to sign two right at the opening of his first free agent period as a head coach.