Sean McDermott, hired by the Buffalo Bills in January, has never served as a head coach at any level before this year. Brandon Beane, hired by Buffalo on Tuesday as general manager, is relatively new to scouting football players.
Together, the two Carolina Panthers transplants now in charge of leading the Bills out of the NFL's longest active playoff drought (17 seasons) are about as green as it gets among the league's shot-callers. Only the San Francisco 49ers' brain trust, first-year coach Kyle Shanahan and first-year general manager John Lynch, bring less top-level experience to the table.