It’s a phrase that dots the inner walls of the administration building at One Bills Drive. The words ‘Respect the Process’ are visible in a handful of hallways, the ones typically traveled by Buffalo’s players. It’s been a part of head coach Sean McDermott’s way of preparing his team for a good deal of what was seen as necessary and inevitable change. Much of that change has been realized in the last month and a half.
Just 22 players from last year's roster are still on Buffalo's roster heading into the 2017 campaign. And though every change has not been easy to make, endure or understand, McDermott and GM Brandon Beane do believe every single change made was necessary for the betterment of the team as a whole.