This past Sunday, Sean McDermott became just the fourth head coach in team history to lead the Bills to the playoffs in his first full season. He had a vision and a plan for turning the Bills into contenders. Results of that plan have come sooner than most expected. But if you know where and what Sean McDermott comes from, the results won’t be surprising in the least.
It’s 1988 and 14-year old Sean McDermott is spent. His shirt is soaked through with perspiration. His legs are throbbing as he has just wrapped up a 90-minute leg routine at Eskimos gym in Allentown, Pennsylvania.