Week in Review: Sean McDermott sits down with Go Long
The Buffalo Bills head coach opens up through our hour-long conversation.
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“I bleed for that. I bleed for that win. And that’s real. What I want for people, for these fans, is for the true light to be shown on what this place really is.”
Sean McDermott leads his seventh Bills team into the postseason. Will this January be different? How has the head coach evolved over the last year?
Here’s our full Q&A:
‘I bleed for that win:’ Our 1 on 1 with Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott
ORCHARD PARK, NY — All playoff pain on your mind is on his mind. Sean McDermott doesn’t hide those losses deep into his subconscious. He cannot pretend like those games never happened. Bury “13 Seconds” and the rest of those defeats or use them? Before the question is even finished, he interjects — “no way” — and pops off a leather chair to grab something at his desk on the other side of his office.
How did a laughingstock of a franchise become a contender overnight? Jayden Daniels is the catalyst, of course. But the head coach was also a grand-slam hire. Dan Quinn’s unorthodox approach is paying off, from one “don’t talk football” edict to the team’s credo. Go Long chatted at length with four of his assistants. Much was gleaned.
Inside Dan Quinn's total transformation of the Washington Commanders
All should’ve fallen apart in late November. When these Washington Commanders crashed to reality with back-to-back-to-back defeats, players easily could’ve slid onto the injury report with phantom sprains to start plotting their Caribbean vacations.
A special something is building in D.C. Finally. Here's our conversation with Washington's defensive coordinator. Joe Whitt Jr. believes these 2024 Commanders could go on the same run his 2010 Packers did.
Q&A: Joe Whitt Jr. on the Power of 'DQ,' Frankie Luvu, why these Washington Commanders have 2010 Packers vibes
The Washington Commanders were an atrocity in 2023, finishing with a 4-13 record. Hope was scant. People were fired. The coaching search didn’t exactly start with a bang, either.
Fourteen teams have made the dance. Here's what to love and hate about all of their Super Bowl chances.
Your first look at the NFL playoffs: Who'll get to Super Bowl LIX?
What a day in the NFL. Parachute into New England or Jacksonville and you’d need a hazmat suit and/or a fire extinguisher upon entrance. Elsewhere, playoff preparations heat up. What happens on Saturday and Sunday matters 100x more than anything in the regular season.
Here’s your Wild Card Preview Pod with Jim Monos, a 2009 Super Bowl champ.
Wild Card Preview! Bo Watch, Sad Steelers, Jordan Love & bet BIG on the Minnesota Vikings
Wild Card Football is here. Maybe this weekend conjures memories of the Buffalo Bills’ 35-3 epic vs. the Houston Oilers. Or Jerry Rice’s fumble. Or Frank Wycheck’s home-run throwback. Or a Jeff Garcia rally vs. the Giants. Or Matt Hasselbeck’s overtime
The NFC North has been high drama all season long. We’ve covered all twists, all turns on the “Ty & Bob Pod.” What’s up with Jordan Love these last few weeks? Sam Darnold in Week 18? You won’t want to miss Bob McGinn’s analysis.
Ty & Bob Pod: Will the Green Bay Packers wake up from their winter slumber?
All season, we’ve been analyzing the NFC North with Bob McGinn right here on the “Ty & Bob Pod” at Go Long. The Detroit Lions took the throne in Game No. 272, but nobody’s quite ready to exhale.
The picks are IN. Here’s who we see winning this weekend.
Upsets on the horizon? Title darkhorses? Here are our wild card predictions...
“I know what everyone wants me to do and that’s to win a Super Bowl. And that is the most important thing for me.”