Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott spoke for the final time during the 2019 NFL season. With his team’s loss to the Houston Texans in the Wild Card, things will now turn to the 2020 year.
But before fully doing so, McDermott chatted with reporters to discuss all that was his team’s playoff ride in 2019.
Here are X takeaways from McDermott’s end of season press conference:
How important is Brian Daboll returning?
While the fan base might be split on the job status of Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, who interviewed for the Cleveland Browns’ head coaching vacancy, it appears his current team is not. McDermott like quarterback Josh Allen, want him back.
“I’m not going to talk about Brian with Cleveland… I’m going to talk about our football team and where we’re trying to go. At the end of the day, we all have to get better, and that starts with me. That goes right into the rest of my coaching staff and to our players. That continuity is important with Josh and our coaching staff but it’s also important in other areas of our team as well. We’ve got some thoughts on where we need to improve and certainty continuity is important, not just from coach to player, but from coach to coach and the list goes on. The more we’re around each other, the more continuity, and that’s where we talk about, as I said, keeping this team as in-tact as possible… that certainly helps you,” McDermott said.
While McDermott didn’t directly say “we want Daboll back,” he basically did.
From Up To The Minute Live: #Bama offensive coordinator Brian Daboll is on several candidates‘ lists for an OC job. A return could be coming. pic.twitter.com/fmptFdpuo8
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 10, 2018