Bills coach Sean McDermott, who grew up in Chester and Montgomery counties, is drawing praise for the vulnerability, poise and compassion he displayed while keeping his team together.
The 24-year-old Bills safety had been showing signs of accelerated improvement in the days leading up to his release.Jimmye Laycock's first thought during those initial chilling moments went to Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills safety who collapsed on the field in Cincinnati last week.& Mary coach's second thought, upon seeing teary-eyed players' reactions, then turned to Sean McDermott, the Bills coach and his former player.
"He showed that compassion, but he still showed that he was in charge," Laycock said. "And I think that's the thing: Some people will just give in, and he won't give in to it." "That's why I wanted to keep him around as a coach," Laycock said, laughing at how McDermott's tenure as his assistant lasted only one year before he was hired by his hometown Eagles in 1999. "I am just so proud of him as a coach, and I'm more proud of him as a person."
Upon returning home to Buffalo, McDermott spent much of the first two days splitting his focus between Hamlin and his team's mental health, with little regard to having to play New England the following weekend. He did so while, as NFL vice president Troy Vincent said, McDermott battled his own emotions.
McDermott didn't flinch when asked about the importance of mental health, saying seeking counsel "is not a sign of weakness, if anything that's a sign of strength."
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