‘Try to keep it as normal as possible'

Here are some highlights from head coach Sean McDermott’s recent press conferences.

Q: How daunting is the task to prepare for a season and a training camp during this pandemic?

SM: There’s certainly some challenges out there. You know the protocol is the protocol however, we’ll see. One thing we have on our side at this point is some time, we’ve got some time on our side. I think the other thing is our approach at the Bills, and I’ll speak on just the Bills, our approach is that we’re going to do our best to find a way, to find a solution and to make sure we do things the right way. Certainly the protocols, there are a lot. That said, we do have time on our side and our team here is working long hours to try and make sure that we can meet all those protocols and still function at a high level once training camp begins.

Q: What are your thoughts on how everything went during this virtual offseason period?

SM: I think it’s been a reflection on, we’re capable of sometimes a lot more than what we think we’re capable of, right? It’s a great example of that and to sit here now, if you would have asked me would we have been able to get this done four or five months ago? To execute what we’ve been able to execute at the level that we’ve been able to execute it at. I would have said that’s going to be a very heavy lift and it has been. It’s been to me just incredible to watch our team come together from not just our players, but the staff and the support that we get from our IT department, everyone in our building has had to do things ... and so I think that’s been really cool to watch the human spirit at work, not only in our building but also in our community as well.