Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott has found himself in proverbial hot water after a four-year-old scandal was dragged out of the coach’s past. Rather than focusing on an imminent (likely one-sided) faceoff with the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs that could end a disappointing 6-6 Season for the Bills, the anecdotal comment came up again on Thursday in a long-form article from Go Long.
According to The Western Journal, the initial scandal broke per ESPN when during a 2019 training camp meeting, McDermott offhandedly praised the terrorists who enacted the devastating 9/11 Terrorist attacks on the United States that killed 2,996 people… for their teamwork.
Reportedly McDermott “[asked] players in the room questions about how the attacks were executed and [referenced] the hijackers getting on the same page.”
Some players confirmed the comment while others told the outlet they couldn’t recall it.
ESPN reported that McDermott explained the situation saying he had made the reference in the meeting for “awareness around a horrific event more than anything and a situation that I lost, as I mentioned, a family friend, really multiple family friends….
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