BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Six years ago, general manager Sean McDermott and coach Brandon Beane were paired to rebuild the Buffalo Bills, a team that was largely stuck in the bottom half of the division with only two winning seasons since 2000.
The Bills had the sixth-worst winning percentage from 2000 to 2016 (41.2%), but in McDermott and Beane’s first season the team went 9-7 and surprisingly made the postseason. Three more winning seasons in the next four followed, including two straight division titles. The foundation was set, however, during that 2017 season with new additions, including the likes of signing free agent safeties Jordan Poyer and Micah Hyde and drafting rookie cornerback Tre’Davious White in the first round.