Bills' Sean McDermott Says Buffalo Will Win NFL Super Bowl amid 'Relentless Pursuit'

The Buffalo Bills have lost in the Divisional Round of the playoffs in each of the past three seasons and have yet to reach the Super Bowl in the Josh Allen and Sean McDermott era.

But the head coach believes the team's time is coming.

"It's not a matter of if. It's just a matter of when," he told The Athletic's Tim Graham in regards to winning a title. "That is the relentless pursuit."

In McDermott's seven seasons as head coach, the team has reached the playoffs six times, including a berth in the AFC Championship Game in the 2020 season. That team fell to Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs, who have now knocked the Bills out of the playoffs in three of the past four years.

Still, the Bills went from 17 straight seasons without a playoff appearance before McDermott to becoming a perennial contender that has won four straight AFC East titles. He's 73-41 during the regular season as a head coach.

But the team is in Allen's prime years and hasn't been able to win a title, while Mahomes and the Chiefs have claimed three. That's become cause for concern in Buffalo, with fans wondering if McDermott is the right man for the job.

"You can't listen," he told Graham. "I believe we're doing things the right way. You only fail if you quit, and I've never done that. I've never been about that. Whatever it is, you always figure it out. You always find a way to get there."

"The only thing left to do for us at this point is win an AFC championship and win a Super Bowl, which is pretty darn good," he continued. "There's not too many organizations that can say that over the last seven years. We've done everything else you can do, and that is what gets us out of bed in the morning."

But the NFL is an all-or-nothing business, and the Bills are at the point where anything less than a trip to the Super Bowl and a title will feel like a letdown. But McDermott feels like the team is close.

"Man, come on. I know that we're doing things right," he said. "I know we're right on the edge."