Sean McDermott was making calls to rifle through potential draft picks—always an important piece of the process for the Bills coach, but even more so during a 2021 evaluation cycle still affected by the pandemic.
Some of those calls wind up being more memorable than others. And, as such, there was one name McDermott knew to jot down after going down a checklist of players with Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi.
“He had other players that were coming out that year as well—in particular on defense,” McDermott says. “The player for the Titans, [Rashad] Weaver, he made some big plays Saturday night. And so we were talking about him and talking about another D-lineman that was coming out, and then even potentially another DB. And Pat kept bringing up Damar [Hamlin]. And I mean, when a coach does that—and I have so much respect for Coach Narduzzi—he’s doing that for a reason.
