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Jan 13, 2017; Orchard Park, NY, USA; Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott (left) speaks during a press conference as general manager Doug Whaley looks on at AdPro Sports Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Hoffman-USA TODAY Sports +

It was a wild few months of speculation leading up to the start of free agency, but there seems to be no dysfunction in the Buffalo Bills’ organization.

Following the end of the 2016 season, everyone knew major changes would be made to the Buffalo Bills‘ coaching staff and roster.

The Bills received a lot of criticism for their handling of the Rex Ryan situation and the way they treated interim head coach Anthony Lynn. Reports began to surface of dysfunction in the organization, but that was just mere speculation to owner Terry Pegula.

A couple of months into the offseason, I think the Buffalo Bills have completely dismissed any thoughts of dysfunction at One Bills Drive. They’ve already made plenty of announcements, which we will get to soon, and they’ve all been in the best interest of the team.

Let’s start with the coaching staff, which I think the Pegulas and Doug Whaley did a fantastic job with.

The first announcement came on January 11th when the Buffalo Bills welcomed Sean McDermott into town. After spending the past six seasons as the Carolina Panthers’ defensive coordinator, this will be McDermott’s first head coaching position.

The McDermott hire was received well by fans, the players and the league as a whole. He gives the Bills exactly what they need, a young coach looking for an opportunity to show he’s more than a defensive coordinator. His attention to detail is something you want in a guy that is being called in to change the culture surrounding a struggling team.

The Buffalo Bills released this statement following the hire:

“We believe we have hired a smart, determined and hard-working head coach who has been training for many years to achieve this goal,” Bills co-owner Terry Pegula said in a statement. “Sean is an ambitious leader who has the desire to lead this organization to compete for and ultimately win a Super Bowl. We look forward to working with Sean for many years to come.”

Hiring McDermott couldn’t have gone any better, too. Since then, the entire coaching staff has been replaced — with the exception of special teams coordinator Danny Crossman. Sean McDermott and the Buffalo Bills were smart in bringing veteran, experienced coaches at the top, while adding some young coaches near the bottom — in case promotions are needed in the future, they can look to these guys.

In the end, the team wound up with Leslie Frazier as their defensive coordinator, Rick Dennison as their offensive coordinator, Juan Castillo coordinating the run game and coaching the offensive line, Bob Babich with the linebackers, David Culley with the quarterbacks, Phil McGeoghan with the wide receivers and many more.

For a full list of the new coaching staff, click here.

With a new coaching staff in place that the front office has complete faith in, we should start to see a change of culture immediately. In fact, we already have.

One move Sean McDermott recently made was getting rid of the pool table and video games in the team locker room. He explained the move by saying this is a business and winning needs to be earned. He thought fooling around in the locker room wasn’t a good way to stay focused and earn that right to win.

He did note that the famous ping-pong table will remain in the facility.

It was nice to see a head coach say all the right things when hired, but it’s even better seeing him live up to those words. With what he did with the coaching staff and the small actions he has taken to fix the image of this team, Buffalo Bills‘ fans are left with a breath of fresh air.

Recently, McDermott and Whaley began another tough task — fixing the roster. There was a lot of speculation that the Bills would consider “tanking” next season, but if the beginning to free agency has taught us anything, it’s that this team is looking to win now.

Let’s take a closer look at the moves the team has made so far and what fans should expect from the new talent coming in.