The Buffalo Bills are one of the top feel-good stories of the 2017 NFL season, surprising everyone with their hot start to get out to a 3-1 record that has them in first-place in the AFC East.

Linebacker Preston Brown appeared on NFL Network’s Good Morning Football and was asked a series of questions ranging from the differences in the scheme under McDermott compared to former coach Rex Ryan’s, to how Sean McDermott’s personality is rubbing off on the team.

While Brown didn’t get too in-depth when discussing the changes from Rex Ryan’s defense, mentioning that the new scheme is much simpler to digest, he did note that the team was playing a lot faster and players were enjoying themselves.

“We don’t like to compare it that much to last year, but we know it’s a lot simpler,” Brown said Wednesday. “You can see it, guys are having fun, with the 4-3 scheme, back to what we ran my rookie year. Guys are having fun and playing fast so we lose having coach McDermott and coach Frazier and all the assistant coaches with us.”

Brown was then jokingly asked about coach McDermot’s constant clapping on the sidelines – an image that’s already been turned into countless memes on social media.

“Coach McDermott’s great. He’s serious but he has fun. Sometimes in the team meeting room, he’ll tell a joke and we don’t know if we can laugh or not because he has that stern look on his face,” Brown said.

“But when he’s out there on the field he’s always clapping and stuff. You see him with his bent knees in a squat stance ready for us to come off the field no matter happens, I mean he’s always encouraging us to do better and it’s great to have a great motivational coach like that in Buffalo.”

After playing under the brash and outspoken Rex Ryan for the previous two seasons, it is clear that Buffalo found a coach that doesn’t get too high or too low and keeps the team level-headed on a week-to-week basis.

The Bills look to improve to 4-1 Sunday when they face the Cincinnati Bengals (1-3) at 1p.m. ET.

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