INDIANAPOLIS — When the Buffalo Bills embarked on their latest rebuilding effort under Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane, they knew it could get ugly at times. The focus wasn’t on the win-loss record in 2018, but it doesn’t make a loss like the 37-5 pounding the Colts handed the Bills any easier for players or the organization to swallow.



McDermott said he wants this loss — and every loss — to sting. He wants it to hurt. He doesn’t want losing to become a common feeling for his players.



“It’s got to hurt,” McDermott said. “The minute losing gets easy and easy to take is not what I’m looking for. It’s got to hurt. Losing has to matter.”



The problem isn’t just the losses. Even the most optimistic of Bills fans expected quite a few losses from a team with a rookie quarterback and few established players on offense. But getting your doors blown in by a 1-5 team the way the Bills...