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USAT: Bills Wire

Feb 13, 2022

Former Buffalo Bills offensive lineman Quinton Spain has found his way to Super Bowl 56 with the Cincinnati Bengals. - During his press conference prior to the game, he did not hold back on his former team and ex head coach, Sean McDermott. - Spain started all 16 games for Buffalo in 2019 and then landed a three-year extension. The ensuing year, he was cut by the team. - It was a bit of a surprise to see Spain both benched for two games and then him being released. He decided that talking about it prior to the biggest game of his life against the Los Angeles Rams was the right time to discuss it. - “The situation there was, me and (Sean) McDermott, we didn’t see eye to eye,” Spain said. “I feel like they was trying to mess up my career so I was a man and asked them, ‘can they release me so I can start over?’ At first, they didn’t want to do that, but at the end of the day they released me, so I’m happy they released me.” - Spain clearly has some strong feelings about his former team. He also did immediately following his departure. - The offensive lineman posted some cryptic messages afterward, even saying “only if they knew the real reason.” - Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane tried to ease tensions a little bit after. - “There’s no blame to go around,” Beane said. “Nothing happened, there’s no one thing that, ‘this happened and the dam broke.’” - But the GM also admitted: “I don’t think (being benched) sat well with him.” - Clearly not, since Spain gave his candid response from the Super Bowl. - In such comments, tone makes a difference. For those wondering, here’s what Spain said from the Super Bowl via Spectrum News: - - Here are full comments from Quinton Spain on how and why things ended with the #Bills. - "They brought in a guy they wanted to play. At the end of the day I'm saying why would you pay me that offseason and then bench me?" pic.twitter.com/xd4FKapZ4a - — Jon Scott (@JonScottTV) February 9, 2022 - - - - RelatedBuffalo Bills season ticket prices rise 11% for 2022Report: Buffalo Bills add Kyle Shurmur to coaching staffWATCH: Sabres' Kyle Okposo makes Bills overtime joke at press conference - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Bills Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Bills Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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