Bills Today | Dean Marlowe is pumped to be back in blue and red 

In addition to the Bills and the Panthers, the eight-year vet spent also spent time with the Detroit Lions and most recently the Atlanta Falcons before getting dealt to Buffalo. But the safety can’t be more excited to be reunited with his former defensive coordinator when he was in Carolina.

“McDermott’s been a part of my career forever,” Marlowe said. “The last year and a half he hasn’t been, so for me to come back, and him and Beane to believe in me to come here and help us win games, it’s the best thing.”

McDermott expressed his gratitude to have Marlowe and his family back in Buffalo, and the feelings were certainly reciprocated. Marlowe praised the foundation and culture that Beane and McDermott have built in Buffalo, which was in the process of growing when he was with the team back in 2017.

“Everyone has their own Mojo, what they want to do and things like that,” Marlowe said. “But for the most part, everybody respects the Buffalo Bills around the league. Whether team you’re on, they’re gonna say, ‘Hey, Buffalo is playing and that’s a real deal team.'”

And Marlowe’s respect for the Bills didn’t go away when he was with other NFL teams. He shared that he told Poyer during Thursday’s practice that if the Bills weren’t playing at the same time he was, he was “watching his boys ball out.”

“Every team that I was on, I told them I said ‘Hey, I’m going to the couch to go watch the Bills man, I’m watching the game tonight,'” Marlowe said. “Once you become a Bill, you’re always a Bill. They (Bills Mafia) respect you and show you love. And once you played here for a while, they embrace you as you embrace the city as well.”