The Bills' head coach thinks authentic discussions among teammates and coaches become harder when everything is being recorded for television.

Despite the Bills habitually winning AFC East titles and contending for conference championships, Buffalo was chosen for "Hard Knocks" after the NFL changed its selection criteria for the show, dropping a clause that any team to have made the playoffs once in the last two years could opt out from selection.

I know it has most recently," said Bills' head coach Sean McDermott at OTAs in Orchard Park. As a result, the Bills will host Hard Knocks for the first time in the series's history, which began with the 2001 Baltimore Ravens.