BUFFALO, N.Y. — As the Buffalo Bills Director of Football Operations, Brendan Rowe wears many hats.

“Kind of a jack of all trade type of position,” Rowe said.

But it’s a pin that Rowe wears on chest, that represents something close to his heart.

“My grandmother was from outside of Mexico City,” Rowe said.

A Mexican flag that for Rowe is more than just a pin.

“Unfortunately, my mother did pass away when I was 20 years old... so that kind of factors into why I enjoy wearing this in kind of her memory. Her and the Mexican heritage and the Hispanic side of things,” Rowe said.

Rowe is fully Irish on his father’s side, but his mom Mary and grandma Emilia made sure he also grew up with appreciation for his Latino side, living just an hour away from Mexico in the San Diego area.

“There we

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