How Good is Joe Brady?

[frostbitmic]

18 hours ago, Low Positive said:

All offenses stall sometimes. The 2013 Denver Broncos were the highest scoring offense in NFL history. They still punted 65 times. 

Sure, anything can stop a drive, a holding call or another penalty etc ... But when I see three straight drives go for a grand total of negative 1 yard and in those three drives James Cook's number wasn't called at all, I start yelling at Brady to wake up from my living room. That was last weeks 2nd Q.

 

 Against the better Offenses we face (Ravens, Chiefs etc...) I  believe they need to score every time they get the ball as part of "complimentary football", which is a we score they score type deal.

[GASabresIUFan]

9 hours ago, frostbitmic said:

But when I see three straight drives go for a grand total of negative 1 yard and in those three drives James Cook's number wasn't called at all, I start yelling at Brady to wake up from my living room. That was last weeks 2nd Q.

 

 I understand the frustration, but there is more at stake then a couple of drives.  The Bills need to spread the workload.  No matter how good Cookie is, the more pounding he takes early in the year the more likely he'll be slowed by injuries later in the year when we need him most.  

 

We need to get Davis and Johnson more involved.  If they can't do the job, then we need to give Gore a look.  Cook and Josh can't carry all the load.  It's really that simple.

 

Against a mediocre team like NO, that is a perfect opportunity to try to get Davis and Johnson more involved.  I do agree with you that the play calling in those 3 drives was suspect, but that doesn't change the objective, or the overall quality of work done by Brady as our OC.  

Edited 5 hours ago by GASabresIUFan

[SoTier]

I don't care how good Joe Brady is in the abstract.  He has been and is a good OC for the Bills.  He's made some mistakes, but everybody makes mistakes.

 

I like his offensive philosophy.  I like that his offense takes a lot of pressure off Allen to do super things frequently but gives Allen the freedom to play hero ball when necessary so he always remains a threat.

[GerstAusGosheim]

GunnerBill’s original comment about Dorsey as the OC:

 

On 10/3/2025 at 6:09 PM, GunnerBill said:

Dorsey had success for about 20 games. Then it fell off a cliff very quickly.

 

My reply in which I quoted GunnerBill’s line above about Dorsey as the OC:

 

On 10/4/2025 at 7:44 AM, GerstAusGosheim said:

 10 points vs Cinci in the playoffs. And still kept his job!

 

@SoTier Your gotcha post, starring you as the only guy who didn’t get it.

 

On 10/4/2025 at 9:25 AM, SoTier said:

Dorsey was the Bills OC in the 2022 playoffs against Cincinnati not Brady.

 

Dude, if you're gonna troll, at least do it competently.  

 

You misread the thread, misattributed my context, and then confidently accused me of being incompetent. lol

 

[3rdand12]

On 10/4/2025 at 6:26 PM, BigAl2526 said:

I hope you're right.

He is .

 Like chess a little bit. The Coaches are setting up for ten moves(games ) ahead. And adjustments are never ending. Makes for Good football

 Buffalo plays week to week with long term thinking we might not ever realize. Cuz it will change.

Go Bills

[Pecker]

If one was judging by this patriots game, Brady would be considered one of the worst OCs in the league.  Seriously, what’s going on tonight? 

[FireChans]

5 minutes ago, ***** said:

If one was judging by this patriots game, Brady would be considered one of the worst OCs in the league.  Seriously, what’s going on tonight? 

The Bills supporting cast is playing actually awful, Brady isn’t helping, and Vrabel is a good enough coach to have his guys ready.

[BuffaloRebound]

40 minutes ago, ***** said:

If one was judging by this patriots game, Brady would be considered one of the worst OCs in the league.  Seriously, what’s going on tonight? 

Agreed.  A jet sweep to knox?  In what world does thst play work? 

[Jerboski]

Way too conservative 

 

he fits well with Sean, both are risk averse 

Edited 1 hour ago by Jerboski

[BillsFan130]

1 minute ago, Jerboski said:

Way too conservative 

 

he fits well with Sean, both are risk averse 

Watch, they are gonna come out this half and try to pound the rock again..

[NoSaint]

47 minutes ago, ***** said:

If one was judging by this patriots game, Brady would be considered one of the worst OCs in the league.  Seriously, what’s going on tonight? 

we picked this week to use our WRs

 

our WRs are not good

[Artful Dodger]

48 minutes ago, ***** said:

If one was judging by this patriots game, Brady would be considered one of the worst OCs in the league.  Seriously, what’s going on tonight? 

 

 Josh Allen makes all of his OC's look much better than they actually are.   Maybe Brady really is that bad.  

[NoSaint]

6 minutes ago, BuffaloRebound said:

Agreed.  A jet sweep to knox?  In what world does thst play work? 

yea, totally put a guy out of his comfort zone for what’s a 6 yard play in best case? 
 

that play really frustrated me 

[LABILLBACKER]

Just now, NoSaint said:

we picked this week to use our WRs

 

our WRs are not good

We knew that before the season started

[Rocbillsfan1]

***** terrible half. He has 0 idea how to get WRs involved in the game. He generally has the right idea of style of offense but is terrible in spots with play calling with either terrible momentum trick play calls or being way to conservative 

[Billl]

8 minutes ago, Jerboski said:

Way too conservative 

 

he fits well with Sean, both are risk averse 

Being risk averse has actually worked really well for the team the last few seasons.  It’s frustrating sometimes, but if the Bills don’t turn the ball over, they almost always win.

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

5 minutes ago, Rocbillsfan1 said:

***** terrible half. He has 0 idea how to get WRs involved in the game. He generally has the right idea of style of offense but is terrible in spots with play calling with either terrible momentum trick play calls or being way to conservative 

I find this stuff a little ironic THIS game specifically lol. Shakir was wide open on that last offensive drive and Josh bailed the pocket right into a sack.  He’s throwin absolute lasers when he hangs in the pocket but I think he got a bit rattled around halftime tbh …the drive before that he kept on the rpo tryin to do too much himself when he should’ve handed off.  
 

Feels like he knows he’s got time now in this second half though…I think he was pressing a bit earlier 

Edited 1 hour ago by Generic_Bills_Fan

[NoSaint]

That touchdown play has been ultra reliable. At some point a defense is going to catch on and that’ll be a shame.

[Man with No Name]

Joe Brady is mid. now we can start being honest in this thread? 

 

We haven't had a DOMINATING offense the entire time he's been here. Every game has to be a grind. 

[JBI$111]

Not that good...!