Joe Brady Nuggets from Penn St Insider

[BillsFan130]

5 minutes ago, Dr. Who said:

Before the draft, some of us commented on regression towards the mean on turnovers as one reason the WR room needed to be augmented in order to increase the likelihood of explosive plays. Folks weren't interested, and Beane chastised radio hosts and played the Josh Allen card like a permanent get out of jail license against any criticism. It was the defense that needed fixing. Well, what if the scheme is tired and broken? 

 

It doesn't help that the GM has a spotty record at best on day 1 and 2 picks.

Ya this is exactly it. Unless Myles Garrett and an all pro corner walk through this door, the scheme is the thing that needs fixing.

 

Instead they ignored the offence like you said and tied up 90 percent of resources on the defence.

 

The result? Defence still sucks and offence has regressed because they are actually getting a normal amount of negative plays

Edited 7 hours ago by BillsFan130

[T master]

17 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:

Last year I was pretty frustrated with Brady. More towards the playoffs in particular. I just kept my mouth shut of course as I can't argue with the success that the offence was having.

 

Every single thing went right for the offence last year though. Josh had the least amount of negative plays by a QB in NFL history last season, and it is just a very tough formula to replicate.

 

We are now seeing what this offence can look like when there are a normal amount of negative plays that happens for a team, with not many explosive plays in the passing game.

So then the ridiculous amount of penalties 30 in the last 3 games, dropped passes, missed tackles & lack of urgency in their play which I might add is ALL on the players has absolutely nothing to do with this it's all just Brady ?

 

And I would bet your probably one that isn't opposed and haas spoken out to get rid of McD also correct ?

[Dr. Who]

5 minutes ago, T master said:

So then the ridiculous amount of penalties 30 in the last 3 games, dropped passes, missed tackles & lack of urgency in their play which I might add is ALL on the players has absolutely nothing to do with this it's all just Brady ?

 

And I would bet your probably one that isn't opposed and haas spoken out to get rid of McD also correct ?

I can't answer for that fella, but is it really ALL on the players? Doesn't lack of discipline ultimately end up a coaching responsibility as well? 

Regardless, when McD brought in some coaches with experience that seemed capable of providing critique and perhaps innovation and change to his system, it was plausibly part of the Process where weaknesses were continually addressed. Not too much evidence that has happened.

 

Brady is middle of the road, with some exasperating tendencies. Whether he stays or goes, the WR room needs to be better.

 

I like McDermott as a person, and hoped he would have success. Maybe it will still happen, but right now, there ought to be questions. There sure should not be complacency and the thought that no matter what, the present regime is immune to substantial criticism or the possibility of being replaced if the team flames out or has another disappointing post-season.

[GaryPinC]

1 hour ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

The way he handled the Baker Mayfield situation, he screwed himself.

Yeah, I follow the Browns and at this point have no confidence he knows how to develop ANY quarterback, let alone Mayfield.  Definitely feels jaded against Shadeur for whatever reason and has limited Gabriel to half field reads and shorter throws.  We'll see, open to changing my mind.

[SCBills]

1 hour ago, CSBill said:

 

I know, the drop to 4th overall in both points and yards is totally unacceptable!!!!

I want him to be great.  I hope he’s amazing today. 
 

But right now he runs a Brock Purdy game manager Offense that is extremely predictable. 
 

That won’t cut it when it matters unless our Defense gets a lot better.  

[GaryPinC]

19 hours ago, NoSaint said:

im really not confident that McDermott isn’t clipping Brady’s wings some 

 

and we know factually that beane has handcuffed him at wr. 
 

At this crossroads, I’m confident that Brady has concepts like deep digs. Are you confident we have the talent and desire to play more vertically?

Chris Brown mentioned that in the discussion about maybe the Bills are purposefully playing ball control offense to take pressure off the D and I totally agree.  I still wonder if that's why we played so bad against Atlanta; the offensive players are getting tired of it.  Cosell made a point that willfully always playing ball control close games gets mentally exhausting.

 

At this point I feel like not playing more vertically is emboldening defenses.  As Cosell mentioned, even if you don't have the receiver talent, you still have to show it.  Plus Allen is so good at placing a ball that alone may allow some vertical success.

[nuklz2594]

once LSU Brian Kelly gets canned, Brady gets the hc job.  he was oc when they won the natty

[strive_for_five_guy]

19 hours ago, mannc said:

Absolutely.  It’s very clear that Brady is not good enough.  

Would you have not hired him as OC to

begin with then?  Or fired him at some

point?  If the latter, when would you have fired him?

[BuffaloBill]

23 hours ago, Mat68 said:

 

Penn State insider published story.  Brady’s name has been floated around the last few weeks for the Penn State opening.  Rumor is that Brady was getting pushed by Terry Pegula.  As a board of trustees member Pegula has some say.  I thought this is interesting with respect to the Bills.  Mcdermott doesn’t seem as bullet proof.  Without Ben Johnson Brady is likely the next hot OC in football.  He is getting mixed reviews currently, but if Buffalo moved on from Mcdermott it seems Brady would be Pegula’s preferred choice.  I haven’t given much thought about that scenario but it doesn’t seem far fetched. 

 

 

I really don’t think this is such a good move. Brady has not been good so far this year and this hardly represents a change.  

[BillsFan130]

1 hour ago, T master said:

So then the ridiculous amount of penalties 30 in the last 3 games, dropped passes, missed tackles & lack of urgency in their play which I might add is ALL on the players has absolutely nothing to do with this it's all just Brady ?

 

And I would bet your probably one that isn't opposed and haas spoken out to get rid of McD also correct ?

I'm not sure how the missed tackles has anything to do with the Joe Brady conversation lol.

 

No it's not all Brady. But he's been a problem this year. I would suggest listening to the last two all 22 breakdowns by Joe Marino on the falcons and patriots game and you'll see how stubborn he is with game planning and play calling.

 

I would have gotten rid of McDermott, yes. Would I RIGHT now? No cause it's in the middle of the season and I don't just base my opinions on emotions cause they've lost two in a row. But yes I would have fired him after 13 seconds or the 2022 bengals loss.

[Sierra Foothills]

20 hours ago, Billsfanatic8989 said:

Can't make chicken salad out of chicken you know what. 

Ravens did it in 2012 and won a SB. 

 

3 hours ago, frostbitmic said:

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When in mixed company you can also substitute chicken scratch.

 

[nuklz2594]

2 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

The way he handled the Baker Mayfield situation, he screwed himself.

thinking owner and GM did that

[blacklabel]

21 hours ago, strive_for_five_guy said:

Scoring a franchise-record in points last season wasn’t good enough for you?

 

Right? And the "real pro offense" he's looking for probably looked a lot like what Ken Dorsey was doing. Longer developing routes and the mindset of, "hey we just line up and do our thing and see if they can stop us and if they stop us then, uh, I will throw my headset!"

 

Brady has gotten a little ahead of himself at times but generally has been better at making adjustments. 

[BuffaloBillyG]

18 minutes ago, nuklz2594 said:

thinking owner and GM did that

Baker has actually said that Stefanski was pushing him to play when he probably shouldn't have. Then when they finally shut him down it's been reported that Stefanski wanted to move on to Watson. 

[Captain Hindsight]

3 hours ago, Chaos said:

Seeding is incredible important in the playoffs.  #1 seeds have incredibly huge advadantge.  The september games count just as much as the december games.  

Oh I agree. I’m not saying it doesn’t matter, but I want them hitting their stride in December, not September 

[mannc]

2 hours ago, strive_for_five_guy said:

Would you have not hired him as OC to

begin with then?  Or fired him at some

point?  If the latter, when would you have fired him?

I probably would have hired Brady on an interim basis after firing Dorsey, but would have interviewed other candidates before hiring him full-time.  He is absolutely not up to the job and has turned Josh Allen into a game manager, despite having a top 3 offensive line and almost zero injuries during his entire tenure.

[NoSaint]

3 hours ago, nuklz2594 said:

once LSU Brian Kelly gets canned, Brady gets the hc job.  he was oc when they won the natty

lsu boosters LOVE the guy. His name was obviously popular around the saints were he was on Sean Payton’s staff too. 
 

I think that’d be a brinks truck moment in his career and hard to ignore, unless he’s eyeing the Cincinnati job 

[Chaos]

Hopefully we didn't score too fast. 

 

[strive_for_five_guy]

52 minutes ago, mannc said:

I probably would have hired Brady on an interim basis after firing Dorsey, but would have interviewed other candidates before hiring him full-time.  He is absolutely not up to the job and has turned Josh Allen into a game manager, despite having a top 3 offensive line and almost zero injuries during his entire tenure.

Heading into last season, I ran into a prior Buffalo Bills offensive lineman and asked him his opinion on reasons he was optimistic for the Bills.  The #1 thing he said was the change from Dorsey to Brady, which he said helped the Bills running game immensely.  I think there is evidence all over that the running attack is as good as it’s ever been for the Bills.  That said, I can also see where the passing game leaves a lot to be desired.  I just question how much of that is Brady’s fault versus the weapons that he’s been provided.  Some are saying even with the lack of talent, he could still be employing certain concept, and the passing would be more successful.  I don’t know, maybe that is true.

[Mat68]

On 10/25/2025 at 2:09 PM, JimBob2232 said:

Frankly, I dont see Brady at PSU.  He does have connections there - and is a hot coordinator.   But he really hasn't been a college guy - save one year as a GA in state college, and a dream year with Burrow/Chase at LSU.  Old adage - surround yourself with great people. He has.  Burrow, Chase, Josh Allen...who wouldn't be successful???  I dont think PSU is looking for a guy like him.   Matt Rhule, Brohm, even Deboer or Drinkwitz is far more likely.  

 

The oddball here is how Pegula plays it.  He is a HUGE donor for Penn State.  So if he is pushing him...things get more interesting. 

The indication around Brady is he is being pushed by Pegula.  I brought this up because if Pegula is that high on Brady he is someone to watch depending on how the season ends.