Can the Bills Fire Joe Brady?

[ProcessTruster]

1 minute ago, Scott7975 said:

 

There is no point firing him at this point. Who is taking his place? There is no one noteworthy left to promote from within. They aren't bringing Daboll back no matter how much you want it because there is too much animosity there. It's better at this point to just do it at the end of the season. Besides, now there will be no excuse as to why they didn't look outside, like saying "oh he did a really job the last few weeks of the season lets give him a chance at a full season" type crap.

I wouldn't mind seeing Ronald Curry.    Super divisive figure down here in Virginia, total rock star athlete.   Let's go.  

[Comebackkid]

4 hours ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:

All-22 is NOT painting a good picture for Brady, who failed to protect his guys on top of everything else. 

Joe B said brady actually called less protection against the texans than average...

[SoonerBillsFan]

1 hour ago, Scott7975 said:

 

There is no point firing him at this point. Who is taking his place? There is no one noteworthy left to promote from within. They aren't bringing Daboll back no matter how much you want it because there is too much animosity there. It's better at this point to just do it at the end of the season. Besides, now there will be no excuse as to why they didn't look outside, like saying "oh he did a really job the last few weeks of the season lets give him a chance at a full season" type crap.

Unless he gets Allen injured.  We have 2 guys on staff that could take over,his QB coach in particular 

[Sierra Foothills]

2 hours ago, Nihilarian said:

This season i don't think he has anyone to fall back on, good enough to take over the offensive game planning/play calling. If this crap continues with Brady, we can expect him to be replaced this offseason. The guy reminds me of Greg Roman now, and as good as he is with the run game, he is equally bad with the pass game.

Is it that he keeps utilizing the same plays/play calls as teams seem to know exactly what to expect play by play? In particular, that WR screen to Shakir that never works.

 

2 hours ago, Scott7975 said:

There is no point firing him at this point. Who is taking his place? There is no one noteworthy left to promote from within. They aren't bringing Daboll back no matter how much you want it because there is too much animosity there. It's better at this point to just do it at the end of the season. Besides, now there will be no excuse as to why they didn't look outside, like saying "oh he did a really job the last few weeks of the season lets give him a chance at a full season" type crap.

 

1 hour ago, ProcessTruster said:

I wouldn't mind seeing Ronald Curry.    Super divisive figure down here in Virginia, total rock star athlete.   Let's go.  

 

37 minutes ago, SoonerBillsFan said:

We have 2 guys on staff that could take over,his QB coach in particular 

 

Yes, as I posted one page ago, OL Coach Aaron Kromer and TE Coach Rob Boras have both been NFL Offensive Coordinators.

 

QB Coach Ronald Curry has not.

 

It's hard for me to believe that Kromer or Boras could do a worse job than Brady.

 

[SoonerBillsFan]

2 minutes ago, Sierra Foothills said:

 

 

 

 

Yes, as I posted one page ago, OL Coach Aaron Kromer and TE Coach Rob Boras have both been NFL Offensive Coordinators.

 

QB Coach Ronald Curry has not.

 

It's hard for me to believe that Kromer or Boras could do a worse job than Brady.

 

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[machine gun kelly]

6 hours ago, Low Positive said:

It's a tough watch.

I know.

 

And he’s not the problem why?

[Nihilarian]

18 minutes ago, Sierra Foothills said:

Yes, as I posted one page ago, OL Coach Aaron Kromer and TE Coach Rob Boras have both been NFL Offensive Coordinators.

 

QB Coach Ronald Curry has not.

It's hard for me to believe that Kromer or Boras could do a worse job than Brady.

Something is rotten here, and I'm not sure what. I almost think that Joe Brady is throwing these games away for some reason. Like he was offered a HCing job somewhere (NY Giants??)and he simply doesn't care to do his job properly in Buffalo. It's tough to believe he is this lame after what he did last season. 

 

This offense has faced more difficult defenses and situations than the Falcons and the Dolphins. That four-man rush that the Texans threw at Buffalo wasn't all that great, as he used to keep extra blockers in to pick that up. What happened to "max protect" with the extra linemen or the quick out passes to negate the pass rush. Josh Allen was sacked 8 times by Houston...he was sacked 14 times all of 2024. I'm starting to hate this guy!

 

If anything, McD should just demote him to run game coordinator and promote one of the men you mentioned to pass game coordinator. Or ask Brian Daboll to step in as pass game coordinator. It would really look curious for the NY Giants to hire the guy after he was demoted in Buffalo. 

 

Then again, you have games like the 4th quarter of the Ravens game, the Chiefs game, and the Bucs game. I don't get what's going on behind the scenes. 

[PepeSilvia]

On 11/20/2025 at 11:36 PM, Kaenon said:

Is it possible at this point in the season that this would be feasible? 

 

Brady is outmatched seemingly every week despite have the NFL's most prolific scoring quarterback of all time.

How many more coordinators have to get fired before McDermott?

[Low Positive]

28 minutes ago, PepeSilvia said:

How many more coordinators have to get fired before McDermott?

When you have a GM who is below the HC in the organizational hierarchy, it takes an owner making a major move. Our owner is older and is preoccupied (understandably) with his wife's illness/disability. I don't think he has the mental bandwidth to deal with hiring a GM and a HC. So we're stuck until he turns the team over to one of his kids. On and on we go. In the end, this team that we are all emotionally tied up with is the plaything of a rich guy. 

[Bruffalo]

2 hours ago, Nihilarian said:

Something is rotten here, and I'm not sure what. I almost think that Joe Brady is throwing these games away for some reason. Like he was offered a HCing job somewhere (NY Giants??)and he simply doesn't care to do his job properly in Buffalo. It's tough to believe he is this lame after what he did last season. 

 

It's a lot more believable when you factor in that the offense looks identical to last years.  You need to evolve and change as more and more film on your tendencies are discovered, Brady didn't do that. They're too safe with it, there's no variation to the plays that they run out of the same packages (over and over again). How many times have you heard an announcer call the Bills predictable? Practically every game this season?

 

I don't know if it's Brady's unwillingness to change things up or McDermott demanding a certain style of play. Whatever it is it's an abject failure of a strategy. 

 

 

 

 

[Buffalo Ballin]

Not sure if any NFL team is interested in Joe Brady besides Raiders and Cleveland Browns. They can have him.

[SCBills]

Hearing the All-22 breakdowns and how

we ran less protection (including 3 drives on injured Spencer Brown) than we normally do, while using mesh constantly (which requires the QB to hold the ball) is insane.  
 

If you were an OC and you wanted to get your QB hurt, you’d do what Brady did against an elite pass rush. 

[Watching since 1964]

John Middlekauff, former NFL scout, speaking in generalities on his podcast tonite, said “I can scheme guys open. Great offensive coordinators have made random guys look good on offense.” 
 

I would add that shouldn’t that be a required skill for any OC hired anywhere?!
 

Since the NFL is a copycat league, why aren’t successful route groupings and concepts on display every week from other teams…being adopted here?

 

Greg Cosell said ours are “elementary”.

[Nihilarian]

9 hours ago, Bruffalo said:

It's a lot more believable when you factor in that the offense looks identical to last years.  You need to evolve and change as more and more film on your tendencies are discovered, Brady didn't do that. They're too safe with it, there's no variation to the plays that they run out of the same packages (over and over again). How many times have you heard an announcer call the Bills predictable? Practically every game this season?

 

I don't know if it's Brady's unwillingness to change things up or McDermott demanding a certain style of play. Whatever it is it's an abject failure of a strategy. 

Yet, he has had games where the plays weren't predictable, like against the KC Chiefs, who have a brilliant DC with a top 5 defense.

 

7 hours ago, SCBills said:

Hearing the All-22 breakdowns and how

we ran less protection (including 3 drives on injured Spencer Brown) than we normally do, while using mesh constantly (which requires the QB to hold the ball) is insane.  
 

If you were an OC and you wanted to get your QB hurt, you’d do what Brady did against an elite pass rush. 

This is why Joe Brady's game planning makes no sense to me, because he has faced difficult pass rushes in the past, and never has Allen taken as many sacks.

 

4 hours ago, Watching since 1964 said:

John Middlekauff, former NFL scout, speaking in generalities on his podcast tonite, said “I can scheme guys open. Great offensive coordinators have made random guys look good on offense.” 
 

I would add that shouldn’t that be a required skill for any OC hired anywhere?!
 

Since the NFL is a copycat league, why aren’t successful route groupings and concepts on display every week from other teams…being adopted here?

 

Greg Cosell said ours are “elementary”.

This is what is so puzzling to me, as Brady was hired at the 2023 Bye week, so he had all of last season to impress, and he did just that. His blocking schemes in the run game, for instance, have been awesome, and having the #1 rushing attack is no small feat. Now, suddenly, the team can't pass protect/block. Last season, the receivers were much worse, and yet the Buffalo offense was #2 in scoring and #1 considering the playoffs. 

 

I believe that Brady has the wherewithal to set up a top offense in both the run game and pass game, and now he has fallen on his face with his pass protection, passing schemes. McDermott has stated he backs Brady.

 

 

[TheyCallMeAndy]

18 hours ago, DuckyBoys said:

I just hope Josh survives 6 more weeks of Brady

For real. 
 

Bad gameplan? Sure. However, the unforgivable for me are:

 

- After Allen and Brown got hurt, still continue to run only 5 man protection scheme. 

 

- Not pull a clearly inured Spencer Brown the minute he had to play with one arm.