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Henry McKenna
NFL Reporter
It was a Friday in Week 11 last season and the Buffalo Bills had the New York Jets on a short week. The Bills had just lost for the third time in four weeks — and the latest loss had come to the lowly Denver Broncos in prime time on Monday night.
The playoffs were slipping out of reach during a season in which Buffalo expected to make the Super Bowl.
Joe Brady, who had replaced offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey after the loss to Denver, decided to do things a little differently. He wanted to create a new tradition. This tradition would instantly win over the Bills and contribute, in large part, to the turnaround of the team’s season.
“He’s the best offensive coordinator I’ve ever had — how he respects us, how he supports our brand, how he supports our everything,” tackle Dion Dawkins said. “He’s just a different type of dude.”
But back in Week 11 last season, Brady was unproven. In fact, he was a lesson in how quickly a coach can rise and fall. He had been a wunderkind as the offensive coordinator with the LSU Tigers but a flop in the same role with the Carolina Panthers.
In his first week as Bills interim OC, Brady walked into the Friday meeting and turned it over to quarterback Josh Allen.
Then Brady left the room.
Under Brady’s direction — but, importantly, not his supervision — the players reviewed the playbook and discussed it among themselves. With Allen keeping things organized, the offensive players sussed out which plays they absolutely loved and which ones they absolutely … did not love. Later that day, Allen relayed that information to Brady: Here is Dion Dawkins’ favorite play, here is Khalil Shakir’s favorite play, here is James Cook’s favorite play.
“It’s kind of a little chaos,” Brady told FOX Sports. “[A certain play] might not be the best play on our game plan, right? But if the guys believe in it, they’ll make it work. I believe that if players like…
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Publish date : 2024-09-11 13:24:39
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