The Buffalo Bills have agreed to promote offensive coordinator Joe Brady to head coach, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Brady is expected to sign a five-year deal, sources told Schefter.
Brady replaces Sean McDermott, who was fired last week after the Bills were eliminated by the Denver Broncos in the AFC Divisional round of the playoffs. McDermott had spent nine seasons as head coach in Buffalo.
Brady, 35, is coming off his second full season as Buffalo’s OC after taking over the role in an interim capacity during the 2023 season after Ken Dorsey was was fired.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47744752/sources-bills-promoting-oc-brady-head-coach-5-year-deal
Their GM in the Jim Kelly era was named Bill
(Bill Polian didn’t draft Kelly, though: Kelly played a few years on the USFL and the Bills still had Kelly’s rights when the league folded)