Payments Keep In-Home to Discover Subsequent Head Coach, Promote OC Joe Brady

[ad_1] The Buffalo Payments did not need to look far to search out their subsequent head coach, and Josh Allen will get to proceed to work with a well-recognized face.

Offensive coordinator Joe Brady will probably be promoted and can exchange Sean McDermott as the subsequent head coach of the Payments, the group introduced Tuesday. Brady and the Payments agreed to a five-year deal to make him their subsequent head coach.

The Payments' determination to advertise Brady got here simply over every week after they fired McDermott, who was Buffalo's head coach for 9 seasons. Buffalo opted to maneuver on from McDermott following its divisional spherical loss to the Denver Broncos.

Brady, 36, shortly rose by way of the teaching ranks after serving to Joe Burrow win the Heisman Trophy whereas at LSU because the passing recreation coordinator in 2019. Following an underwhelming two-year stint because the Carolina Panthers' offensive coordinator, Brady grew to become the Payments' quarterbacks coach in 2022. He grew to become their interim offensive coordinator in 2023 and had that tag eliminated previous to the 2024 season, serving to Allen win MVP that yr.

The job Brady did because the Payments' offensive coordinator helped him turn into one of many high head coach candidates this offseason. Whereas FOX Sports activities' Henry McKenna did not rank Brady amongst his 9 finest head coach candidates this offseason, Brady interviewed with the Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Las Vegas Raiders and Miami Dolphins for his or her head coach vacancies.

However Brady appeared to emerge as a high candidate not lengthy after McDermott's firing final Monday. He interviewed with the group twice, and it was reported that Allen would get to weigh in on who he thought the Payments' subsequent head coach could be. Former New York Giants head coach and Payments offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers, Jacksonville Jaguars offensive coordinator Grant Udinski and Denver Broncos quarterbacks coach Davis Webb have been amongst these purported to be the favorites for the job.

In the end, Brady received out and can now take over a Payments group that has clear hopes of reaching and successful the Tremendous Bowl. As FOX Sports activities' Ben Arthur ranked the Payments' job because the second-best head coach emptiness within the league this offseason, Buffalo made the postseason in eight of the 9 seasons McDermott was head coach. Despite the fact that the Payments did not make the Tremendous Bowl as soon as in these eight playoff journeys, they received the AFC East in 5 straight seasons earlier than 2025 and reached the AFC Championship Sport twice in that span.