The Buffalo Payments have promoted offensive coordinator Joe Brady to go coach on a five-year deal, the workforce introduced Tuesday.
Brady replaces Sean McDermott, who was fired final week after the Payments had been eradicated by the Denver Broncos within the AFC divisional spherical of the playoffs. McDermott had spent 9 seasons as head coach in Buffalo, taking the workforce to the playoffs in eight of these seasons.
Brady, 36, has been with the group since 2022, initially becoming a member of McDermott’s employees because the workforce’s quarterbacks coach. He was promoted to interim offensive coordinator in November of the 2023 season after then-offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey was fired. Brady was then the workforce’s full-time offensive coordinator in 2024 and 2025.
Since selling Brady (Week 11, 2023), the Payments have ranked first in EPA per play (0.14) and second in factors per sport (29.1). The Payments had 9 video games with 30-plus factors this season, tied with the Rams for probably the most within the NFL. Quarterback Josh Allen received his first MVP award in 2024, and operating again James Prepare dinner III completed with the dashing title in 2025. The Buffalo offense in 2024 additionally broke data for many factors (525) and touchdowns (65) in a season in franchise historical past.
Brady has interviewed for quite a lot of head teaching jobs through the years, together with a number of ones this offseason. He was the primary candidate the Payments interviewed. Allen has publicly spoken in favor of Brady prior to now, as produce other offensive gamers.
“[Brady’s] one of the vital constructive guys within the constructing,” Allen mentioned final season. “He is all the time obtained juice and vitality for the blokes. I feel that is one thing that we love and respect about him, and he is as actual as they arrive.”
Group proprietor Terry Pegula mentioned the choice to maneuver on from McDermott turned clear following the time beyond regulation loss to Denver, upon seeing the devastation and emotion on Allen’s face and across the Payments’ locker room.
Allen, who turns 30 in Might, was concerned within the teaching search, sitting in on interviews. Basic supervisor and president of soccer operations Brandon Beane led the search. Pegula; his daughter Laura Pegula; director of enterprise operations Pete Guelli; and assistant normal managers Brian Gaine and Terrance Grey had been additionally concerned within the course of. The search was a wide-open one, per Beane.
Beane additionally mentioned that they weren’t essentially searching for an offensive-minded coach; nonetheless, seven of the 9 candidates interviewed have a primarily offensive background.
“It is a larger job than only a playcaller and schemer,” Beane mentioned final week. “I feel we have seen the place guys have been glorious playcallers however they obtained to the pinnacle coach seat and so they could not deal with the adversity, the battle administration. … It is a CEO job. It truly is. … We have got to ensure we get the management, the CEO half.”
Brady, a William & Mary graduate and former faculty extensive receiver, has a really shut relationship with Allen. Earlier than his time with the Payments, Brady was the offensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers (2020-21) and the passing sport coordinator/extensive receivers coach at LSU in the course of the workforce’s 2019 nationwide championship season. He’s initially from Pembroke Pines, Florida, and his first job within the NFL was on Sean Payton’s employees with the New Orleans Saints as an offensive assistant in 2017-18.
