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The Buffalo Bills coaching job is a hot commodity at the moment, and one of the top candidates includes the team's own offensive coordinator, Joe Brady. He comes in at 6-1 odds at BetOnline.
Yahoo Sports Chris Cwik offered a breakdown as to why Brady might be best for the job:
Most recent role: Bills offensive coordinator (three straight top-6 finishes in points per game)
Why it's an intriguing hire for Buffalo: Brady already has familiarity with the team and quarterback Josh Allen. Under Brady, the Bills have ranked sixth, second and fourth in points per game over the past three seasons. Firing McDermott at this point in the offseason — when other teams already have a massive head start with interviews and some of the top candidates are already off the market — likely wouldn't happen unless the team felt comfortable it could find an adequate replacement. Maybe it's the guy the Bills already know?
Why it doesn't make sense: The next Bills head coach will be expected to win the Super Bowl immediately. Does the team really want to put that expectation on a coordinator who has never been a head coach before? Brady has been successful in his role, but he has Allen as his quarterback. How much of the team's offensive success was Brady's play-calling and schemes and how much was just Allen being one of the best players in the NFL? Given that Brady played a role in the team's early playoff exits the past few seasons, would hiring him really change anything?
Here are all your odds, courtesy of BetOnline and subject to change.
| Buffalo Bills Next Coach | ||
| Klint Kubiak | 5/4 | (+125) |
| Brian Daboll | 5/2 | (+250) |
| Davis Webb | 5/1 | |
| Joe Brady | 6/1 | |
| Chris Shula | 14/1 | |
| Mike McCarthy | 16/1 | |
| Mike McDaniel | 25/1 | |
| Mike Tomlin | 25/1 | |
| Brian Flores | 33/1 | |
| Jim Schwartz | 33/1 | |
| Jon Gruden | 33/1 | |
| Bill Belichick | 33/1 | |
| Lou Anarumo | 40/1 | |
| Kliff Kingsbury | 40/1 |
Bills Owner Speaks on McDermott Firing
Team owner Terry Pegula said that this past weekend's loss to the Denver Broncos single-handedly cost Sean McDermott his job.
"My decision to bring in a new coach was based on the results of our game in Denver," Pegula, alongside general manager Brandon Beane, told reporters on Wednesday.
"I looked around, first thing I noticed was our quarterback with his head down crying. I looked at all the other players, I looked at their faces and our coaches, I walked over to Josh [Allen], he didn't even acknowledge I was there. First thing I said to him was ‘That was a catch.’ We all know what I'm talking about. He didn't acknowledge me. He just sat there sobbing. He was listless. He had given everything he had to try to win that game. And looking around, so did all the other players on the team."
"I did not fire a coach based on a bad officiating decision. If I can take you into that locker room, I felt like we hit the proverbial playoff wall year after year," Pegula added.
