‘”It hurts a lot to see someone you care about go through a situation like that and to know that if I could have done more, this offense could have done more, we wouldn’t have to do something like that.”’
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Bills players provide insight into Joe Brady
‘“He’s got a lot of juice to him. He’s a former ballplayer himself. I think that he can relate to a lot of the guys, obviously he’s a fairly younger guy, a guy that’s been around the league. He’s been an offensive coordinator in the league. He’s been a national championship (play) caller at the college level. So there’s a lot of faith in him. He’s been around a lot of football. He’s learned under a lot of really good coaches. We’re going to have to utilize his knowledge going forward.”’
‘I love Dorsey’: Josh Allen sounds off after the Buffalo Bills fired offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey
‘”It’s sad to see him go. And the fact is, we play better as a team, we probably don’t have to make a move like that,” Allen added.’
Josh Allen: ‘We’re not a broken offense’
‘“We’re not a broken offense,” Allen insisted, “we’re not a broken team.”’
Coordinated effort? The Bills are focused on themselves as much as the Jets
‘”I don’t think we’ll get the real tell until we get a few weeks into it here… There can be an impact. The overall energy. It’s in the margins in a lot of ways too right in terms of energy, culture, within a subculture… in this case, an offense has a subculture.”‘
‘Sad what had to be:’ McDermott after firing Dorsey, appointing Joe Brady to OC
‘After their most recent loss, the team announced that they fired Dorsey amid a backlash against the coordinator for offense failures and inconsistencies. McDermott explained that it was his decision, believing it was time for a change.’
Bills staying positive despite change at offensive coordinator
‘“I don’t want to think about the negativity towards the whole situation,” said Bills right tackle Spencer Brown. “I’m trying to look at it as positive as you can. Brady’s coming in and we know who he is. He knows the scheme and we believe in him.”’
Allen takes responsibility for Dorsey’s firing, says he’s ready to rally behind new offensive coordinator
‘”It hurts,” Allen said. “It hurts a lot to see somebody you care about go through a situation like that. To know that if I could’ve done more, if this offense could’ve done more, we wouldn’t have had to do something like that.”‘
Josh Allen shoulders blame for Ken Dorsey
‘“I loved Dorsey. As a human being he’s one of the good ones,” said Allen. “We play better as a team, we probably don’t have to make a move like that.”’
‘Rally around each other ‘ | QB Josh Allen focused on Bills’ path to the postseason amid OC change
‘”The fact is, we play better as a team, we probably don’t have to make a move like that,” Allen said. “I talked with Coach McDermott and I understand the thought process of why we’re doing it and it’s unfortunate but at the same time we have a game against a division rival on Sunday and we still have time to turn this thing around.”‘
Bills fire offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey in major shakeup
‘The decision to move on from Dorsey comes less than 24 hours after the Bills dropped to 5-5 with a 24-22 home loss to the Denver Broncos on “Monday Night Football,” and means the Bills are on a short week with the New York Jets visiting Highmark Stadium in Week 11.’
Ryan O’Halloran: Many should accept blame for Ken Dorsey firing, starting with McDermott, Allen
‘And, unpopular opinion alert, Allen should be at the front of the blame line.’
Who is Joe Brady, the Bills’ interim offensive coordinator?
‘“He comes with some experience,” Bills coach Sean McDermott said. “I think overall, just his his day-to-day command of his job more than anything — and it’s like anything else, some of this is a projection and also want to see what he can do in this role. He has a close relationship with Josh (Allen) as the quarterback coach, and we’ve talked — we’ve talked this afternoon, and really, actually, earlier this morning — and he’s got some ideas and, and we’ll see where it goes from here.”’
Upon Further Review: Bills’ benching James Cook, but not Gabe Davis, sends wrong message
‘That’s all well and good. McDermott is the boss, and that’s his call to make. You can disagree with it if you want – especially since Cook had not fumbled since Week 1 of his rookie season – a total of 240 touches to that point.’
Terrel Bernard plays every snap for Bills in return to lineup
‘The team’s second-year middle linebacker left the Week 9 loss to the Bengals because of a concussion, but was able to return Monday night against the Broncos. Bernard played all 75 defensive snaps in the Bills’ 24-22 loss, and finished with a team-leading 13 tackles.’