The Buffalo Bills are in rebuild mode, following their loss to the Denver Broncos in the NFL playoffs on Saturday, Jan. 17, and that means welcoming a new head coach.
The Bills officially announced their new coach, promoting offensive coordinator Joe Brady to the head coach role, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, promoted Joe Brady to the role of head coach of the franchise. He signed a five-year contract with the Buffalo Bills and will be the youngest coach in the NFL during the 2026-27 season, barring another franchise hiring a new, younger coach before then.
The Bills didn’t waste time introducing Brady to the masses, and on Thursday, Jan. 29, the franchise hosted a press conference with Brady. Buffalo Bills players, of course, were there in full force.
Something of note is that quarterback Josh Allen still appeared banged up attending the press conference. According to Bills beat reporter Joe Buscaglia of The Athletic, “Bills QB Josh Allen is here at Joe Brady’s press conference, on crutches and in a walking boot.”
The post drew comments from followers, many of them wishing Allen well. “Best wishes to Josh for a speedy recovery. He’s an exciting player to watch in the NFL,” one said. “Guessing he got the surgery already?” another questioned.
So, Allen showed up at the press conference to support Brady, but he did so on crutches and in a walking boot.
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Allen has faced a handful of injuries during the Buffalo Bills’ 2025-2026 season. In Week 16 against the Browns, he suffered a right foot injury, which has lingered for the remainder of the season. He also played through an injury to his left knee and throwing hand in the wild card playoff against the Jaguars. He’s likely to need surgery on his foot.
Allen is coming off a strong 2025-26 season, where he threw for 3,668 yards and 25 touchdowns, with just 10 interceptions. He also ran for 579 yards and 14 scores.
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As for Brady, he’s been with the Buffalo Bills for a couple of years and took over the offensive coordinator role during the 2023 season.
“At the end of the day, this is Josh Allen’s offense,” Brady said of the quarterback in May of 2024. “You’re going to put together the offense around the guys that you’ve got… There’ll be some elements of things that I believe in, but it’s more of like, tell me who we have on our football team and the guys and what they can do well and we’re going to do that.”
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