Joe Brady makes heartfelt admission about Sean McDermott's impact on his career

Two days after the Buffalo Bills were eliminated by the Denver Broncos in the playoffs last season, fans were hit with some huge breaking news about Sean McDermott being fired after nine seasons with the team. There’s no denying that McDermott helped turn the culture around for the better in Orchard Park, but he couldn’t get the team over the hump even with Josh Allen as his quarterback.

McDermott is out, and his offensive coordinator that he hired in Joe Brady is now running the team. With the head coaching interviews that Brady was getting, he was bound to become a head coach at some point sooner than later. In the end, Brandon Beane decided to keep him and promote him within.

Brady has a big task to do what McDermott couldn’t, and there is a world where he doesn’t get any wiggle room. At the same time, he is a first-time head coach and there are going to be some growing pains whether fans want to hear it or not.

At the same time, Brady has proven himself to be a great play caller and he helped the Bills offense become one of the best units in the league despite the lack of true wide receiver talent the last two seasons. While Brady has done a great job showing Bills fans what he is capable of, none of it would have been possible without Sean McDermott.

Joe Brady provides insights on feelings about Bills firing Sean McDermott

Brady recently sat down with Matt Parrino from Syracuse.com in an interview, discussing the Bills’ decision to move on from McDermott, what it felt like to Brady.

“I’ve been in that position where a grown man said ‘hey, we’re basically better off without you’ and it’s not a fun time. And I’m only in Buffalo because of Sean and the opportunity that he gave me, and to see that I didn’t sit there and think ‘do I want to be the head coach?’. I was broken. I was broken for a guy that I worked for. I was also broken for the rest of the coaching staff that are sitting there like ‘we’re all out of jobs right now’. So there was a lot of emotion going on.” said Brady.

At the end of the day, Brady was in the right place at the right time. While his offense was never perfect, it was also never the reason why the Bills were eliminated in the postseason.

Buffalo is going from a defensive-minded coach to an offensive-minded coach and it’s going to be interesting to see how the team operates. There is definitely a mixture of nervousness, but there should also be excitement. Change is not always a bad thing.

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