I'll be upfront with you: this is all just coping at this point. For the 100th time in the last 105 years, the Bills failed to make a Super Bowl because they couldn't beat the Kansas City Chiefs. Every single year it's the same thing, and every single year Bills fans have to spend a bunch of time immediately after the loss bending over backwards to figure out why maybe next year season it'll be different. So let's just get it over with.
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It wasn't a night to remember for Joe Brady. Despite scoring 29 points and putting up almost 400 yards of offense, the Bills' loss will be largely remembered for a handful of confusing decisions throughout the last couple drives of the game. There were so, so many screen calls, basically none of which worked. The offense's balance and rhythm felt off at times, and deciding to totally abandon James Cook with the game on the line was certainly a decision.
And it's not like Bills fans aren't extremely aware of Joe Brady's role in the loss on Sunday night, but here's the BIG TWIST: what happened tonight is actually a good thing for the Bills longterm.
Maybe Joe Brady could use a few more seasons as the Bills' offensive coordinator after all
It wasn't Brady's night, but it's not like that suddenly means a bad coordinator. Having Josh Allen never hurts, but there's more than one reason why the Bills' offense ranked ninth in passing yards, seventh in touchdown passes, and first in rushing touchdowns this season; Brady's more than proved himself to be one of the better OCs in the NFL. Life moves fast in the NFL – just ask Bobby Slowick – but Brady's probably still in line to be a head coach in the next couple years.
But Sunday was a rough look for Brady, who pretty clearly isn't yet viewed by teams as a guy who's ready to be a head coach. I know how "keeping an offensive coordinator around a tad bit little longer" sounds as a compilation prize – and I'm not sure I'm proud of having to cope like this – but if this means that the Bills don't have to worry about replacing an objectively-very-good offensive coordinator that knows how to get the most out of Josh Allen for the next couple years, I'll take it. So really, who won tonight?