Brandon Beane isn’t bothered by the chatter surrounding the Bills’ decision to elevate offensive coordinator Joe Brady to head coach.
In fact, Buffalo’s general manager and newly appointed president of operations offered a profane response to those balking at the move, which spurred mixed reactions online last week.
“F–k the outside,” Beane said as part of a recent interview with Go Long. “It’s about the right selection for this team. And if we win, they’ll love it. It’s the same thing I said when I took Josh Allen. If I’m wrong, the moving company will be at my house. So, I understand. And I’m not going to have regret of choosing someone to appease the outside if I thought it should have been something different. If I’m wrong, I’ll f–king take my job and f–king go home.”
The Bills are betting on the 36-year-old Brady to get the championship-starved franchise over the playoff hump.
Buffalo experienced another disappointing postseason run in January, with a crushing divisional round loss to the Broncos in overtime costing coach Sean McDermott his job.
Bills owner Terry Pegula cited an emotional Josh Allen in a crestfallen locker room behind the decision to move on from McDermott after nine seasons, among other musings from last month’s wayward press conference with Beane.
The Bills executive, 49, said his “gut told [him]” Brady was the guy.
“I don’t want to be wrong — see him go somewhere else — when my gut told me it was Joe Brady. I’m never going to do that,” Beane said.
“I would love for everyone to cheer every move, but it’s not about winning the press conference. It’s about winning games over there.”
The Bills were late entrants into the coaching hiring cycle and became the 10th team seeking new leadership this offseason.
The organization spoke to Bills alums Brian Daboll and Anthony Lynn, and had an impressive conversation with 44-year-old quarterback Philip Rivers, who withdrew his name from consideration.
The Bills introduced Brady as their new head coach Thursday.
He joined the Bills in 2022 as quarterbacks coach and had served as the team’s offensive coordinator on a full-time basis since 2024.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
