NFL insider has major Josh Allen concern with new head coach Joe Brady

Nypost · Aug 11, 2026 · 586 words · By Matt Ehalt

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What to know about Coach-Player Relationship

Coaching Josh Allen is quite different than coaching Allen and the other 51 men suited up each Sunday.

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What happened

Coaching Josh Allen is quite different than coaching Allen and the other 51 men suited up each Sunday.

Why it matters

As the Bills ready for their first season under new coach Joe Brady, who was promoted from offensive coordinator this offseason, there is some concern about how that power dynamic could play out after the quarterback’s influence reportedly led to some…

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But within that, like the greatness or is it too much of a good thing when your play-caller goes from kind of being your confidante and maybe a little more of a friend than the head coach could be, to now going into that head coaching job.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Doubt: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the team fell to the Broncos in overtime in the AFC Divisional Round”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was provided in the search results regarding a loss to the Broncos in the AFC Divisional Round last season.

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Claim 2: “Brady worked as both the quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator”

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EssentiallySports and web search results confirm Brady served as both quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator for the Bills.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 season will be the Buffalo Bills' 57th in the National Football League (NFL), their 67th overall, their 12th full season under the ownership of Terry and Kim Pegula, their tenth under GM Bran…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Buffalo_Bills_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph Brady (born September 23, 1989) is an American professional football coach who is the head coach for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the offensi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Brady

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sean Michael McDermott (born March 21, 1974) is an American professional football coach who served as the head coach for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League from 2017 to 2025. He began h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_McDermott

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Claim 3: “the offensive-minded Brady after he served in multiple roles fro the franchise dating to 2022”

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Multiple sources, including EssentiallySports and Wikipedia, confirm Joe Brady has been with the Bills since 2022 in various roles.

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Claim 4: “The Bills opted for a different path this offseason after nine seasons with McDermott”

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Wikipedia explicitly states Sean McDermott served as the head coach for the Buffalo Bills from 2017 to 2025, which totals nine seasons.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo, New York metropolitan area. They are members of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Buffalo_Bills_head_coa…

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Claim 5: “Allen, the 2024 MVP”

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Nypost and other web sources explicitly refer to Josh Allen as the 2024 MVP.

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web search NEUTRAL — However, the most valuable prize for players is not statistical competition. Allen led his accounts to another seed in AFC with 13-4 records.But Josh Allen won. He is NFL’s MVP for the 2024 season. Ye…
https://www.nbausa.net/tom-bradys-mwp-reads-in-the-middle-of…

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web search NEUTRAL — BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Bills quarterback Josh Allen placed third in voting for the AP NFL Most Valuable Player award and receives two of 50 first-place votes.Allen, the MVP in 2024, also received one …
https://www.localsyr.com/buffalo-bills/josh-allen-places-thi…

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web search NEUTRAL — Josh Allen Most Valuable Player, Buffalo Bills best players, Josh Allen highlights and interviews, Buffalo Bills quarterbacks history, importance of Josh Allen in NFL.Discover how Josh Allen transform…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/why-josh-allen-was-mvp-highl…

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Claim 6: “Brady, 36”

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Multiple independent sources, including Nypost and Buffalo Rumblings, explicitly state that Joe Brady is 36 years old.

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web search NEUTRAL — Joseph Brady (born September 23, 1989) is an American professional football coach who is the head coach for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the offensi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Brady

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web search NEUTRAL — The 36-year-old Brady is supposed to accomplish something no coach in franchise history ever could: win the Lombardi Trophy. And many people are wagering — at One Bills Drive and elsewhere — that he s…
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7477900/2026/07/29/bills-jo…

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web search NEUTRAL — Joe Brady brings a younger vibe to the Bills says tackle Dion Dawkins.His authoritative vibe, his reserved nature, and his clinical approach are more old school, though. At 36, Brady is just four year…
https://www.buffalorumblings.com/buffalo-bills-news/132248/j…

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Claim 7: “the quarterback was part of Allen’s interview for the position”

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Only one source (EssentiallySports) explicitly mentions that Josh Allen sat in on the head coach interviews and was won over by Brady's style.

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web search NEUTRAL — Brady, 35, is in his third season with the Bills and second as their offensive coordinator. Buffalo finished with the second highest scoring offense in the NFL this season. They ranked 10th in total o…
https://www.myarklamiss.com/sports/sports-illustrated/arena-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Josh Allen reportedly sat in on every single head coach interview for the Bills, and it was perhaps this style of Joe Brady’s coaching – vastly different from the Sean McDermott days – that won him ov…
https://www.essentiallysports.com/nfl-active-news-bills-its-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Bills hire Joe Brady as new head coach. Joe Buscaglia. Can Brady return the Bills to being one of the most dynamic offenses in the NFL? This should be the biggest piece of the puzzle. An Allen-led uni…
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7002513/2026/01/28/bills-jo…

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Claim 8: “the Bills ready for their first season under new coach Joe Brady, who was promoted from offensive coordinator this offseason”

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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm Joe Brady is the new head coach of the Buffalo Bills and was promoted from offensive coordinator.

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Claim 9: “including seven straight years falling short in the postseason”

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While evidence confirms McDermott's tenure, the provided evidence does not specifically detail the number of consecutive postseason failures or the specific count of seven years.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2017 season was the Buffalo Bills' 58th overall, 48th in the National Football League (NFL) and third full season under the ownership of Terry and Kim Pegula. The season was the first under the le…
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Claim 10: “Buffalo’s five-year run atop the division ended last year”

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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm or deny the Bills' division win streak or its end.

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