Joe Buscaglia
Bills beat reporter for The Athletic. Creator of too many spreadsheets. Husband. Dad. (dog)Dad.
- Bills HC Joe Brady said Kelly Skipper (RB), Rob Boras (TE), Austin Gund (asst. OL), DJ Mangas (quality control/asst. WR), Mark Lubick (passing game specialist/game management) and Kyle Shurmur (offensive quality control) will be returning to the coaching staff in 2026.
- Bills DC Jim Leonhard "We're going to be an attacking defense up front and in the back end."
- Bills DC Jim Leonhard on the defensive pieces he's inheriting in Buffalo: "I think there is a level of versatility in there." When talking about scheme, "There's going to be change."
- Hello! I'll be taking part in my first-ever AMA on the Buffalo Bills subreddit at 12:00pm. You can come on down and join me and @bytimgraham.bsky.social until 1:00 pm as we'll fire through some Bills and whatever-else questions. See you there! www.reddit.com/r/buffalobil...
- Now with the Bills HC search done and Joe Brady introduced, it's time for a Live Room episode of #TheBuffaloBeat podcast. I'll be taking all your Bills questions for the next 45+ minutes! You can listen live & ask all your Qs at the link right here: www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
- Bills QB Josh Allen on WR Keon Coleman, in relation to the comments made at last week's press conference. "He will come back from that. I'm not going to give up on 0."
- Bills QB Josh Allen "I truly believe in the direction of this organization, starting from the top."
- Bills QB Josh Allen said he had a broken bone in his foot. "Not an ideal situation, painful throughout the weeks." He said it was an older injury that was re-aggravated against Cleveland. Fifth metatarsal. GM Brandon Beane said the procedure was done Monday in Birmingham.
- Bills new HC Joe Brady: “Every decision this organization makes is with Josh Allen and the players in mind.”
- Bills QB Josh Allen is here at Joe Brady’s press conference, on crutches and in a walking boot
- Bills head coach Joe Brady will be introduced momentarily.
- The Bills have kept it in-house and promoted offensive coordinator Joe Brady to head coach. According to sources, it's a 5-year deal. From quarterbacks coach in 2022 to offensive coordinator in the middle of the 2023 season, now the head coach of the Buffalo Bills in 2026.
- The Bills head coach interview with Webb was virtual, which makes sense given that the Broncos just played yesterday in Denver.
- The Bills have completed their head coach interview with Broncos QB coach/passing game coordinator Davis Webb.
- The Bills conducted a head coach interview with Jaguars OC Grant Udinski
- Bills owner Terry Pegula said QB Josh Allen had no input on the firing of former HC Sean McDermott.
- Bills owner Terry Pegula just pinned the WR Keon Coleman pick on the coaching staff and said Brandon Beane was "being a team player" and that Coleman wasn't at the top of Beane's list. Wow.
- Bills owner Terry Pegula "I felt like we hit the proverbial playoff wall."
- Bills GM Brandon Beane "We have to get it over the top, and it starts with finding a new head coach."
- Bills GM Brandon Beane "I understand the frustrations out there. No one puts more pressure on me than myself."
- Bills owner Terry Pegula: "We are focused on bringing a Super Bowl to Buffalo."
- Bills owner Terry Pegula "I'm aware there's criticism out there about our franchise."
- Bills owner Terry Pegula: "My decision to move on at HC was based on the results in Denver." He cited the devastation in the locker room and the tears shed by Josh Allen. "I saw the pain in Josh's face at his presser, and I felt his pain. I know we can do better, and I know we will get better."
- Bills owner Terry Pegula starts the press conference off with thanking former HC Sean McDermott for all he did for the organization, and said the franchise is left in a better place now.
- The Bills fired Sean McDermott in what came across as cold, despite his tenure being defined as one strongly connected to fans. My thoughts on why most of the Bills goodwill with fans walked out the door not just with what they did, but how they did it: www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
- Bills GM Brandon Beane will be retained according to a source, despite the move from the Bills to move on from HC Sean McDermott. Beane will be a part of leading the search for a new head coach.
- The Bills tried everything they could to erase all their self-inflicted mistakes, but in the end, they couldn't. The Bills lose to the Broncos 33-30 in overtime. The Bills 2025 season is over.
- Tre'Davious White is back in the game.
- Matt freaking Prater. Wow.
- And on Jackson's first play... touchdown right over the top of him. Broncos have the lead with 55 seconds remaining.
- Bills CB Tre'Davious White is hurt. Dane Jackson in the game.
- And...somehow...the...Bills...have...the...lead?
- Bills DT Ed Oliver, who is questionable to return, has not taken a single snap in the second half. His last snap was on the Broncos touchdown to Lil'Jordan Humphrey at the end of the first half.
- Deone Walker INT. My goodness.
- From the way they're lined up along the sideline, it looks like it'll be Alec Anderson coming in for the injured Connor McGovern.
- Bills starting C Connor McGovern is heading to the locker room after being evaluated in the blue medical tent.
- Bills DTs on the first rep of 11-on-11s in warmups: Ed Oliver DaQuan Jones
- Cam Lewis is at safety with Cole Bishop on the first rep of 7-on-7s in Bills warmups. Could be a good indicator of Lewis being the starting safety today vs. the Broncos.
- There's 10! Thanks everyone for another fun round of #AskJoeB. Bills vs. Broncos in just over an hour, with a spot in the AFC Championship Game on the line. Talk to you all at kickoff!
- 10. Christian Benford.
- 9. On offense, I'll be boring and go with James Cook. On defense, I'll go with Matt Milano.
- 8. Currently it's Sesame Street matching with my 2 year old.
- 7. The one thing I'm thinking about in this game that isn't getting nearly as much national attention as Bills offense vs. Broncos defense is the Bills DTs against the Broncos IOL.
- 6. It's about positional need. With Oliver back as a 3T, that can shift DaQuan Jones back to more reps at 1T along with Deone Walker. Phidarian Mathis is a 1T, while Ogunjobi is usually a 3T. They also didn't use Mathis after the end of the first quarter last week, so that could have added to it.
- 5. He was giving it the 'ol college try to play this week. If they advance, my complete guess is that he can go next week. But, still a lot of things that could go wrong during a practice week.
- 4. I think it'll be Cam Lewis for the experience factor alone.
- 3. My guess is T.J. Sanders to bring a more physical presence in edge contain. I also don't think this keeps him from getting some defensive tackle reps, though.
- 2. I would not be stunned if we see his snap % go up as a result of the Shavers injury. Likely not an every snap player, but using him out wide as a blocker a bit more against smaller players is where he can be most effective in that phase, and then they can use him as a pass catcher obviously, too.
- 1. It all depends on how they use him. I'm guessing he won't get his full workload considering this is his first game back which will help his overall effectiveness, but having him on passing downs will be a strength that the Bills haven't had since Week 8.
