Source: Bills to hire Joe Brady as QB coach

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills are hiring former Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator Joe Brady as the team’s new quarterbacks coach, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday.

Brady was fired by coach Matt Rhule in December after almost two years with the Panthers. A year ago, Brady landed interviews for head-coaching jobs with the Jets, Eagles and Falcons — where he was a finalist before Atlanta ultimately hired Arthur Smith.

With the Panthers, Brady worked with a variety of quarterbacks, including Teddy Bridgewater, Sam Darnold and Cam Newton. Prior to that, he was the passing game coordinator at LSU during the 2019 national championship season, working with now-Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow.

Now, he will be working with Bills star Josh Allen, who has transformed into one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. After completing 56.3% of his passes and throwing 30 touchdown passes to 21 interceptions in his first two seasons, Allen completed 66.1% of passes and threw 73 touchdown passes to 25 interceptions in his past two seasons.

NFL Network first reported that the Bills would hire Brady.

The move continues the strong connection between the Bills and Panthers that started with Sean McDermott’s hiring in 2017.

Brady will take over for Ken Dorsey, who was promoted by the Bills to offensive coordinator Tuesday. Dorsey is also a former Panthers offensive coordinator, who was with the team from 2013 to 2017.

Bills assistant quarterbacks coach Shea Tierney is leaving the team to be the quarterbacks coach for incoming New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll, the Bills’ former offensive coordinator.

With Brady as offensive coordinator, Carolina ranked 27th in points (19.9) and 23rd in yards per game (332) during the 2021 season.

He has never been a quarterbacks coach, but he worked closely with Bridgewater as an offensive assistant with the New Orleans Saints. He also is the latest William & Mary graduate to join the Bills’ coaching staff; McDermott played football at William & Mary.

ESPN’s David Newton contributed to this report.

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