Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady isn’t feeding the injury panic around Josh Allen.
When asked Wednesday about Allen’s status, Brady brushed aside concern about the quarterback and said, “I’m not concerned with Josh.”
Brady kept the details light, but he did offer one clear message: Allen is a competitor, and the Bills have to factor that into everything they do. “He’s a competitor, and I have to take that into consideration with play-calling,” Brady said.
Allen did not give much away about his own condition after Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers, where he was seen with a toe injury. Brady said he did not have much of an update on cornerback Christian Benford, who left Sunday’s game with a toe injury as well, but added that Benford was in a walking boot after the game.
Brady also pointed to the way Buffalo is handling its offense as the Bills keep working through the season. Asked about the team’s approach, he compared the job to coaching football in general: “You coach ball security.
You coach the details, all the points of pressure, when you’re in contact or you’re on the sideline, using it in your outside arm. Like everything, everything is coachable.
It’s the game of football. There’s not a detail that’s just like, ‘Oh, let’s just keep it moving right now.’
So it’s all coaching. It’s got to be intentional, and it is important to our guys, and an opportunity to go out there and practice it and see that.”
Brady was also asked about facing the Patriots, and his answer framed the challenge in practical terms. “No one cares if we’re 3-0 or 0-3 right now.
You’re part of the season and just trying to have an ability to go 1-0, and all the rest of the stuff will take care of itself. We’re not the same as we were last year.
They’re not the same as they were last year. It’s two teams that are just still trying to figure out who they are at this point in the season.”
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