Even Josh Allen thought it was a little bit unusual that he sat in on interviews during the Buffalo Bills‘ search to find their next head coach.
In an interview with FS1’s “First Things First” on Tuesday, Allen shared that while sitting in on the head coach interviews felt “awkward” during certain moments, he also appreciated the opportunity to bring a player’s perspective to those meetings.
“It was a fun time. It was a unique perspective,” Allen said. “A little awkward at times, because I’m sitting there and getting paid to be the quarterback, right? But I think having that perspective of what the pulse of the locker room is, being able to ask questions and help Mr. [Terry] Pegula, the Pegula household, among the scouts and, finally, [Bills general manager] Brandon Beane, these are the blokes who make the choices, having these questions being requested, they could not have considered these from the participant perspective. It was fascinating.”
In fact, the Payments finally tabbed their offensive coordinator, Joe Brady, to interchange Sean McDermott as head coach. However within the course of that led to Brady turning into Buffalo’s subsequent head coach, the Payments interviewed a number of candidates who had some shut ties to Allen as he sat in on the conferences. Former Payments offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, not too long ago promoted Denver Broncos offensive coordinator Joe Webb and Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers have been the names part of that group.
However Brady was the Payments’ offensive playcaller when Allen took the following step and gained MVP in 2024. Allen had one other sturdy season below Brady in 2025, which was the coach’s second yr because the Payments’ offensive coordinator. Allen threw for 3,668 yards, 25 touchdowns and 10 interceptions to go along with 579 speeding yards and 14 speeding touchdowns this previous season.
Nonetheless, Allen praised Brady’s character for why he thinks he’ll make a powerful head coach.
“He is an actual human that guys can get behind and perceive and play for,” Allen advised reporters at Brady’s introductory press convention final week. “I assumed in his interview, the imaginative and prescient that he had for this crew. … He will proceed to maintain working laborious and looking for methods for our crew now to be put in profitable positions.”
Nonetheless, the Payments’ sudden head teaching change did not come with out some drama. Payments proprietor Terry Pegula drew criticism for the best way he fired McDermott following the crew’s divisional spherical loss to the Denver Broncos, saying he made the teaching change primarily based on the results of that sport.
Allen, although, is appreciative of the Payments’ proprietor.
“I have been lucky to be a part of this group the place Mr. Pegula and the Pegula household has given us assets for us to win soccer video games,” Allen mentioned on Tuesday.
