METAIRIE, La. (Louisiana First) — The New Orleans Saints are the biggest underdogs they’ve been since 1985 at 15.5 points to the Buffalo Bills in Week 4. The Bills’ offense is a big reason for that spread, with reigning league MVP Josh Allen at quarterback and offensive coordinator Joe Brady.
Just a few months ago, Brady was a candidate for Kellen Moore’s job. Now, he’s at the helm of the league’s top offense and rushing offense.
Brady spent several years early in his career in the boot. First as a Saints offensive assistant in 2017 and 2018, and then helping lead LSU to a national title as Joe Burrow’s passing game coordinator in 2019.
Brady credits a lot of his success now to his time in New Orleans.
“It was an incredible organization,” Brady told reporters in Buffalo. “That was my first taste of the NFL. And I thought that that’s how every organization was in the NFL, leaving there. And that wasn’t the case. And being able to see Coach [Sean] Payton and that organization, kind of how they run. See Drew Brees, how he approaches the quarterback position and take notes on all the details of it. Again, I had no bearing on any success that they had there. It was huge for me. I felt like I was getting my doctorate there. I tell people all the time, like just sitting there and just seeing how it kind of works and how a winning organization, how they do things the right way, very similar to how we are here. And so that was something I definitely take there.”
The way the NFL schedule is done, the Saints don’t play the Bills often. Most of this year’s team doesn’t have experience with Allen, but safety Justin Reid does, playing him frequently while he was with Kansas City.
“We have a lot of familiarity with each other,” Reid said. “Played him six times in the last three years. I know them pretty well. I’ve been trying to share my notes with all the guys from the past three years on everything that they do. Hopefully, they find a couple of quick nuggets out of that that can give us a couple of edges on some plays that we’re expecting to get. What really makes him special is, can he make all the throws? Yes, absolutely. He can make every throw you want him to. But when things don’t go right, he just finds a way of making something explosive happen. The emphasis here has been one, containing him in the pocket, but making him play quarterback all game, and then just taking away his number one threats.”
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