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“It’s Josh Allen’s offense.”

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills offense has been one of the league’s best in years — but there’s a lot to prove with some new faces in town for offensive coordinator Joe Brady.


What do you want to know

  • Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady is tailoring his offense to Josh Allen’s skills and tastes.
  • Brady must integrate an almost entirely new wide receiver group
  • Josh Allen and the other quarterbacks often connected on shorter routes during Tuesday’s OTA practice

While not a new face, Brady is in a somewhat new position, having a full offseason to implement his system after taking over on an interim basis midway through last year following the firing of Ken Dorsey.

No matter what changes Brady makes, in his eyes, one thing remains constant.

“That’s Josh Allen’s offense, right?” said Brady before Tuesday’s practice during organized team activities. “You’re going to bring the offense together around the guys that you have. For us to just say, ‘Hey, we’re going to scrap everything and everything was broken,’ that wasn’t the case. There will be elements of things that I believe in, but it’s more about telling me who we have on our football team and the guys and what they can do well and we’re going to do it.”

Of course, one of the biggest differences for Brady’s crew is the wide receiver room — home to longtime targets like Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis — as well as a host that Brady will work to integrate into the attack.

As of right now, it appears the Bills are unproven when it comes to having a No. 1 receiver option in the mold of Diggs.

“It’s just time, right? At the end of the day, when you were playing against the Buffalo Bills for many years, you had to worry about Stefon Diggs, and it’s different now. But you also had to worry about Josh Allen It’s a quarterback oriented league Ultimately, luckily we still have him and the offense will run through him. idea of ​​how teams are playing us we’re a few days into it, but we’re excited about the group we have,” Brady said.

Khalil Shakir is the only remaining player from last season who contributed significantly offensively.

“This year the reception hall is obviously completely different, but everyone is buzzing,” Shakir said. “In my head it’s like trying to help as much as possible so we can all be on the same page and what Josh thinks is huge.”

During Tuesday’s practice, Allen and the other quarterbacks continued to experience success on shorter routes. Rookie Keon Coleman, tight end Dalton Kincaid, Shakir and Curtis Samuel were frequent targets.

A team in transition – but one that still has the same lofty aspirations and a quarterback to back it up.