2. Joe Brady details the advantages of having several returners
For the coaches, much of training camp is spent figuring out where players fit in and how they can use their strengths in the system. Buffalo’s offense, which ranked top 10 in multiple categories, thankfully returns several starters, including their entire offensive line from last season.
Offensive coordinator Joe Brady said it’s an advantage to have plenty of returners compared to plenty of new players as you’re getting ready for a season.
“It gives you an opportunity right now to continue to grow their game,” Brady said of the returners. “Not just say, ‘Hey, this is just what we did last year.’ At the same time, then you get some new guys in here that you get a little more hands-on in trying to see how they can kind of work together in your bunch.”
Brady believes training camp is the perfect time to get a good feel for the new players thanks to how much time they spend together.
“I have to get a feel of how Joshua Palmer, LV (Laviksa Shenault), Elijah Moore, how these guys run the routes,” Brady said. “How they can kind of intertwine into who we are as an offense. And then mix that with the Khalils (Shakir) of the world, the Keons (Coleman), our tight ends, running back. So, there’s a level of, hey, I understand kind of who some of these guys are, but I don’t want to just pigeonhole them.”
The OC, who coached an offense that scored a franchise-record 525 points in 2024, also uses camp as a time to experiment with the new and old, focusing on ways to evolve in order to keep defenses on their heels.
“A big thing for us this offseason is, ‘Hey, what were we good at? How did teams attack us?’ We have to continue to improve on that. We can’t just be like, ‘Hey, we were good with that, we’ll be good with that next year.’ But we have to find ways to get better,” Brady added.