I was with Brad Childress in Philadelphia, and I know first-hand what a great communicator and a coach he is, especially with quarterbacks.

Brad is a very bright, charismatic and passionate coach, someone I'm counting on to get the most out of our team. I'm very happy that Brad has taken on this responsibility.

I'm a communicator.

We believed Brad was the elite coaching candidate. He came from a winning program with the Philadelphia Eagles. He's an NFC guy, knows NFC opponents and played an important role in the development of Pro Bowl quarterback Donovan McNabb.

The first morning after I was hired, it was my wife ( Betsy ) who said, 'Holy (smoke), you're the head coach of the Buffalo Bills,'

It's the same thing with Andy [Roddick] and Brad [new coach Brad Gilbert]. [Farmer] gives you that spark.