Orchard Park, New York (WGR) – During his Wednesday meeting with the media after the team acquired safety Amani Hooker before Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline, Buffalo Bills head coach Joe Brady said he was excited to add the eight-year veteran and praised his football intelligence.
“Playing against him in his career, he obviously has a knack for finding the football,” Brady said of Hooker, who is currently tied with Green Bay Packers safety Xavier McKinney for the NFL lead with five interceptions.
The Bills acquired Hooker on Tuesday in a trade with the Tennessee Titans. They also received a 2027 fifth-round pick in the package and sent the Titans a 2027 second-round pick.
“I just spoke with him in limited time, I’ve been in communication with him the last few days, you can just see his football intelligence,” Brady said. “He’s a cerebral guy. He feels like he’ll be able to understand the system quickly, and be able to accept it and see that with the way he plays.”
Brady also isn’t ruling out the possibility that Hooker plays as soon as Sunday when the Bills face the New York Jets.
“He’s a veteran. He’s played a lot of football. Sometimes it’s just learning the terminology, and it might have meant this at one point, but now it does,” he said. “I think these guys generally do it at a fast pace. We’ll just take it day by day and see how much he can process, and how fast he can and what he can handle and communicate. And whatever he can handle, we’ll ask him to do it.”
The Bills held a walk-in practice on Wednesday. Brady said they wouldn’t really have any physical reps, things would mostly be mental, so he doesn’t have any indication yet on the condition of any injured players heading into this weekend’s game.
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