Take it as a sign that the Buffalo Bills made the right choice regarding their vacant defensive coordinator position.
After head coach Sean McDermott handled DC duties for the 2023 season, the Bills announced that they have promoted linebackers coach Bobby Babich to fill the role in 2024, and Buffalo linebacker Tyrel Dodson posted a notably positive reaction to the news on the social media site X (formerly Twitter).
“If I wanted to say everything I have about Bobby, I would run out of space. Best coach I’ve ever had hands down. Believed in me before everyone else did. Rose the bar for myself. I’m not surprised one bit. You not only earned this, but much deserved!! Love!!!” said Dodson on the social network formerly known as Twitter.
For an unknown reason, the post has since been deleted from Dodson’s X timeline.
The 40-year-old Babich was a hot name in coaching conversations across the league in recent weeks, reportedly drawing serious interest from the Green Bay Packers, New York Giants and Miami Dolphins as a defensive coordinator. A member of head coach’s Sean McDermott’s original staff, the former North Dakota State starter initially joined the Bills as an assistant defensive backs coach in 2017 before earning a promotion to safeties coach one year later. Replacing his father, Bob, who retired, Babich became the linebackers coach in 2022.