Bills GM testy with radio hosts over draft criticism

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Bills wide manager Brandon Beane began a Monday greeting vigor quality with a beardown effect to disapproval against the team's attack to the wide receiver position.

Appearing connected section Buffalo presumption WGR550's "The Jeremy and Joe Show," Beane was asked astir the busyness of his draught play to commencement his interview. He responded by saying that helium was listening to the treatment earlier helium came connected the vigor amusement and that it "sounds similar 2018 each implicit with you guys."

"Well, you guys were bitching successful 2018 astir Josh Allen, you guys wanted Josh Rosen, and present you guys are bitching that we don't person a receiver," Beane said erstwhile asked what helium meant. "... We conscionable scored 30 points successful a enactment for 8 consecutive games. A twelvemonth ago, I get you guys asking wherefore we didn't person receivers, but I don't recognize it now. You conscionable saw america pb the league successful points, erstwhile you adhd each the postseason, nary 1 scored much points than the Buffalo Bills, including the Super Bowl champions. So, you conscionable saw america bash it without Stefon Diggs, aforesaid group. How is this radical not amended than past year's group? Our occupation is to people points and triumph games. Where bash we request to get better? Defense. We did that. So, I get it, you got to person a show, and you got to person thing to bitch about, but bitching astir wide receiver is 1 of the dumbest arguments I've heard."

Before Beane came connected the aerial the treatment was astir the Bills' deficiency of question to code wide receiver, including from 1 of the hosts, Jeremy White that "relative to [the Bills'] peers, they bash not put successful the [wide receiver] position."

Allen was named MVP for the 2024 play pursuing a twelvemonth successful which the discourtesy nether coordinator Joe Brady, successful his archetypal afloat twelvemonth successful the role, acceptable franchise records for points (525) and touchdowns (65) successful a azygous season.

"I get it. I'm conscionable like, let's beryllium realistic," Beane continued aft it was expressed they wished helium could person listened to the full show. "Our occupation ... it's not phantasy shot to trot retired the champion receivers. You got Josh Allen. First happening you gotta bash is support him. You can't person everything. You can't person Pro Bowl wide receivers and person a Pro Bowl violative enactment and an All-Pro backmost and 3 large moving backs. You gotta pick. Sure, I'd emotion to play phantasy football, but there's 1 football, Jeremy, there's 1 ball. You can't springiness it to but truthful galore people.

"So, that's wherever I'm like, I don't recognize this narrative. I felt it a small spot from a mates of the reporters successful the thing, similar our occupation is to people points. It doesn't substance what receivers, what quarterback, what if you people points astatine the level we scored, that is winning football."

The Bills added wide receiver Joshua Palmer successful escaped bureau with Mack Hollins signing with the New England Patriots successful escaped bureau and midseason summation Amari Cooper presently unsigned. The Bills drafted wide receiver Kaden Prather from Maryland successful the seventh round. They addressed defence with the archetypal 5 picks with the antiaircraft enactment and cornerback being important needs coming into the year's draft. In 2024, the Bills selected wide receiver Keon Coleman with prime No. 33 and traded up successful the archetypal circular to prime choky extremity Dalton Kincaid successful 2023. Both Coleman and Kincaid dealt with injuries successful 2024.

"Listen, if determination was a feline erstwhile we picked astatine the archetypal circular that we're like, 'Yes, this guy's dynamic, he's gonna acceptable here, here,' we would've turned it in," Beane said. "In the 2nd round, we would've done it. We went up and got [defensive tackle T.J. Sanders]. We weren't dodging receiver, we were going in, hey, we had the guys stacked wherever it was. I didn't deliberation it was the deepest class, I'll accidental that, but yeah, if it would've worked out, I would've gladly done it. But I'm trying to marque definite we got the champion team, not the champion receiving core."

Beane emphasized aft the draught that the squad stuck to its board.

"Like I said, the different day, champion subordinate connected the committee was a receiver, I committedness you, we would person taken him astatine the time," Beane said connected Saturday. "That is not however we valued it. And truthful that's what we, that's what we did. Right oregon wrong, that's conscionable however I consciousness similar you physique a team."