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Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane got a bit testy with a radio show on the Monday morning following the NFL Draft. Beane took issue with criticism of the team not using a top pick to draft a wide receiver.
Prior to Brandon Beane calling into The Jeremy and Joe Show on local Buffalo station WGR550, the radio hosts were discussing the Buffalo Bills’ apparent lack of investment in the wide receiver position “relative to their peers,” meaning the elite teams in the NFL.
Beane heard that criticism and came out firing, comparing it to the apparent reaction to the team drafting Josh Allen. NFL flameout Josh Rosen even caught a stray shot.
“Well, you guys were b——- in 2018 about Josh Allen, you guys wanted Josh Rosen, and now you guys are b——- that we don’t have a receiver… We just scored 30 points in a row for eight straight games,” Bean said.
“A year ago, I get you guys asking why we didn’t have receivers, but I don’t understand it now. You just saw us lead the league in points, when you add all the postseason, no one scored more points than the Buffalo Bills, including the Super Bowl champions,” he continued.
“So, you just saw us do it without Stefon Diggs, same group. How is this group not better than last year’s group? Our job is to score points and win games. Where do we need to get better? Defense. We did that. So, I get it, you got to have a show, and you got to have something to b—- about, but b——- about wide receiver is one of the dumbest arguments I’ve heard.”
“Bitching about WR is one of the dumbest arguments I’ve ever heard.”
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It’s certainly a difficult argument to make that the Bills don’t invest in wide receivers when they selected Keon Coleman with the 33rd overall pick (the first pick in the second round) in last year’s draft.
In the 2025 NFL Draft, the Bills selected cornerback Maxwell Hairston, defensive tackle T.J. Sanders, edge rusher Landon Jackson, defensive tackle Deone Walker, cornerback Jordan Hancock, tight end Jackson Hawes, cornerback Dorian Strong, offensive tackle Chase Lundt, and finally, in the 7th round with their last pick, wide receiver Kaden Prather.