Bills GM gets testy with radio hosts over NFL draft criticism - ESPN

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Bills general manager Brandon Beane began a Monday morning radio appearance with a strong response to criticism against the team's approach to the wide receiver position.

Appearing on local Buffalo station WGR550's «The Jeremy and Joe Show,» Beane was asked about the busyness of his draft weekend to start his interview. He responded by saying that he was listening to the discussion before he came on the radio show and that it «sounds like 2018 all over with you guys.»

«Well, you guys were bitching in 2018 about Josh Allen, you guys wanted Josh Rosen, and now you guys are bitching that we don't have a receiver,» Beane said when asked what he meant. "… We just scored 30 points in a row for eight straight games. 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. 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 bitch about, but bitching about wide receiver is one of the dumbest arguments I've heard."

Before Beane came on the air, the discussion was about the Bills' lack of movement to address wide receiver, including from one of the hosts, Jeremy White, that «relative to [the Bills'] peers, they do not invest in the [wide receiver] position.»

Allen was named MVP for the 2024 season following a year in which the offense under coordinator Joe Brady, in his first full year in the