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5 takeaways from Brandon Beane’s end of season press conference

‘“One of the GM’s main jobs is to have a franchise quarterback. It’s a quarterback league. Where you get it, I really don’t care. If you give me one, whether he’s on the street now, whether he’s a free agent, whether I draft him, I’ll take one anywhere.”’

5 takeaways from Sean McDermott’s end of season press conference

‘Perhaps the most burning question for the Bills in regard to their staff, since both Beane & McDermott are pretty safe after cracking a 17-year playoff drought, would be the status of offensive coordinator Rick Dennison. Rico doesn’t have a good outlook for him.’

Bills brass weighs in on Richie Incognito allegations

‘“Anytime you have an accusation like that you take it very seriously,” Beane said. “From what I understand, it was a little bit of on the field, back-and-forth, I know there’s one accusation. We’re looking into it. I know we’ve spoken to the league, we’re going to follow protocol, and that’s really where it’s at.”’

Jaguars defender insists Bills’ Incognito used ‘weak racist slurs’

‘Incognito was suspended for the final eight games of that 2013 season, and for a time was seen as so toxic a locker-room presence that no team signed him in 2014. The Bills finally did early in 2015. Up to now, there had been no reports nor indications Incognito – who is white – has been anything less than an exemplary teammate and performer.’

Buffalo Bills vice president of player personnel Brian Gaine the favorite in Texans’ GM search

‘Gaine had an impressive interview, according to multiple people in the organization, not surprising considering his knowledge of the Texans and his familiarity with owner Bob McNair, vice chairman Cal McNair, president Jamey Rootes and coach Bill O’Brien. Gaine worked for the Texans for three seasons (2014-16) as director of pro personnel and director of player personnel under former general manager Rick Smith.’

Bills GM keeping options open in deciding QB Taylor’s future

‘”We’re going to make the best decision. I’m literally going to go back and watch how he played at the beginning of the year, how he played in the middle of the year and how he played in the end. We’ll see,” Beane said Tuesday after he and coach Sean McDermott held an end-of-season news conference.’

Bills GM says Incognito comments may have been misunderstood

‘Beane said the Bills have spoken to Incognito and understand their player’s side of the story of the alleged exchange that occurred during Buffalo’s 10-3 loss to the Jaguars in an AFC wild-card playoff game on Sunday. Beane confirmed some type of exchange happened but declined to get into details.’

Bills GM says Tyrod Taylor isn’t only problem on offense

‘”We’re not satisfied with the whole offense, and it wasn’t just about [quarterback] Tyrod [Taylor],” Beane said during the Bills’ end-of-season news conference. “There’s a lot of hands in the cookie jar, so to speak. [coach] Sean [McDermott] and I, we’re going to talk about everything. We know we have to get better on offense, on defense, on special teams. We are far from a finished product.”‘

QB, OC among questions surrounding Bills as offseason begins

‘Neither man confirmed that the quarterback or offensive coordinator would be returning, nor suggested they would be moving on from either of them, which left plenty of room for interpretation about what their plans will be for the offense and specifically the QB position for 2018.’

Full transcript: Brandon Beane and Sean McDermott year-end press conference

‘We have a lot of work to do. We’re trying to compete and win everyday. We really are. I know we said it and people drew their own conclusions of what our strategy was or what this team was or was not going to be. The great thing was this team defined itself in their prep every day on and off the field to get the results.’