Brandon Beane on WGR

[RobbRiddick]

2 hours ago, JESSEFEFFER said:

He's on now and I have never seen/heard Brandon Beane so salty on an interview.  He is prickly about the WR/draft conversation.  Interesting interaction and not the usual Beane interview.

I think Beane has been on the whiskey again

 

[billsfan714]

3 minutes ago, blitzboy54 said:

 

And they played in yet another SB and beat us. If our strength was our Offense the effectively neutered it. Guys simply can't take the top off. 

Our strength was offense, our achilles heel is defense, its that simple.

[NoSaint]

17 minutes ago, The Firebaugh Kid said:

The irony of the situation is that they have Elijah visiting today 🤣

Beane did a great job addressing the defense in the draft and in the off-season. 
I think it’s a personally very reasonable for fans to expect that they should’ve drafted a receiver to develop within the first three rounds but sounds like they didn’t really like many of them. 
We all want Justin Jefferson and Ja’Marr Chase but when you’re 13 and four every year it’s almost impossible to get your hands on those guys. I’ll take being good over having shiny toys.

we literally traded away the Jefferson pick, and could’ve gone up for a guy like BTJ last year. That ignoring vets on the market.

[LEBills]

36 minutes ago, MJS said:

It was a focus last year. They spent money in free agency, drafted one high, and traded for a big name.

If you think last years investments were good enough while also looking at the WR investments for Josh’s entire career. We are just going to have to disagree 🙂

[Tulsabillsfanz]

One thing Beane didn’t throw out there is the difficulty in staying competitive, year after year.  The NFL is purposely set up for parity.  That’s why you have a salary cap. That’s why the best teams choose last.  
 

I know Josh Allen is the reason Buffalo stays on top of its division.  Beane did draft him.  But it isn’t easy to sign a WR1 or DE1, etc., when you’re picking 25th or later every year.  I’m sure that’s an underlying frustration for Beane. 

[LittleSammy]

1 hour ago, ColoradoBills said:

Personally, I loved the "not Fantasy Football" quote!

 

I liked what Beane did.  This will fire the WR room up.  The Bills' offense has nothing to be ashamed of.

I guess Beane listens to WGR's other self-proclaimed expert - Mike Schopp, the Fantasy Football god. Bush League radio covering a Major League sports team.

[Einstein]

2 hours ago, The 9 Isles said:

 

Oh my goodness!! I like salty Beane!!!

[Coach Tuesday]

Again, just a terrible look by Beane.  I know it's en vogue to attack the media these days but it rarely works.  Saying over and over again "I don't watch your show" while he's calling in to complain about the "bitching" on the show is, at best, thin-skinned and at worst duplicitous.  

 

Beane has no room for error now - there are zero excuses for the defense to underperform in 2025 given the offseason investments, and now there's also ZERO excuses for the offense to underperform now that Beane pulled this stunt.  Zero.  They'd better maintain a fully healthy OL all season, and aim to turn the ball over a league-low 8 times or less again in 2025, at a minimum.  And that's just to keep the status quo.

 

Remember when Donahoe attacked the fans?  He got summarily canned.  I wouldn't be surprised to see Beane apologize within 24-48 hours.

[YoloinOhio]

2 hours ago, RkFast said:

 

I feel he should have went harder after Beane there. That was the time. 

Went harder about what. The “lack of WR” content is overstated and annoying. It may be white’s opinion but state your case and move on. Continuing to Argue with the GM of the team that fields an elite offense just for the sake of what 

[Royale with Cheese]

Man that was good!

[RobbRiddick]

I've just listened to it and didn't think Beane came across as overly salty. In a way I can understand him being a bit sensitive when you hear his point about being the biggest scorers in the league last year.

 

But I do think the fantasy football line is a little OTT. It's not about trading next years number 1 for Tyreek Hill, it's about having a speed threat who can stretch the field and help keep the defense honest by taking a few shots at them each game. I don't think that's a crazy wish for a fan/pundit to have or suggest. Just because the offense played well last season doesn't mean defenses won't adjust this year. The whole point of running an effective offense is that you throw a few wrinkles in each season to show the defense something fresh.

[Royale with Cheese]

28 minutes ago, Mikie2times said:

For many here he is infallible, which is just as off base as he's awful. But as has been pointed out over a 100 times, he doesn't see nuance to the offensive production. That production is excellent, so attention can be spent elsewhere. It's punishing Allen because he's that good. They don't feel like he needs additional resources. 

 

He was one of the most protected QB's last year.  When is the last time you heard a QB not sacked for an entire month?

So Allen is punishing Allen because he said he wanted Kincaid and Coleman?  

[Einstein]

1 minute ago, Coach Tuesday said:

Again, just a terrible look by Beane.

No it's not. Its an absolutely awesome look.

He completely put them in their place and he was 100% right.

"This isnt fantasy football joe. You cant have a pro-bowl line, and pro-bowl WR's, and an all-pro QB, and 3 great RB's and... theres only one ball!"

He just totally discredited their argument. this is how the NFL was until the recent decade or two.

Coaches and GM's were outspoken like this for most of NFL history!!!

[YoloinOhio]

2 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said:

Again, just a terrible look by Beane.  I know it's en vogue to attack the media these days but it rarely works.  Saying over and over again "I don't watch your show" while he's calling in to complain about the "bitching" on the show is, at best, thin-skinned and at worst duplicitous.  

 

Beane has no room for error now - there are zero excuses for the defense to underperform in 2025 given the offseason investments, and now there's also ZERO excuses for the offense to underperform now that Beane pulled this stunt.  Zero.  They'd better maintain a fully healthy OL all season, and aim to turn the ball over a league-low 8 times or less again in 2025, at a minimum.  And that's just to keep the status quo.

 

Remember when Donahoe attacked the fans?  He got summarily canned.  I wouldn't be surprised to see Beane apologize within 24-48 hours.

He’s clearly not Donaho lmao. he didn’t attack the fans, and he has more job security that the majority of GMs. No Room for error in what regard? Pegula doesn’t gaf what Beane says to Jeremy white. 

[ndirish1978]

To the people ripping on Beane or saying his words were "inappropriate", get over yourselves. The media is not some sort of untouchable, venerable institution that cannot be criticized. We led the league in points, we signed Palmer to have a matchup guy with speed and then offseason isn't over yet. Every conversation I've heard on the radio about the draft is these stooges complaining that we didn't do exactly what they, the media, would have wanted. I do not care, I've been sick of it as well. Beane was well within his rights to push back against it and say the complaints are stupid. 

 

White runs around on the radio, on his podcast with Joe Marino and takes every conversation about any other position and brings it back to WR and he has been doing it for a long time now. The schtick is old and for some reason he seems proud of it. It's a waste of time and it is stupid. 

[GETTOTHE50]

That’s how those two dudes look like? We deserve better.

[RobbRiddick]

1 minute ago, ndirish1978 said:

To the people ripping on Beane or saying his words were "inappropriate", get over yourselves. The media is not some sort of untouchable, venerable institution that cannot be criticized. We led the league in points, we signed Palmer to have a matchup guy with speed and then offseason isn't over yet. Every conversation I've heard on the radio about the draft is these stooges complaining that we didn't do exactly what they, the media, would have wanted. I do not care, I've been sick of it as well. Beane was well within his rights to push back against it and say the complaints are stupid. 

 

White runs around on the radio, on his podcast with Joe Marino and takes every conversation about any other position and brings it back to WR and he has been doing it for a long time now. The schtick is old and for some reason he seems proud of it. It's a waste of time and it is stupid. 

I haven't listened to his show, has he been campaigning for a first round pick on a WR and complaining about that, or did he want a speed WR in the mid rounds or FA? The latter I don't have a problem with. If he's complaining they didn't go after a super high-end receiver with draft capital or FA money then I agree with Beane that you can't have everything

[dhbGT500]

8 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said:

Again, just a terrible look by Beane.  I know it's en vogue to attack the media these days but it rarely works.  Saying over and over again "I don't watch your show" while he's calling in to complain about the "bitching" on the show is, at best, thin-skinned and at worst duplicitous.  

 

Beane has no room for error now - there are zero excuses for the defense to underperform in 2025 given the offseason investments, and now there's also ZERO excuses for the offense to underperform now that Beane pulled this stunt.  Zero.  They'd better maintain a fully healthy OL all season, and aim to turn the ball over a league-low 8 times or less again in 2025, at a minimum.  And that's just to keep the status quo.

 

Remember when Donahoe attacked the fans?  He got summarily canned.  I wouldn't be surprised to see Beane apologize within 24-48 hours.

 

Apologize for WHAT?!?....being right?!? 

[Royale with Cheese]

5 minutes ago, Einstein said:

No it's not. Its an absolutely awesome look.

He completely put them in their place and he was 100% right.

"This isnt fantasy football joe. You cant have a pro-bowl line, and pro-bowl WR's, and an all-pro QB, and 3 great RB's and... theres only one ball!"

He just totally discredited their argument. this is how the NFL was until the recent decade or two.

Coaches and GM's were outspoken like this for most of NFL history!!!

 

Yep.  First time I saw Beane with some grit.  I really liked it.

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

32 minutes ago, Southern Bills Fan said:

"We score anytime we wanted"? Pretty sure we wanted to on the last two drives of the last two playoff games.

They lose because of the defense. We all know that.