The 2025 Current State of the Buffalo Bills is All on General Manager Brandon Beane

[TheFunPolice]

The Bills have a generational talent at QB, a brand new stadium, and a bunch of decent players on the roster. There's more than enough to work with. The QB alone would make this the #1 available job. It's almost never the case that a HC or GM job opens when there is a superstar QB in his prime. Why? Because a superstar QB in his prime=consistent winning. 

 

Which means the most important ingredient is not the GM or HC in that scenario. Beane being replaced is not going to mean missing the playoffs. 

 

Zach Taylor, the most overrated HC in the NFL, got to a Super Bowl because of Joe Burrow, 2 WR and the DC who got blamed once the cheap owner let all the talent walk. Look at him now in Indy. Funny how that works. 

 

Players win games, and having one of the best QBs in the NFL means this team has a very high floor. The HC raises the ceiling. 

 

McDermott allowed Daboll to be Daboll and Allen to throw the ball all over the place and be unstoppable, so while he was uncomfortable with it I think that might have had more to do with personal stuff and not wanting to feel like second fiddle on his own coaching staff. As a younger coach at the time (experience wise) I can sort of understand that. Offense is unstoppable, everyone loves "Dabs" and you're kind of the grumpy parent telling everyone to stop having so much fun. 

 

Maybe it would be different now, because McDermott is more established and a little bit less tight and serious. 

 

I think you have a conversation as ownership first. Are you ok with trying a more wide open offense that utilizes Allen's skills? If not then you let him go. Every top offensive coach available would want the job. 

 

[first_and_ten]

7 minutes ago, waterglass said:

 

Thats what I would expect but hes on a high note and a new Billion Dollar Play Pen. He needs the cash flow. Terry does understand money and Allen could finally lose his farm boy cool and want out of Buffalo. Look at what a team change did for Matthew Stafford. 

 

I think hes also done after eight years assumming they can get a high profile successful coach. His SuperBowl year was 13 seconds game 

 

I have always felt that he should have been fired after "13 seconds". But I would never expect Pegula to do this, plus I would not have confidence in Pegula hiring the right guy for the job. 

[GerstAusGosheim]

On 10/14/2025 at 11:36 AM, wnyguy said:

This is all on Beane...

 

You really think a GM in 2025 would prioritize rotational cogs in a soft defensive scheme over elite WR talent for his MVP QB if he was really in charge? Sean's poor decision making is all over these drafts. 

[TheFunPolice]

If we have an early playoff exit the noise around "the Bills are wasting Allen's career" is going to get very loud. It's part of being a top team that hasn't won. OR even got there. 

[first_and_ten]

1 minute ago, GerstAusGosheim said:

 

You really think a GM in 2025 would prioritize rotational cogs in a soft defensive scheme over elite WR talent for his MVP QB if he was really in charge? Sean's poor decision making is all over these drafts. 

 

So either Beane is incompetent or a puppet. 

[Pete]

1 minute ago, GerstAusGosheim said:

 

You really think a GM in 2025 would prioritize rotational cogs in a soft defensive scheme over elite WR talent for his MVP QB if he was really in charge? Sean's poor decision making is all over these drafts. 

Do you think 🤔 giving a generational QB great WRs is counter intuitive?

[Gregg]

1 minute ago, GerstAusGosheim said:

 

You really think a GM in 2025 would prioritize rotational cogs in a soft defensive scheme over elite WR talent for his MVP QB if he was really in charge? Sean's poor decision making is all over these drafts. 

 

At the same time, I don't think Beane would stay as Bills GM if he were just a puppet GM for McDermott. Like Sean if he got fired, he would be unemployed for about 5 seconds before getting another GM job. 

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

5 minutes ago, GerstAusGosheim said:

 

You really think a GM in 2025 would prioritize rotational cogs in a soft defensive scheme over elite WR talent for his MVP QB if he was really in charge? Sean's poor decision making is all over these drafts. 

McDermott hired Beane, not the other way around.

 

[Big Blitz]

8 minutes ago, mjt328 said:

 

The Keon Coleman pick sums up Brandon Beane perfectly.

 

The Bills lose their star WR and need desperately to replace Stefon Diggs in the upcoming draft.  With so many potentially good WRs in that class, he absolutely couldn't afford to screw it up.  

 

 

 

 

 

How about the fact we couldn’t make it work with Diggs?

 

 

Ive been thinking more - it’s easy to disregard bc Josh won MVP - but what if we had Diggs to throw to on the last play vs the Chiefs in the AFCCG? 
 

In light of everything that has happened to this passing game I think I’m getting more ticked about that then Beane being unable to get a WR1 at pick 30 in 2024.  

 

We don’t know what happened with Diggs it’s just “oh well, moving on.”  And bc Josh won MVP it’s like, we didn’t need him anyway.  Did we?  That last play vs the Chiefs was us hoping to get a 1st down completion.  Not confident we know we’re getting a 1st down.  Bc we don’t have an alpha.  
 

Now he’s in NE helping take Maye to another level.   

Regardless you get rid of the alpha to clear up cap space you better make sure you replace him.  Not in the aggregate.  

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

31 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:

 

 

How about the fact we couldn’t make it work with Diggs?

 

 

Ive been thinking more - it’s easy to disregard bc Josh won MVP - but what if we had Diggs to throw to on the last play vs the Chiefs in the AFCCG? 
 

In light of everything that has happened to this passing game I think I’m getting more ticked about that then Beane being unable to get a WR1 at pick 30 in 2024.  

 

We don’t know what happened with Diggs it’s just “oh well, moving on.”  And bc Josh won MVP it’s like, we didn’t need him anyway.  Did we?  That last play vs the Chiefs was us hoping to get a 1st down completion.  Not confident we know we’re getting a 1st down.  Bc we don’t have an alpha.  
 

Now he’s in NE helping take Maye to another level.   

Diggs had a big opportunity like that his last year here and dropped a wide open bomb that probably goes for an  80 yard go ahead td in a probable win if he catches it to be fair.  I don’t think he really did much of anything in the 13 seconds game even.  Didn’t even look like KC had to double him much in those big games 

 

His last 2 playoff games against kc, diggs had 6 catches for 28 total yards…decent game against kc in the 2020 playoffs but he seemed very locked up while it was still a game if I am remembering correctly.  I think he had like 10 receiving yards until late in the third or something like that. 

 

if we’re holding the coaching staff/other players to the ‘kc in the playoffs is all

that matters’ standard, diggs fails that test as much as anybody.

 

not saying that means we shouldn’t add a wr obviously lol but it feels like Diggs is being misremembered here quite a bit. 

 

Edited 18 hours ago by Generic_Bills_Fan

[Sweats]

47 minutes ago, first_and_ten said:

 

I have always felt that he should have been fired after "13 seconds". But I would never expect Pegula to do this, plus I would not have confidence in Pegula hiring the right guy for the job. 

 

 

 

 

13 seconds was the absolute turning point for me.........should have cleaned house after that fiasco

[GerstAusGosheim]

47 minutes ago, first_and_ten said:

 

So either Beane is incompetent or a puppet. 

 

44 minutes ago, Pine Barrens Mafia said:

McDermott hired Beane, not the other way around.

 

 

When McDermott hired Beane, there were a lot of people on this board who felt Sean was calling the shots. That sentiment has softened over the years. But how else could you explain the state of this roster. It is being built along the vision of complementary football. 

 

[GerstAusGosheim]

16 hours ago, Sweats said:

13 seconds was the absolute turning point for me.........should have cleaned house after that fiasco

 

Nah just remove the guy who blew it...and leave everyone else in place. I would have taken Daboll at HC with Leslie at DC in a heartbeat. Imagine how differently we would have been drafting. Would have been to at least 1 SB by now.

[May Day 10]

They are built like a drought team hoping to snag a wild card.  Completely 1-dimensional.   Run the ball.   

 

This WR room is worse than most Bills drought teams.  At least we had Evans and Stevie much of the time.  

 

 

[17islongenough]

Today would be a good day to trade for a WR

[Big Turk]

I'd say it's more on the Coordinators right now.

 

Brady has gone away from the "boring" stuff too often in critical times during those losses and tried to get "cute" with playcalls that didn't work instead of doing the simple, boring, easy things that have extremely high success rates. AKA, the Shnowplows we saw in the Carolina game that have been almost non-existent up until this point for some reason.  And injury concern makes no sense since not a single injury was noted on Tush Push plays last year in the entire NFL, mostly because the players are lined up so close together and there isn't much momentum gained prior to contact.  We saw in the Carolina game what happens when this team simply focuses on doing what works and not worrying about style points. They score boatloads of points.

 

If Brady simply stuck to what we know worked, we likely have one less loss, and maybe two. Also, why are WR's running into coverage when DBs are playing way off? Why not use a sight adjust and if the DB is more than 7 yards off, Allen simply throws a quick out/slant, etc for free access yards? They did this when Diggs was here constantly and picked up easy 5-6 yards and sometimes even first downs. There is free yardage available they are not maximizing and many times not even taking advantage of.

 

Babich seems to have KDS ("Ken Dorsey Syndrome"), where the playcalls themselves are not necessarily the problem, but more so how the flow of the playcalls together work. His ability to read the flow of a game and make the right calls at the right times is non-existent far too often.  As you can see simply by McD calling the defense, it seems to have an actual overall plan and flow to it on what they are trying to accomplish on each series instead of just stringing together random plays.

 

So to me, this falls more on the Coordinators than Beane.  They clearly have the pieces to be doing better, but due to their own "cuteness" and wanting to be more exciting (maybe the fans and media constantly harping on no downfield stuff really got in to Brady and Allen's heads) and inability to properly create a cohesive playcalling plan series to series in Babich's case, they have not optimized what they have.

 

Could they have better talent?  Sure, but most teams could say that. The first order of business before looking at that should be to ask "Are they optimizing the talent they have to work with RIGHT NOW?" and the answer to that has been a resounding no, especially on the D side of the ball under Babich.

Edited 44 minutes ago by Big Turk

[Mat68]

The Bills are 5-2 solidly in the hunt for the 1 seed.  Best rushing attack in football coming off the defenses best performance.  Both Hancock and Harriston flashed and should be used more going forward.  
 

Friday before week 1 I told you they are 5-2 playing the Chiefs who are 5-3.  Cook is playing better than a healthy Saquan, Henry and Mccaffery.  Allen has a higher completion percentage than 24.  Is on pace for more Passing yards and TDs.  Both Harriston and Hoecht flashed in their debut on defense.  Would you take that?  Everyone would  

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 hour ago, 17islongenough said:

Today would be a good day to trade for a WR

Whaddyagot?  A Jack Kemp rookie card and a roll of Necco Wafers?

[TheyCallMeAndy]

To a degree, I actually agree. For all the hate McD gets, Bean should get the equal amount, maybe more. 
 

A lot of his decisions and comments have aged like milk.