Brandon Beane has been the Buffalo Bills general manager since 2017, as he has helped oversee one of the most successful stretches in franchise history.
Still, as the Bills look for their first Super Bowl victory, Buffalo is trying to figure out how to maximize the roster around quarterback Josh Allen. In the 2025 offseason, everyone had an opinion on whether the Bills did enough to add wide receiver talent to the team.
It got to the point where Beane was fed up with the criticisms and spoke back at those questioning him on a radio show. Throughout the season, Beane is hoping that his comments hold true and as Buffalo remains one of the top teams in the league.
Here's a breakdown of why many have questioned Beane's wide receiver additions.
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Brandon Beane WR comments
After the Bills didn't address the wide receiver with big-name additions in the offseason, Bills fans and media were wondering about their plan at the position. Brandon Beane was asked about this on "The Jeremy and Joe Show" on WGR Sports Radio 550 after the 2025 draft, at which point Beane snapped.
"Well, you guys were b----ing in 2018 about Josh Allen, you guys wanted Josh Rosen, and now you guys are b----ing that we don't have a receiver," Beane said. "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."
Beane continued by saying the team's offensive success in 2024 should be proof that Buffalo knows what it's doing.
"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 said." 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."
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Brandon Beane draft history
Here's a look at the Bills draft history since Beane was hired after the 2017 NFL draft.
2018 NFL draft
- Round 1, Pick 7: QB Josh Allen
- Round 1, Pick 16: LB Tremaine Edmunds
- Round 3, Pick 96: DT Harrison Phillips
- Round 4, Pick 121: CB Taron Johnson
- Round 5, Pick 154: Siran Neal
- Round 5, Pick 166: G Wyatt Teller
- Round 6, Pick 187: WR Ray-Ray McLiud
- Round 7, Pick 255: WR Austin Proehl
2019 NFL draft
- Round 1, Pick 9: DT Ed Oliver
- Round 2, Pick 38: OT Cody Ford
- Round 3, Pick 74: RB Devin Singletary
- Round 3, Pick 96: Dawson Knox
- Round 5, Pick 147: LB Vosean Joseph
- Round 6, Pick 181: CB Jaquan Johnson
- Round 7, Pick 225: Darryl Johnson
- Round 7, Pick 228: TE Tommy Sweeney
2020 NFL draft
- Round 2, Pick 54: DE A.J. Epenesa
- Round 3, Pick 86: RB Zack Moss
- Round 4, Pick 128: WR Gabriel Davis
- Round 5, Pick 167: QB Jake Fromm
- Round 6, Pick 188: K Tyler Bass
- Round 6, Pick 207: WR Isaiah Hodgins
- Round 7, Pick 239: CB Dane Jackson
2021 NFL draft
- Round 1, Pick 30: DL Gregory Rousseau
- Round 2, Pick 61: DL Boogie Basham
- Round 3, Pick 93: OL Spencer Brown
- Round 5, Pick 161: OL Tommy Doyle
- Round 6, Pick 203: WR Marquez Stevenson
- Round 6, Pick 212: CB Damar Hamlin
- Round 6, Pick 213: CB Rachad Wildgoose
- Round 7, Pick 236: Jack Anderson
2022 NFL draft
- Round 1, Pick 23: CB Kaiir Elam
- Round 2, Pick 63: RB James Cook
- Round 3, Pick 89: LB Terrell Bernard
- Round 5, Pick 148: WR Khalil Shakir
- Round 6, Pick 180: P Matt Araiza
- Round 6, Pick 185: DB Christian Benford
- Round 6, Pick 209: OL Luke Tenuta
- Round 7, Pick 231: LB Baylon Spector
2023 NFL draft
- Round 1, Pick 25: TE Dalton Kincaid
- Round 2, Pick 59: OL O'Cyrus Torrence
- Round 3, Pick 91: LB Dorian Williams
- Round 5, Pick 150: WR Justin Shorter
- Round 7, Pick 230: OL Nick Broeker
- Round 7, Pick 252: DB Alex Austin
2024 NFL draft
- Round 2, Pick 33: WR Keon Coleman
- Round 2, Pick 60: S Cole Bishop
- Round 3, Pick 95: DT DeWayne Carter
- Round 4, Pick 128: RB Ray Davis
- Round 5, Pick 141: OL Sedrick Van Pran-Granger
- Round 5, Pick 160: LB Edefuan Ulfoshio
- Round 5, Pick 168: Javon Solomon
- Round 6, Pick 204: OL Tylan Grable
- Round 6, Pick 219: CB Daequan Hardy
- Round 7, Pick 221: OT Travis Clayton
2025 NFL draft
- Round 1, Pick 30: Maxwell Hairston
- Round 2, Pick 41, DT T.J. Sanders
- Round 3, Pick 72: DE Landon Jackson
- Round 4, Pick 109: DT Deone Walker
- Round 5, Pick 170: S Jordan Hancock
- Round 5, Pick 173: TE Jackson Hawes
- Round 6, Pick 177: CB Dorian Strong
- Round 6, Pick 206: OL Chase Lundt
- Round 7, Pick 240: WR Kaden Prather
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Brandon Beane free agency history
Here's how the Bills have approached free agency since Beane took over as GM.
2018 free agency: RB Chris Ivory, DB Vontae Davis, DE Owamagbe Odighizuwa, DB Rafael Bush, DT Star Lotulelei, QB A.J. McCarron, DE Trent Murphy, LB Julian Stanford, OL Russell Bodine, OL Marshall Newhouse
2019 free agency: OL Spencer Long, WR Cole Beasley, WR John Brown, OG Jon Feliciano, RB Frank Gore, TE Tyler Kroft, C Mitch Morse, OT Ty Nsekhe, WR Andre Roberts, OL Quinton Spain, DB E.J. Gaines, OT LaAdrian Waddle, RB T.J. Yeldon
2020 free agency: WR Stefon Diggs (trade), DT Quinton Jefferson, DE Mario Addison, WR Isaiah McKenzie, RB Taiwan Jones, OT Evan Boehm, DB Josh Norman
2021 free agency: WR Emmanuel Sanders, QB Mitchell Trubisky, RB Matt Breida, OL Forrest Lamp, OT Bobby Hart, WR Brandon Powell, TE Jacob Hollister
2022 free agency: OL Rodger Saffold, DT Daquan Jones, DT Jordan Phillips, TE O.J. Howard, EDGE Von Miller, DE Shaq Lawson, WR Jamison Crowder, RB Duke Johnson, OT David Quessenberry
2023 free agency: QB Kyle Allen, WR Deonte Hardy, OL Connor McGovern, WR Trent Sherfield, OL David Edwards, DB Taylor Rapp, DT Poona Ford, RB Latavius Murray, DE Leonard Floyd
2024 free agency: QB Mitchell Trubisky, WR Mack Hollins, LB Nicholas Morrow, WR Curtis Samuel, OL La'El Collins, LB Deion Jones
2025 free agency: EDGE Joey Bosa, WR Josh Palmer, WR Elijah Moore, LB Michael Hoecht, DE Larry Ogunjobi, WR Laviska Shenault, CB Tre'Davious White
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Did Brandon Beane play football?
In high school, Bean played quarterback for his football team, but his career was cut short due to injury. Therefore, Beane never played football at the collegiate or professional level.
The Bills general manager got into the game as an intern with the Panthers in 1998, when he was just 22 years-old, and then worked his way up the organization.
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Brandon Beane salary
The Bills have not made Beane's salary public. The general manager originally signed witht he team in 2017, and he has since had two extensions, one in 2020 and another in 2023. He and head coach Sean McDermott are both signed through the 2027 season.