Brandon Beane’s expletive-laden rant about Bills’ wide receiver room caps draft weekend

Buffalo Bills general manager is a former NFL Executive of the Year and has constructed a dynasty in Western New York since selecting QB Josh Allen in 2018. Over the weekend, he loaded up on defense at the 2025 NFL Draft and while making the media rounds on Monday morning, dropped an expletive-filled rant on the hosts of the “Jeremy and Joe Show” on WGR 550, the official radio station of the Buffalo Bills.

You can listen to the whole segment on their website, but here’s the clip. Beane comes out swinging before even receiving a question from the hosts.

Brandon Beane joined Jeremy and Joe following the 2025 NFL draft, and he came in with some THOUGHTS for the guys.

The guys are breaking it down now on WGR, check out the full video on our youtube page https://t.co/j0zuiSJDUQ pic.twitter.com/LWBUE2SFPJ — WGR 550 (@WGR550) April 28, 2025

Beane takes exception with some on the Bills’ beat saying Buffalo needs to add a wide receiver.

“I was just listening to the last few minutes or your show waiting to come on and it sounds like 2018 all over again with you guys,” said Beane. “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. I don’t get it.”

The host interrupted with a quiet chuckle and Beane doubled down.

“Hold on, let me talk,” said Beane and the hosts let him continue.

“We just scored 30 points in a row for eight straight games. 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. You just saw us do it without Stefon Diggs. 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.”

If Beane took the argument too far, it came near the close of his opening salvo, seemingly making it a touch more personal than I feel comfortable with while dropping his final expletive.

“I get that. You gotta have a show and you gotta have something to bitch about, but bitching about wide receiver is one of the dumbest arguments I’ve ever heard.”

Buffalo Bills receiver depth chart

This offseason, the Bills allowed Mack Hollins to sign with the New England Patriots in free agency and Amari Cooper to test free agency. Cooper remains unsigned. The pair combined for 51 catches 676 yards, and seven touchdowns.

Instead, Buffalo signed Josh Palmer, a receiver from the Los Angeles Chargers, who caught 39 passes for 584 yards and one touchdown as a depth piece for LA. They also added Laviska Shenault in free agency.

The Bills also added wide receiver Kaden Prather in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Not a significant investment at the position, for sure.

That brings their depth chart to Khalil Shakir, Keon Coleman, Josh Palmer, Curtis Samuel, Laviska Shenault, KJ Hamler, Tyrell Shavers, Jalen Virgil, and Kaden Prather alongside pass-catching tight ends Dalton Kincaid and Dawson Knox.

“Our job is not fantasy football to trot out the best receivers,” said Beane. “You’ve got Josh Allen. The first you have to do is protect him. You can’t have everything. You can’t have Pro Bowl wide receivers and a Pro Bowl offensive line and All-Pro quarterback and three great running backs. I’d love to play fantasy football but there’s one football, Jeremy. There’s one ball. You can’t give it to so many people. So that’s where I don’t understand the narrative.”

He buttoned it up:

“If you score points at the level we scored, that’s winning football.”

NFL Draft grades ding Bills for lack of receiver selection

Following the draft, there was criticism from the media about the decision not to add a receiver. Beane said he even felt it in the Bills’ post-draft press conference.

After listing receiver as a top priority for the Bills, ESPN’s Mel Kiper returned to the well in his grades:

“Not taking a receiver until No. 240 (Kaden Prather) was curious. The Bills’ first five picks went to defense, only the second time in the common draft era they’ve done that (2006). Chase Lundt is a depth right tackle. Jackson Hawes is a blocking tight end. While Buffalo walked away from the draft with some defensive upgrades, quarterback Josh Allen’s unit didn’t improve this month. Buffalo could regret not doing more there.”

Jarrett Bailey chimed in:

“So I guess Josh Allen is throwing to the friends we made along the way in 2025?”

That’s just a couple quick notes from analysts, but I agree with Beane here and said as much on Sunday.

Mel Kiper: "While Buffalo walked away from the draft with some defensive upgrades, quarterback Josh Allen's unit didn't improve this month." I guess they'll have to settle for second-most points in the NFL, Mel, and dropping 27+ points in every playoff game... — MattRichWarren (@mattrichwarren.bsky.social) 2025-04-27T13:16:33.588Z

In response to Kiper, I wrote on Bluesky:

“I guess they’ll have to settle for second-most points in the NFL, Mel, and dropping 27+ points in every playoff game...”

Roster-building at the receiver position for the Bills

The interview between the WGR hosts and Beane continued, settling into more nuanced conversation around the business side of adding cheap receivers in the draft to balance out the expensive ones. Beane noted he did that at cornerback in the draft based on how the board fell.

Beane did say that in an alternate scenario, they gladly would have picked a receiver.

“We weren’t dodging receiver. We had the guys stacked where it was. I didn’t think it was the deepest class, I’ll say that. If it would have worked out, I would have gladly done it. I’m trying to make sure we’ve got the best team, not the best receiving corps.”

Immediately following the interview, news broke that the Bills were hosting former Jets and Browns receiver Elijah Moore. The former second-round pick had 61 catches for 538 yards and a touchdown on a messy Cleveland offense in 2024.

Needless to say, the Bills had a plan heading into draft weekend and a plan heading out of draft weekend.

Jeremy White and Joe DiBiase took the heat in stride

To their credit, I thought Jeremy and Joe handled the situation pretty well, all things considered. They certainly allowed him the chance to speak his mind without overreacting themselves. As Beane pointed out, he didn’t listen to the show earlier in the day or at other times in the year, they said they’ve been happy with the receiver room and the pieces, pushing back against his intensity.

After the interview ended and Beane thanked them for his time and got off in a normal fashion, Jeremy and Joe took a beat then closed out the segment with a slight reaction:

“As the kids would say, I think he chose violence today. We’re not playing fantasy football here and we’re not here to be belittled so, cheers,” said Jeremy White in an even tone.

White did take to Twitter to respond to a multitude of messages from fans trashing him and taking Beane’s side. The most frequent response was that they weren’t harping on receiver this morning and only had one question about it in a sea of draft coverage.

Joe also responded saying “If you can’t take criticism because two guys wished you took a 2nd-4th round WR and think you still need to add one I think you gotta just stop listening.”

Both of them did find some snark responding to word that the Bills were bringing in a receiver today.

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