For since that 2018 draft haul, which also included linebacker Tremaine Edmunds and nickel cornerback Taron Johnson, Beane's springtime success has been average at best. Quite frankly, some of his subsequent early-round gaffes are arguably grounds for dismissal.

The Bills fired head coach Sean McDermott on Monday morning, but it won't be a wholesale change of the football operations in Buffalo.

All a’Twitter: 21 Jan 26 – Upheaval in hiring process for new coaches as Bills fire Sean McDermott after divisional round loss Bills GM Brandon Beane will be retained, per source. He will lead the search for Buffalo's next head coach.

Instead, the general manager doubled down on Keon Coleman and attempted to pass free-agent addition Joshua Palmer off as a legitimate threat. The two combined for 60 receptions, 707 yards and four touchdowns. By comparison, New England Patriots' secondary receivers Kayshon Boutte and Demario Douglas accounted for 998 yards and nine TD receptions.