Buffalo, NY. Former Bills center Eric Wood has officially had enough, and this time his criticism is aimed squarely at general manager Brandon Beane. In the aftermath of Buffalo’s frustrating 23-19 loss to the Houston Texans, Wood delivered a blistering assessment of how the Bills ended up with one of the weakest wide-receiver rooms in the AFC despite operating at a near-maxed-out salary cap.
He argued that Buffalo is playing big-boy football with a bargain-bin supporting cast, and Beane is the architect behind the mess.
Wood pointed out that while Josh Allen and
James Cook are legitimate superstars, the rest of the offense looks like it was built from clearance shelves. With Dalton Kincaid injured, Allen was forced to throw to a cast of “discount WRs” that Beane assembled for what is supposed to be a
championship contender.
It was obvious in Houston.
It has been obvious all season.
The film shows it. The stat sheet shows it. And Wood says Beane must finally be held accountable.
He specifically highlighted how Tyrell Shavers, Elijah Moore, Jackson Hawes, and Joshua Palmer were thrust into Allen’s must-win Thursday Night Football moment — not because they earned it, but because the Bills simply
have no one else. Even more damning, second-round pick Keon Coleman was a healthy scratch again, confirming what Wood implied:
Beane invested in the wrong guys.
Wood didn’t stop there.
He blasted the organizational philosophy: spending massive money on Allen’s mega-contract while simultaneously cutting corners at wide receiver, the very group needed most to support a superstar quarterback.
He noted that the Bills can’t keep hiding behind the logic that “Allen can carry anyone.” That mindset, he said, is how you end up with the league MVP getting sacked eight times, running for his life, and throwing to receivers who can’t separate.
Wood summed up the crisis bluntly.
“You cannot win a championship when your two superstars are Josh Allen and James Cook — and everyone else on offense is a replacement-level bargain buy.”
Fans agree. Analysts agree.
And after Thursday’s disaster, Wood made it clear:
If the Bills want to keep Allen upright, competitive and loyal, Brandon Beane must stop building a Dollar-Store receiver room and start acting like a GM trying to win a Super Bowl — not survive a rebuild.
