On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by Tim Graham from The Athletic to react to an absolutely wild press conference featuring Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula and general manager Brandon Beane that’s drawing strong reaction locally and around the league.
A season-ending press conference featuring Beane would be anticipated in any season. The fact former head coach Sean McDermott was fired on Monday definitely heightened it, and Pegula speaking and taking questions for the first time in years instantly made it must see. What we saw felt like a blend of honestly, contradicting statements and a few shocking moments. Tim was at the presser covering it for The Athletic and Patrick grills him for with a ton of questions on several statements said.
Pegula says his decision to fire McDermott was based on Saturday’s loss in Denver and the reaction in the locker room, but soon after accused the officials of making a “bad call” that cost them the game. Beane also took offense, great offense to questions about making a powerplay to keep his job and about his character—-a charged response.
Perhaps the most shocking part of the presser was Beane, when asked discussing some of the challenges with draft picks that haven’t worked out when Pegula interrupted to publicly say that the Keon Coleman pick was not Brandon Beane’s choice but Beane was being a “team player.” Tim has a reaction on all this plus reaction he’s heard around the league and tons more.
Make sure to follow Tim on Twitter @ByTimGraham and check out his absolutely elite work at The Athletic.
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