{"id":846816,"date":"2026-04-01T10:01:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/846816\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:01:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:01:25","slug":"6-takeaways-from-buffalo-bills-brandon-beane-at-nfl-league-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/846816\/","title":{"rendered":"6 takeaways from Buffalo Bills&#8217; Brandon Beane at NFL league meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 31, 2026, 4:22 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The annual offseason NFL league meeting has been held in Arizona this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Along with ownership, a team&#8217;s full front office is typically in attendance including head coaches and general managers. That means Brandon Beame was there representing the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/buffalo-bills\/324\" data-autotag=\"1082767b-7fb4-4f44-b217-cdba2c3895e9\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Buffalo Bills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Beane had a video press conference held with media from the location and here are six quick takeaways from Beane&#8217;s conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Allen sounds OK<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:441px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/87888860007-usatsi-27865054.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dec 21, 2025; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) is pressured by Cleveland Browns defensive end Alex Wright (91) during the first half at Huntington Bank Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Quarterback Josh Allen was <a href=\"http:\/\/billswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bills\/2026\/03\/31\/brandon-beane-joe-brady-injury-update-buffalo-bills-josh-allen-nfl\/89394415007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dealing with a foot problem<\/a> at the end of Buffalo&#8217;s 2025 season even though he played through it. After surgery, Beane said Allen looks like he&#8217;ll be good to go for offseason team workouts.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">His foot, I don\u2019t want to say it\u2019s 100 percent, but he\u2019s good,&#8221; Beane said. &#8220;When he gets back in April, we expect him to be full-go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cooks return?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Wide receiver Brandin Cooks only appeared in five games with the Bills after being acquired in 2025. Even so, it appears he made his impact felt because Beane noted he would not rule out Cooks returning after the 2026 NFL draft.<\/p>\n<p>Strong questions remain<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Cornerback Dorian Strong was a sixth-round rookie in 2025 and played well in a handful of games for the Bills. Then he sustained a neck injury that turned out to be a serious one. Beane said the jury is unfortunately still out as it pertains to Strong even being able to return to football.<\/p>\n<p>Kincaid stays through 2027<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/86193473007-usatsi-27084476.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Buffalo Bills tight end Dalton Kincaid (86) tries to prevent New York Jets linebacker Jamien Sherwood (44) from tackling him, Sunday, September 14, 2025, in East Rutherford.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Beane confirmed tight end Dalton Kincaid&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/billswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bills\/2026\/03\/30\/bills-brandon-beane-gives-update-dalton-kincaid-fifth-year-option-nfl\/89387343007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fifth-year option<\/a> has been picked up on his rookie contract. That means Kincaid is now signed with the Bills through the 2027 NFL season.<\/p>\n<p>Wide receiver Round 1 still possible<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">While the Bills did trade for DJ Moore, Beane did not rule or taking another at the draft&#8230; even in Round 1:<\/p>\n<p>O-line battle<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:441px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/89408966007-usatsi-28331285.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feb 24, 2026; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane speaks at the NFL Scouting Combine at the Indiana Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">After losing Ryan Van Demark and David Edwards via free agency, the Bills have a hole on their offensive line. Beane indicated as things currently stand, recent addition Austin Corbett and Alec Anderson are two players that could be vying for playing time there this offseason in a position battle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 31, 2026, 4:22 p.m. ET The annual offseason NFL league meeting has been held in Arizona this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":846817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[95878,215,214,53,2086,7,6,97205,97206,95882,99474,100658,96033,97208,96900,96031,95896,95888,95899,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-846816","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-bills","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-bills","10":"tag-buffalo","11":"tag-buffalo-bills","12":"tag-buffalobills","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflbills","16":"tag-sstsnbills","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagbrandin-cooks","19":"tag-tagbrandon-beane","20":"tag-tagbuffalo-bills","21":"tag-tagdalton-kincaid","22":"tag-tagdj-moore","23":"tag-tagjosh-allen","24":"tag-tagnational-sports","25":"tag-tagnfl","26":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116328876434538074","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}