The Bills appear to be giving up on Keon Coleman.
The No. 33 pick whom the Bills traded up to land in the second round 2024 NFL Draft is expected to be inactive for the second straight game for Thursday night’s road tilt against the Texans, according to Cover 1.
Coleman, a surprise inactive last week against the Buccaneers, appears to have fallen out of favor in Buffalo after coming into the season with a chance to develop into the team’s No. 1 receiver.
Coleman was benched last week for being late to a meeting.
Keon Coleman will be in street clothes again on Thursday night. AP
Bills coach Sean McDermott said Coleman ran out of strikes with him when discussing last week’s benching.
“That was my decision,” McDermott said after Sunday’s 44-32 win over the Buccaneers. “It is disappointing, but I still believe in the young man … I try and give the guys a kind of a strike approach, ‘Hey, you get a chance to show your teammates that’s not really who you are.’ When it happens again, then I step in. I believe he will learn from it. He takes it seriously. He will move forward in a way of growing from this, and that’s the whole goal.”
Coleman tallied eight catches for 112 yards and a touchdown in Week 1’s wild comeback win over the Ravens. Since then, he’s been more or less a disaster.
He is yet to eclipse 50 yards receiving in any game since, and has just 32 catches for 330 yards and three touchdowns on the season.
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After being benched, Coleman said he and McDermott were “on the same page” and took responsibility.
“Doing what I’m supposed to do, doing the right things, being where I’m supposed to be … You can’t make those types of mistakes,” Coleman said. “You’re a professional.”
Sean McDermott says that Keon Coleman needs to be more accountable. AP
Coleman was also benched at one point during the Bills’ 23-20 loss to New England in early October, a game where he also fumbled.
Buffalo (7-3) is in a big spot Thursday as it chases the Patriots (9-2) in the AFC East in a season with Super Bowl hopes.
