The Buffalo Bills are on their search for a new head coach after firing Sean McDermott days following their loss against the Denver Broncos in the Divisional Round. One surprising thing to many was that general manager Brandon Beane was not fired, and it seems like there may have been a disconnection between and he and McDermott.
One of those disconnects happened to be drafting Keon Coleman, and owner Terry Pegula shared that selecting the wide receiver was more on McDermott.
“Bills owner Terry Pegula said Buffalo’s coaching staff pushed to draft WR Keon Coleman and GM Brandon Beane supported it. Pegula doesn’t think it’s fair for that pick to be pinned on Beane,” ESPN's Adam Schefter wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
It was a rough season for Coleman, and after having 112 receiving yards in Week 1 against the Baltimore Ravens, he never logged another game with more than 50 receiving yards. He was a healthy scratch four times during the season, and it seemed as if the team had lost its trust in him. During that stretch, McDermott shared that one of the games for which he was a healthy scratch wasn't discipline-related.
In the end, it just didn't seem like Coleman was playing at the level that they wanted him to. In the Divisional Round game, he finished with one catch and three targets for 10 yards.
It will be interesting to see what the future will look like for Coleman, especially since the people who vouched for him are no longer on the team.
The good news is that Coleman is still young, and he has time to figure things out, but it's uncertain if the Bills will want to wait for the maturation. It will also probably be up to the new head coach if he sees a vision for Coleman on the team.
