Buffalo Bills receiver Keon Coleman has a supporter in Joe Brady, and the team’s new head coach made sure to advocate for the second-year wideout during his introductory press conference on Thursday.
“Keon Coleman is going to be on our football team,” Brady told reporters, including WKBW’s Matthew Bové.
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Brady’s definitive statement came a week after Coleman’s place on the roster appeared to be in question following remarks by team owner Terry Pegula during a press conference explaining the firing of head coach Sean McDermott.
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In addition to announcing McDermott’s dismissal, the Bills also promoted general manager Brandon Beane to president of football operations. That raised eyebrows among fans and media following the Bills, as Beane’s roster construction was arguably as responsible — if not more so — for the team’s failure to get to the Super Bowl during the past seven seasons.
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Pegula defended Beane, choosing to single out Coleman as an example of the general manager being a “team player” who drafted a player that coaches wanted more than the front office’s talent evaluators may have.
“The coaching staff pushed to draft Keon. I’m not saying Brandon wouldn’t have drafted him, but he wasn’t his next choice,” Pegula said, via Yahoo Sports’ Jori Epstein.
“That was Brandon being a team player and taking advice of his coaching staff who felt strongly about the player,” he added. “He’s taken, for some reason, heat about it and not saying a word about it, But I’m here to tell you the true story.”
One of the primary criticisms against Beane is that he didn’t add an impact receiver to the offense for quarterback Josh Allen. Selecting Coleman in the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft was an attempt to remedy that.
The 6-foot-4, 210-pound receiver was a big target, one who caught 11 touchdowns in 2023 for Florida State). Though Coleman averaged 54 catches in his final two college seasons, he didn’t…
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