Keon Coleman, Bills WR, out for missed meeting; Davis returns

Keon Coleman, out of the Bills game against the Buccaneers

Buffalo Bills wide receiver Keon Coleman will be out due to a technical decision in the upcoming game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, according to sources close to the team. The decision to leave Coleman out of the game is not related to his performance on the field, whether in matches or training. The main reason is that the player did not attend a team meeting on Friday morning. Before this absence, the team had planned for Coleman to participate in the match. Coleman, who was a second-round pick in 2024, has recorded 32 receptions on 49 attempts this season, accumulating 330 yards and three touchdowns. In the first game of the season against the Baltimore Ravens, he achieved eight receptions for 112 yards and a touchdown.

The Bills have elevated wide receiver Gabe Davis from the practice squad for his first game since suffering a meniscus injury last November while playing for the Jacksonville Jaguars. This will be his first game with Buffalo since 2023. Mecole Hardman, wide receiver and returner, was also added to the active roster from the practice squad before the game, after joining the team earlier in the week. Coleman was benched in the first series of the Week 5 game against the New England Patriots. Previously, he was also a substitute in the first quarter of a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in his rookie season for being late. The coach Sean McDermott was asked this week if he was satisfied with Coleman’s effort on the field.

He knows if I’m not satisfied. … Just like any player. It’s fair for you to ask,” McDermott said. “I can promise you that it’s addressed when it’s not where it needs to be. There are times like any player or any performer where it’s exactly where it needs to be and there are times when it’s not. And then we have to address it so that, hopefully, it gets to where it needs to be. So it’s addressed. It’s been good at times and other times, it can surely improve.

Sean McDermott