Bills’ Keon Coleman Receives Punishment for Disciplinary Reasons
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Keon Coleman was benched for the first offensive series of Sunday night’s game against the New England Patriots due to a “discipline” issue, as revealed by head coach Sean McDermott on Monday. Coleman was absent from the six-play series that culminated in a fumble after a mishandling of the ball on a pass from quarterback Josh Allen to tight end Dawson Knox. He had started in the previous four games this season. McDermott explained in his press conference on Monday that the incident originated in something that happened during the week before the game, but he did not go into details about the specific situation. The player, selected in the second round of 2024, was also benched in the first quarter of a Week 3 game last season against the Jacksonville Jaguars for being late to a meeting. When McDermott was asked if he felt disappointment about the issue that led to the benching, he replied: “Yes”. Coleman, 22, played on the first play of the second offensive series and finished with 42 plays (62%) and caught four of his seven passes, totaling 23 yards and a touchdown. He also had a fumble that resulted in the Patriots recovering the ball on Buffalo’s 11-yard line.When asked specifically if that means consistency in a specific area, McDermott said: “Growth, maturity. That leads to consistency more than anything else and, like anything else, you have winning habits, and that leads to winning on the field. And that’s really what we’re trying to create, and that’s what we’re here for, to help the young people, in this case, grow, mature, develop and become professionals, and that’s part of the process.” Offensive coordinator Joe Brady said on Monday that Coleman can be more consistent by being where he’s supposed to be.“We expect more, and it has shown growth this year. It has,” McDermott commented. “We’re looking for more consistency.”
Sean McDermott
“When he’s out there doing his job, doing his 1/11 and just being accountable to the other 10 guys in the group with him at any given time,” Brady said. “You see the growth, you see the plays he makes out there, but it just needs to be the consistent level.”
Joe Brady
