The ongoing points between the Buffalo Bills and Keon Coleman have taken one other twist – and the workforce’s owner has implied it’s on his former head coach.
It comes as Bills owner Terry Pegula mentioned the choice to draft the huge receiver in 2024 was one pushed by the teaching employees, quite than Buffalo normal supervisor Brandon Beane. Pegula fired Sean McDermott, the Bills’ former head coach, earlier this week. At the time McDermott’s dismissal was introduced, it was additionally revealed that Beane was promoted to president of soccer operations.
Both Pegula and Beane have been talking to reporters on Wednesday after the Bills crashed out of the divisional spherical on Saturday, with Beane being requested why Coleman’s performances have thus far failed to fulfill the usual required.
As Beane started to reply the query, Pegula interrupted to clarify the scenario and take the blame off Beane.
“Can I interrupt? I’ll address the Keon situation. 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 mentioned.
“That was Brandon being a workforce participant and taking recommendation from his teaching employees who felt strongly concerning the participant.
“(Beane) has taken, for some reason, heat about it and not saying a word about it, but I’m here to tell you the true story.”
Coleman has thus far struggled to dwell as much as expectations since being a second-round decide within the 2024 NFL draft.
He completed the 2025 season with 38 receptions, 404 receiving yards and 4 touchdowns in 13 regular-season video games with two receptions, 46 yards and one landing in two postseason video games, coming beneath criticism for each his efficiency on and off the sphere.
In November, the second-year receiver was a wholesome scratch for the primary time in his profession after the Bills confirmed he turned up late to a workforce assembly.
It adopted a pattern that pointed in direction of ongoing points between Coleman and the franchise – one which now raises questions over his future with the Bills, regardless of him having two years left on his contract.
After Pegula gave his ideas throughout Wednesday’s information convention, Beane acknowledged he was “looking” at methods to enhance the workforce, but additionally took duty for what many Bills followers will see as a disappointing finish to the season.
“Can I do better? Heck yeah,” Beane mentioned.
Since his promotion, Beane’s first huge job is to discover a substitute head coach after McDermott was fired after 9 seasons at the helm.
And, if there wasn’t earlier than, there’ll now be main doubts about whether or not Coleman will probably be a part of the brand new regime.