‘Coleman’s most productive NFL season was as a rookie, when he started all 10 games in which he played and caught 33 passes for 413 yards and three TDs. He suffered a broken hand in practice that year. A year later, he sustained a break to the same hand and underwent surgery, landing him on the injured-reserve list. Coleman was activated in November and wound up playing in a total of nine games, with eight starts, in 2017.’
Archives for August 6, 2018
Jay Skurski’s Hot Read: Trade for Corey Coleman makes perfect sense
‘With the Browns acquiring Jarvis Landry this offseason and expecting to have Josh Gordon back, Coleman was looking at being the No. 3 option, at best, in Cleveland. He’ll get a chance with the Bills to do more than that. Outside of No. 1 option Kelvin Benjamin, there is a wide-open competition.’
5 things about new Bills wide receiver Corey Coleman
‘A highly acclaimed high school track star, he was timed in 4.39 seconds in the Scouting Combine. He was selected No. 15 overall by the Browns, making him the first wide receiver to be drafted. Three other receivers were chosen in the first round — Will Fuller at No. 21 by Houston, Josh Doctson at No. 22 by Washington and Laquon Treadwell at No. 23 by Minnesota.’
Bills’ Redmond hoping extra work will set him apart in center battle
‘”He’s one of the first guys in the building in the morning and it’s not to work out, it’s to get his body ready to go for pads,” Bills coach Sean McDermott said before a recent practice. “When I say it’s not to work out, I’m saying [that] in a good way. It’s not mandatory lift that he’s coming to do here, it’s to get his mind and body ready to go for a full practice of pads and everything that that entails.”‘
Zay Jones ‘grateful’ to be back on practice field with Bills after trying offseason
‘”He’s got to continue to acclimate himself, like he’s been, to get himself up to speed so that we continue to move this thing in the right direction,” McDermott said. “He’s worked extremely hard with our training staff to get himself to where he is now. We’re just taking it one day at a time.’
Bills Camp Day 9: McDermott not pleased with Kelvin Benjamin’s comments
‘”There’s a time and a place for things like that. This was not one of them,” he said. “We have a lot of respect for our opponents, number one, and everyone in the league. I’ve spoken with Kelvin and that’s not how I want us to handle things like that. We’ll move forward as a team, and I hope we’ve already done that. … Our focus needs to be on what we’re doing.”‘
Bills QB Watch, Day 9: Passing offense goes stagnant
‘Peterman’s best throw of the day came in the final 11-on-11 session, converting a third down with a throw to Malachi Dupre. After a short catch by tight end Logan Thomas, a fight broke out between rookie guard Wyatt Teller and linebacker Keenan Robinson. Coach Sean McDermott had to step in to break it up and calm Robinson down.’
Thurman Thomas to be featured on NFL Network’s ‘A Football Life’
‘The NFL Films-produced documentaries air at 8 p.m. Fridays, beginning with the Sept. 14 season premiere on Carson Palmer. A date has not been announced for the Thomas episode, though it will air no earlier than mid-October.’
Tasker had a different kind of Sunday at Glen
‘”You don’t want to look in your rear-view mirror,” Tasker said. “They can close ground on you in a hurry. It was fun. They told us we were going to do four pace laps and we got three in and you look back on that fourth pace lap and you could just tell by the body language of the cars that it was the last lap before green and that they were ready. The drivers were all over the place. I was glad to get out from in front of them.”‘
Bills address weak wide receiver depth in trade for Browns’ Corey Coleman
‘Playing in Baylor’s pass-happy offense, Coleman was the 2015 Biletnikoff winner as the nation’s top collegiate wide receiver. That season, he had 20 touchdown receptions, which led all of Division I. He is also Baylor’s career TD leader with 33, and during his three seasons, he caught 173 passes for 3,009 yards.’
After a turbulent offseason, Bills WR Zay Jones is back on the field
‘“That happened a while ago, I respect your question and your concern for that, but I’m trying to move forward in the right direction,” he said. “A lot has gone on with me, but I’m happy to be out here. I think I would be doing myself a big disservice if I went back to there. That moment was very traumatic for me and my family, and to rehash that now at this point in time wouldn’t do me any good.”’
Micah Hyde found a father figure in a local principal/farmer after his own father left
‘“That actually turned into a project,” Hyde said. “We gutted the whole house and he ended up selling it and now he lives at the farm (15 miles away from Fostoria in Tiffin, Ohio). That was one of those moments that I’ll never forget. We pull up to his house and literally there’s smoke still coming from the roof and he’s smiling. It was one of those times where he taught us whatever life throws at you, it is what it is.”’
Buffalo Bills trade for WR Corey Coleman from Cleveland Browns
‘The Bills announced the release of Quan Bray to make room on the roster for Coleman.’
7 things to know about new Buffalo Bills WR Corey Coleman
‘Coleman is still under his rookie contract for two seasons and can have his fifth-year option picked up if he gets his career on track in Buffalo.’
6 thoughts and a grade for Buffalo Bills trading for WR Corey Coleman
‘The injury history is a concern for Coleman, who already was battling a sore hamstring in camp with the Browns. But with the need at receiver, the Bills went out and added a guy who’s an immediate upgrade over some of the names at the bottom half of the depth chart.’