Keon WTF?

[GunnerBill]

16 hours ago, HappyDays said:

 

I generally agree with your point here, I am usually very patient with letting young players develop. But as someone that really liked Coleman as a prospect I have to be honest about what he's doing on the field. I don't expect young players to be immediate superstars but you want to see some sort of arc of progress from them. Josh Allen is a classic example - he was a better player by the end of his rookie year and continued showing progress in his sophomore season. Coleman on the other hand ended his rookie season worse than it started, and to my eyes he has shown no improvement this year. Lack of separation I get and anticipated, but he's not even doing the things he's supposed to do well - fighting through contact, catching back shoulder throws, etc. He's not a Skyy Moore level bust who doesn't deserve to be on the field but his performance so far caps him as a WR4 type.

 

Not giving up on him yet but we really need to start seeing progress and I'm losing hope that that progress is going to show up out of the blue this year. He reportedly showed a ton of progress in camp but it hasn't translated to real games. Next year is big for him. He could still follow the Davante Adams/Nico Collins track of breaking out in his 3rd season. This year I just don't see it.

 

He didn't do those things particularly great in college though. That was part of the evaluation on Keon. He doesn't dominate enough at the catch point to compensate for the lack of separation. 

[Pete]

1 hour ago, Kirby Jackson said:

We shouldn’t overreact to this because there are a lot of good players all over the map. At the same time, there are some extremes in here:

 

 

Beane knows nothing about WRs!  I hate this pick more than Elam

The only WR who is in even in the ballpark vicinity of worst efficiency  is Bub Means- whoever the hell that is

[FireChans]

1 hour ago, Kirby Jackson said:

We shouldn’t overreact to this because there are a lot of good players all over the map. At the same time, there are some extremes in here:

 

 

I have no problem steering away from Ladd, even though he’s great.

 

I just have a problem chasing after our big Kelvin Benjamin clone.

 

also, has anyone else realized the hype from Keon’s offseason probably came from abusing our weak secondary?

[Kirby Jackson]

1 hour ago, FireChans said:

I have no problem steering away from Ladd, even though he’s great.

 

I just have a problem chasing after our big Kelvin Benjamin clone.

 

also, has anyone else realized the hype from Keon’s offseason probably came from abusing our weak secondary?

I think that, paired with the Bills driving the narrative. They desperately needed him to be good so they went all-in on telling everyone that he would be.