Keon Coleman likely to return against Pittsburgh (Edit: Confirmed Active)

[reddogblitz]

Typical Coleman. Makes a nice catch for a TD. Then the next pass to him hits him in the hands and bounces off.  But he did catch the 3rd one.

[KingBoots8]

4 hours ago, reddogblitz said:

Typical Coleman. Makes a nice catch for a TD. Then the next pass to him hits him in the hands and bounces off.  But he did catch the 3rd one.

progress!

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

4 hours ago, reddogblitz said:

Typical Coleman. Makes a nice catch for a TD. Then the next pass to him hits him in the hands and bounces off.  But he did catch the 3rd one.

the one that bounced off his hands is basically the kind of catch we drafted him for. Dude just plays soft. 

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

4 hours ago, reddogblitz said:

Typical Coleman. Makes a nice catch for a TD. Then the next pass to him hits him in the hands and bounces off.  But he did catch the 3rd one.

Thankfully it wasn’t the reverse outcome on those two plays haha 

[Kelly to Allen]

Critical catch but frustrating drop. Caught another slant.

 

Hoping his confidence builds before the playoffs. I don't need him to be a star, just make some plays. 

 

Hang in there Keon!

[Alphadawg7]

6 hours ago, HappyDays said:

 

That TD was all Allen, pump faking a free rusher and then making a sick jump pass. All Coleman had to do was run through the zone into open space. To his credit he caught a pass that hit him in the hands which was not a guarantee.

No offense, but you don’t really leave any room for anyone else to get any credit when they do something by talking like this.  He got open, he caught the ball.  The thing you and everyone else says every day he can’t do. 

 

I don’t know what Coleman can be, but I know what he has been has not been good enough so far.  So I’m not here to make excuses for him.  But at the same time, it’s such a waste of energy to spend so much time trying to take away from him anything he does positive like you’re attempting to do here. 
 

It’s fine to still doubt him, not have confidence in him, etc.  It’s another thing to go out of the way to discredit anything positive he does just to maintain that opinion.
 

He made a big play in a big moment when this team really needed it.  Just let the kid have that, why try and take that away, makes no sense.  
 

Let’s just hope he builds on it, hope Brady finds better ways to get him involved…because we will be a better football team if that happens.  And who knows, maybe it’s more of the same issues moving forward that got him benched, if so, he probably won’t be on the team next year.  But at least leave room for the kid to prove he has value to the team. 
 

 

Edited 9 hours ago by Alphadawg7

[Sierra Foothills]

3 targets, 2 receptions, 9 yards, 1 TD, 1 drop

[Chautauqua Mafia]

2 minutes ago, Sierra Foothills said:

3 targets, 2 receptions, 9 yards, 1 TD, 1 drop

Veritable Jerry Rice 

[Solomon Grundy]

12 hours ago, reddogblitz said:

Typical Coleman. Makes a nice catch for a TD. Then the next pass to him hits him in the hands and bounces off.  But he did catch the 3rd one.

Better than Gabe Davis!! Gabe drops too many passes for me. Then when he catches them he's not in the field of play 

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

5 hours ago, Sierra Foothills said:

3 targets, 2 receptions, 9 yards, 1 TD, 1 drop

 

How many drops does that make for him this year?  

[SunDSolar]

14 hours ago, HappyDays said:

 

That TD was all Allen, pump faking a free rusher and then making a sick jump pass. All Coleman had to do was run through the zone into open space. To his credit he caught a pass that hit him in the hands which was not a guarantee.

 

He had to beat man coverage with safety help 

 

And he did just that, on a 4th and goal in a big spot in this game

[Einstein]

8 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

the one that bounced off his hands is basically the kind of catch we drafted him for. Dude just plays soft. 

 

This.

 

The TD catch was a wide open catch than a high school player can make.

The drop was the type of play that we drafted him for.

2 minutes ago, SunDSolar said:

 

He had to beat man coverage with safety help 

 

And he did just that, on a 4th and goal in a big spot in this game

 

There was no man coverage. Keon literally ran off the line uncontested and unfollowed, to an open spot where he caught the ball. He beat no-one. The best you could say is that the safety was slow to react.

[HappyDays]

8 hours ago, Alphadawg7 said:

No offense, but you don’t really leave any room for anyone else to get any credit when they do something by talking like this.  He got open, he caught the ball.  The thing you and everyone else says every day he can’t do. 

 

I'm sorry Alpha but this is as basic as it gets for a WR:

 

 

7 minutes ago, SunDSolar said:

He had to beat man coverage with safety help 

 

 

That isn't what happened. See the video above. He's just running into open space, there is nothing remotely high level about this other than what Allen does to manufacture a TD from an otherwise broken play.

 

If I'm supposed to take this TD as a big positive step forward for Coleman, sorry but I don't. He has a very long way to go. Every time Allen looked downfield he wasn't finding any of his WRs open and Coleman is a big part of that problem. He also had another drop on a routine quick slant catch. Good to see Coleman back in the lineup but let's be honest about the performance.

[SCBills]

Happy Keon got a TD, it’s a start. 
 

The slants are what we need him to get reliable with. 
 

1 for 2 there

 

I don’t have a ton of hope for him to be some downfield threat, but we need him to be available to JA for those 5-10 yard quick slants to keep the offense on track & give our QB an easy button throw here and there. 

[Royale with Cheese]

17 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

I'm sorry Alpha but this is as basic as it gets for a WR:

 

 

 

That isn't what happened. See the video above. He's just running into open space, there is nothing remotely high level about this other than what Allen does to manufacture a TD from an otherwise broken play.

 

If I'm supposed to take this TD as a big positive step forward for Coleman, sorry but I don't. He has a very long way to go. Every time Allen looked downfield he wasn't finding any of his WRs open and Coleman is a big part of that problem. He also had another drop on a routine quick slant catch. Good to see Coleman back in the lineup but let's be honest about the performance.

 

It was the greatest route ever ran and I expect it to be the video that propels him to the Hall of Fame.

[billsfan89]

14 hours ago, HappyDays said:

 

Off target?

 

It was a little low and wobbly from what I saw, it wasn't right on the money so to speak. I could be wrong just going off of memory.

[CincyBillsFan]

15 hours ago, billsfan89 said:

He made himself available and he caught a pass that was slightly off target it was like 70-80% Josh but it’s good for him to get that kind of big time play. Helps with his confidence and the teams confidence in him

There was nothing wrong with that pass.  The fact that Allen hit Coleman in the stomach on a play he first had to pump fake a free rusher and then was nailed as he released the ball was another high level play by the QB.

 

But I will take anything positive with Coleman that can motivate him to turn his game around.  If he elevates his play it would be huge for the Bills this season and beyond.