The Buffalo Payments, who’ve been perennial Tremendous Bowl contenders the previous few years, are going to look very completely different this season and presumably have completely different expectations.
After numerous hypothesis that Stefon Diggs was sad with the Buffalo group, the four-time Professional Bowl broad receiver was traded to the Houston Texans, and WR2 Gabriel Davis left as a free agent, leaving the Payments with no confirmed playmakers.
They are going to be relying on rookies and younger gamers to fill the void, and certainly one of them is Keon Coleman, a wideout Buffalo took within the second spherical of the 2024 NFL Draft.
Former NFL defensive again Louis Riddick informed followers to not sleep on Coleman, per NFL on ESPN.
“Do not sleep on this young man,” the previous NFL security stated. “Had he run faster at the combine he would have went much higher, he would have went in the first round.”
“Do not sleep on this young man, had he run faster at the combine he would have went much higher, he would have went in the first round.”@LRiddickESPN has excessive hopes for Payments rookie broad receiver Keon Coleman 👏 pic.twitter.com/4jjqHSaKiS
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) July 16, 2024
Coleman performed his faculty ball at Michigan State College as a freshman and sophomore earlier than transferring on to Florida State College, the place in 2023, he had 50 catches for 658 yards and 11 touchdowns.
He ran the 40-yard sprint in 4.61 seconds on the NFL Scouting Mix, which may have triggered him to drop within the draft, the place he was the primary choose of the second spherical (No. 33 total).
Riddick made it clear that Coleman will be unable to single-handedly change Diggs’ manufacturing, particularly as a result of Diggs had greater than 103 receptions and 1,180 receiving yards in every of his 4 seasons with Buffalo.
However Riddick additionally stated the Payments might be “fine” transferring ahead.
They do have Khalil Shakir, a younger broad receiver who had 611 receiving yards in 2023, and tight finish Dalton Kincaid, who made 73 catches for 673 yards as a rookie final yr.
Shakir, Kincaid and Coleman will do their finest to assist quarterback Josh Allen hold the Payments in competition for an additional AFC East title.
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