The Buffalo Bills could use an emergence on the outside, and in the eyes of left tackle Dion Dawkins, that player will be second-year wide receiver Keon Coleman.
“It is night and day, or a sunny day and a storm,” Dawkins said on Wednesday about the difference in Coleman from last year to this year, according to 13WHAM. “Keon is not the same player from last year, so the league better get ready. He is not the same guy, and as a teammate, I am so glad that he picked it up so early because he is not the same player. And I’m just glad that Josh [Allen] has him, in addition to the Buffalo Payments. Keon has confirmed up from coaching camp to being on time, to checking into dinner, to checking into lunch, to being obtainable.
“He is been a completely modified Keon, and I am completely satisfied to be his teammate and for him to only continue to learn, as a result of he’s going to be particular, and he already is. That is Keon’s time, and you may see it.”
Buffalo chosen Coleman with the No. 33 decide within the 2024 NFL Draft out of Florida State, with whom he led the ACC with 11 receiving touchdowns in 2023.
In his rookie season (2024), Coleman totaled 29 receptions for 556 yards (19.2 yards per reception) and 4 touchdowns. He then had three receptions for 22 yards within the playoffs. The 6-foot-4 Coleman ranked sixtieth amongst broad receivers with a 68.8 total grade, in keeping with Professional Soccer Focus.
The Payments averaged 227.9 passing yards per recreation, good for ninth within the NFL, in a season that noticed Allen win the NFL MVP Award. That stated, Allen additionally threw for simply 3,731 yards, his lowest output since 2019. The 2024 season was the Payments’ first with out star broad receiver Stefon Diggs, whom they traded to the Houston Texans within the 2024 offseason and was a Professional Bowler in every of his 4 years with the franchise (2020-23).
On the broad receiver entrance, 2024 mid-season pickup Amari Cooper stays a free agent, whereas Mack Hollins signed with the New England Patriots. Buffalo signed receivers Josh Palmer (three-year, $29 million deal), Elijah Moore (one-year, $2.5 million deal) and Laviska Shenault (one-year, $1.2 million deal), whereas deciding on Maryland receiver Kaden Prather with the No. 240 decide within the 2025 NFL Draft. The Payments prolonged broad receiver Khalil Shakir, who led Buffalo with each 76 receptions and 821 receiving yards final season, on a four-year, $53 million deal.
In the meantime, Dawkins, a Professional Bowler in every of the previous 4 seasons, is among the finest left tackles within the sport. Final season, Dawkins ranked sixteenth amongst offensive tackles with an 81.2 pass-blocking grade, thirty third with a 72.9 total grade and forty fourth with a 68.7 run-blocking grade, per PFF.
Coleman, Dawkins and the Payments shut out their 2025 preseason on the street towards the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Saturday evening and host the Baltimore Ravens on Sept. 7 to kick off their common season.
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