Whereas the Buffalo Payments introduced in a number of gamers to exchange outgoing vast receivers Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis, rookie Keon Coleman — who Buffalo traded again twice to in the end choose with the No. 33 choose within the 2024 NFL Draft — is arguably their most vital pickup, given his youth.
The participant that Coleman can be catching passes from, Josh Allen, has excessive reward for the rookie receiver.
“I feel his play type [is] what we wanted in our offense,” Allen stated on Thursday’s version of NFL Community’s “The Insiders.” “Speaking with our offensive coordinator [Joe Brady], our quarterbacks coach [Ronald Curry], [general manager] Brandon Beane and, clearly, coach [Sean] McDermott, a man that is a big-bodied man and might go win on a back-shoulder fade and never afraid to be a bodily vast receiver.
“I feel you pair him with among the guys we have now in our room proper now. I feel Mack Hollins has been such a fantastic addition to date to that room along with his mentality, his mindset is infectious to others. Curtis Samuel, he is been exhibiting up each single day able to work. … You begin pairing these guys up with Dawson [Knox] and Coleman on this combine now, we’re gonna have a reasonably strong group that works collectively.”
Coleman totaled 50 receptions for 658 yards and 11 touchdowns (13.2 yards per reception) at Florida State in 2023. He spent the earlier two seasons (2021-22) at Michigan State.
Hollins, Samuel, Chase Claypool and Marquez Valdes-Scantling are among the many different receivers that Buffalo added this offseason.
Hollins is a yr faraway from totaling a career-high 57 receptions for 690 yards and 4 touchdowns; Samuel has totaled 62-plus receptions for 600-plus yards and 4 touchdowns in every of the previous two seasons; Claypool was a former second-round draft selection of the Pittsburgh Steelers and racked up 9 receiving touchdowns in his 2020 rookie marketing campaign; Valdes-Scantling simply received back-to-back Tremendous Bowls with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
Buffalo’s main receiver amongst these nonetheless current from final season, Khalil Shakir, emerged down the stretch, ending with 39 receptions for 611 yards and two touchdowns. Elsewhere, rookie tight finish Dalton Kincaid reeled in 73 receptions, whereas working again James Prepare dinner tallied 44 receptions for 445 yards and 4 touchdowns, concurrently speeding for 1,122 yards on 4.7 yards per carry.
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Buffalo averaged 244.4 passing yards per sport final season, good for eighth within the NFL. The Payments are coming off their fourth consecutive AFC East division title, however had been eradicated within the AFC divisional spherical for the third consecutive season.
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