Orchard Park, NY – Buffalo Bills, Keon Coleman, was put on the bench for the first defeat series on Sunday evening against the New England Patriots for “Discipline,” said coach Sean McDermott on Monday.
Coleman seated the six-year trip which ended with an escape from a sloppy transfer of the quarterrier Josh Allen intended for the tight winger Dawson Knox. He started the four previous games this season.
McDermott said at his press conference on Monday that the incident came from something that had happened during the week before the match but did not go into detail.
Coleman, a second round choice in 2024, was also set up for the first quarter of week 3 last season against the Jacksonville jaguars after being late for a meeting.
McDermott was asked if there was disappointed that another problem created the need for Sunday bench, to which he said: “Yes.”
Coleman, 22, was on the ground for the first game in the second offensive series and finished with 42 snaps (62%), catching four of his seven targets for 23 yards and a touchdown. He also had an escape which led the patriots to obtain the ball on the line of 11 yards of Buffalo.
“We are expecting more and he has shown growth this year. He did it,” said McDermott. “We are looking for more consistency.”
When asked if this means consistency in a specific field, McDermott said: “Growth, maturation.
The attacking coordinator Joe Brady said on Monday that Coleman can be more coherent by being where he is supposed to be.
“When he is there to do his job, to do his 1 / 11th and to be just responsible before the other 10 guys in the group with him at any time,” said Brady. “You see growth, you see the parts he has there, but it must be the coherent level.”
