Is Bills WR Keon Coleman ready to seize the WR1 role in Buffalo?
Is Bills WR Keon Coleman ready to seize the WR1 role in Buffalo? | Yahoo Fantasy Forecast
In our latest Yahoo Fantasy Forecast Matt Harmon and Destination Devy's Ray Garvin attempt to identify this year's breakout wide receiver in fantasy. The two analyze Buffalo Bills wide receiver Keon Coleman breaking out in 2025. Hear the full conversation on the 'Yahoo Fantasy Forecast' podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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I do think it's worth throwing Keyon Coleman out here, Ray, because I, look, all of that could be true.
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You know, you can look at his deep red reception perception route tree and still think he's a good pick at wide receiver 51 or 52 just because look, you're attaching again, I know, I, I know he's got, look, nobody knows better than me that he's got problems as a separator.
I, I don't think his best deployment is out there at ex-receiver.
For every single snap, but based on last year, based on their comments so far this offseason, that's the role that they want Keyon Coleman to have, to be their ex-receiver.
I think he'd be better maximized as the guy that you use off the line of scrimmage, a guy that's more of a power slot player.
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He never gonna play in the slot because they got Khalil Shakir, and I think they've kind of ticketed Josh Palmer to be that outside guy that moves around a little bit more than Keyon Coleman.
So I, I'm, I'm projecting him as their ex-receiver.
Don't love him in that role long term being like a consistent high targeted player.
That being said, he's not useless.
He's really good on slant routes.
He's, he's not great, but he's solid in contested situations, and he's actually really, really good in the same way that Gabe Davis was as a A guy, like, honestly, not a not a good separator, not an ideal fit at X, but just like Gabe Davis, Keon Coleman showed as a rookie.
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He's really good at like getting free on these improv scramble drill plays, which is gonna put big plays in the box score when you got number 17, Josh Allen, as your quarterback.
So, um, he might be like a Best ball only guy, but for all my problems with the way the Bills use Keyon Coleman and sort of his player profile, I absolutely don't mind taking a shot on him outside the top 50 receivers.
He probably needs a role change or to really, really take a step as a player to be the next JSN, but he's somebody again at that 80P that I don't mind drafting.
I, I, I'll just say this, I too, despite some things that concern me when watching Keyon Coleman play, I, I'm a little excited for year two, Keyon Coleman, and I'll just say this, when I'm looking at a result of percent of targets that result in a first down or a touchdown, when I'm lined on the outside, I've got all the receiver names that we talked about today.
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Now all the receiver names on there, uh.
Keon Coleman, 40.8%.
The only people higher than him was Ricky Piersall, Chris Olave, and Jackson Smith and Jigba.
So, I, I mean a better target conversion percentage when aligned on the outside than Downs or Doomsday, R Reed, Pickens, and DeMario.
Douglas.
So if he can be a more consistent, that's the thing, right?
The consistency, the, the talent is there.
He absolutely has the talent and the ability to win in the NFL and therefore return fantasy points for us.
Can he develop that consistency?
The environment should be there.
Uh, his role seems to be pretty solidified.
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He wants some more consistency out of Keyon Coleman, but I too, despite a very red, very red tree, Matt, I'm still a little bit in on Keyon Coleman.
Reluctantly, because you're just what you're trying to project is him just ascending, right?
Natural progression of somebody that we hope works hard, goes out there and he gets a little bit better, right?
And I think that is OK to project for Keon Coleman.
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