It’s about time the rookie gets some love!
There is no better feeling in the world of sports than coming off a fantastic win against a solid opponent. The Buffalo Bills are experiencing that feeling after defeating the Seattle Seahawks in Week 8, 31-10. Right from the start, the Bills started off fast and never looked back. Not once did they allow the Seahawks to get back into the game. One of the biggest turning points of how the game would turn out was when the Seahawks were on the goaline and Seahawks center Connor Willims launched a snap over Geno Smith’s head that cost the Seahawks a potential touchdown.
The Bills are now at 6-2 and find themselves in a great spot to separate themselves even more this coming week in the AFC East when they host the Miami Dolphins. They have won three games in a row after dropping back-to-back games to the Ravens and Texans. Overall, the Bills are playing like one of the best teams now and they have a massive advantage heading into Week 9.
The Bleacher Report NFL Staff created their power rankings for this week after Week 8 and the Bills find themselves among the best in the league, jumping up three spots from No. 6 to No. 3, only behind the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs.
It’s not surprising to see the Bills make this big jump, considering the damage that they have done. However, they couldn’t have done it without rookie wide receiver Keon Coleman.
“Along with the addition of Amari Cooper’, Keon Coleman’s maturation has given Buffalo legitimate options on the outside. Coleman has 195 receiving yards over the last two games, with at least seven targets in both contests. He’s becoming the big, physical option whom the Bills envisioned when they drafted him at the top of April’s second round.”
– Brent Sobleski, Bleacher Report
Coleman had a career game against the Tennessee Titans in Week 7, reeling in 4 catches for 125 yards. Then this past Sunday, he had 5 catches for 70 yards and an amazing one-handed touchdown grab that put the Bills on the board against the Seahawks.
WR Keon Coleman, Buffalo Bills are on a roll
This is the Bills football that fans missed in Weeks 4 & 5. They are rolling over opponents and not giving them a chance to gain any momentum. Seeing the development of their young rookie receiver grow in his game and doing it in blowout victories shows Bills Mafia that trading back twice wasn’t such a bad idea in the draft.
Now it is just a matter of consistency. Coleman will need to keep proving that he can still be a great threat for the Bills and force defensive coordinators to respect his game.