{"id":421346,"date":"2026-01-21T19:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/421346\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T19:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:09:09","slug":"keon-coleman-fallout-from-bills-playoff-loss-escalates-as-owner-takes-veiled-shot-at-fired-coach-while-discussing-why-star-wr-was-drafted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/421346\/","title":{"rendered":"Keon Coleman: Fallout from Bills\u2019 playoff loss escalates as owner takes veiled shot at fired coach while discussing why star WR was drafted"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The ongoing issues between the Buffalo Bills<\/a> and Keon Coleman have taken another twist \u2013 and the team\u2019s owner has implied it\u2019s on his former head coach.\n <\/p>\n

\n It comes as Bills<\/a> owner Terry Pegula said the decision to draft the wide receiver in 2024 was one pushed by the coaching staff, rather than Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane. Pegula fired Sean McDermott, the Bills\u2019 former head coach, earlier this week. At the time McDermott\u2019s dismissal was announced, it was also revealed that Beane was promoted to president of football operations.\n <\/p>\n

\n Both Pegula and Beane were speaking to reporters on Wednesday after the Bills crashed out<\/a> of the divisional round on Saturday, with Beane being asked why Coleman\u2019s performances have so far failed to meet the standard required.\n <\/p>\n

\n As Beane began to answer the question, Pegula interrupted to explain the situation and take the blame off Beane.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cCan I interrupt? I\u2019ll address the Keon situation. The coaching staff pushed to draft Keon. I\u2019m not saying Brandon wouldn\u2019t have drafted him, but he wasn\u2019t his next choice,\u201d Pegula said.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThat was Brandon being a team player and taking advice from his coaching staff who felt strongly about the player.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201c(Beane) has taken, for some reason, heat about it and not saying a word about it, but I\u2019m here to tell you the true story.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\"Keon<\/p>\n

\n Coleman has so far struggled to live up to expectations since being a second-round pick in the 2024 NFL draft.\n <\/p>\n

\n He finished the 2025 season with<\/a> 38 receptions, 404 receiving yards and four touchdowns in 13 regular-season games with two receptions, 46 yards and one touchdown in two postseason games, coming under criticism for both his performance on and off the field.\n <\/p>\n

\n In November<\/a>, the second-year receiver was a healthy scratch for the first time in his career after the Bills confirmed he turned up late to a team meeting.\n <\/p>\n

\n It followed a trend that pointed towards ongoing issues between Coleman and the franchise \u2013 one that now raises questions over his future with the Bills, despite him having two years left on his contract.\n <\/p>\n

\n After Pegula gave his thoughts during Wednesday\u2019s news conference, Beane acknowledged he was \u201clooking\u201d at ways to improve the team, but also took responsibility for what many Bills fans will see as a disappointing end to the season.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cCan I do better? Heck yeah,\u201d Beane said.\n <\/p>\n

\n Since his promotion, Beane\u2019s first big task is to find a replacement head coach after McDermott was fired<\/a> after nine seasons at the helm.\n <\/p>\n

\n And, if there wasn\u2019t before, there will now be major doubts about whether Coleman will be part of the new regime.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ongoing issues between the Buffalo Bills and Keon Coleman have taken another twist \u2013 and the team\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-421346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}