Buffalo Rumblings
Keon Coleman’s rise commences; Buffalo Joe, and more rookie tidbits
The Buffalo Bills took a cross-country trip to face a fairly uncommon opponent in the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday afternoon. Going into the week, the Seahawks had been a roller coaster type of team while in firm contention for the NFC West crown.
The Bills went into Seattle and handled the Seahawks with plenty of ease. It was a 31-10 game that saw quarterback Josh Allen and the rest of the team pull their foot off the pedal moving into the fourth quarter.
A large collection of positive contributors now sees this team commanding the AFC East with a 6-2 overall record. The Bills had some new developments amongst their rookie class in the week heading into the game and, of course, in the game itself. Let’s talk about the Bills’ rookie class and how they performed against Seattle.
Coleman has had two outstanding concurrent weeks with his best overall performance in structure coming during Week 8 in multiple aspects of the game. Coleman won a fade ball for one of the best individual plays by a receiver for the Bills this season — in which he ripped the ball down with one arm, pinning the ball to his chest while being contested by the athletic and lengthy Tariq Woolen in coverage. Coleman shrugged him off and tapped his helmet after the play as a signal to Woolen that it was a good back and forth between the two quality young players.
Coleman was also able to bully the defender on a couple of press coverage reps that showed he’s capable of being a powerful alpha against smaller cornerbacks. He also was hit by Allen on a seam shot that Allen saw pre-snap and hit Coleman almost immediately for a chunk gain.
It was as good of a run blocking game as you will ever see from a receiver in a game — punking corners left and right with shoves to the ground and putting another into the bench, which wound up resulting in negating penalties on both parties.
You’re seeing a rookie progress here in substantial ways. It started as broken plays and some yards-after-catch skill. It’s now turning into his physicality really starting to blossom in multiple different factors, which will continue earning trust with offensive coordinator Joe Brady and Josh Allen. At this point, it’s absolutely clear that Allen loves him.
No snaps once again for Bishop in this game. It’s been a theme this year when safeties Taylor Rapp and Damar Hamlin are healthy. Rapp shows zero indication he’s giving up a starting spot this year when healthy. To this point, the Bills haven’t shown interest in replacing Damar Hamlin. Bishop continues to get plenty of opportunity on special teams and made a tackle doing so Sunday.
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