Despite the pre-draft naysayers, Coleman’s production is promising after only eight games

The most predominant criticisms about Buffalo Bills rookie wide receiver Keon Coleman have rang loud since the team elected to trade down out of the first round and select the former Florida State product with the 33rd overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.

“Can he separate from man coverage?”
“Why wasn’t he more productive in college?”
“Isn’t the 40 yard dash time concerning?”

The concerns rang loud even before the pick was made simply due to the fact that the Bills traded down with the [Kansas City...

Plus, the Bills get some good news on the injury front

The Buffalo Bills raced off to a 3-0 start, then endured a rough two-game stretch where the team suffered tough road losses to the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans. Buffalo rebounded with a three-game winning streak to take a 3.5-game lead in the AFC East, and today’s edition of Buffalo Rumblinks offers up observations and analysis on the state of the Bills after the first eight weeks of the season.

Observations on the Bills after 8 weeks

Find out what analysts from around the NFL think about the...

We take a look back at simulated preseason predictions for the first half of the Bills’ season

The Buffalo Bills are 6-2 and in firm command of the AFC East with a 3.5-game lead on their nearest competition in the Miami Dolphins. Given that we’re essentially at the midway point of the 2024 NFL season, it felt like a good opportunity to look back at preseason predictions AI (ChatGPT) made for each of the Bills’ first eight games, compare them to the real outcomes, and see how close they were to what actually happened.

To look back at AI’s original...

With so many names on both lists, it’ll be a busy week for athletic trainers

The Buffalo Bills will try to make it four in a row on Sunday when they host the Miami Dolphins. A fourth straight win would be the longest streak of the season plus it would mean a sweep of the Dolphins, who despite being 2-5, are currently second in the AFC East.

The Bills get veteran edge rusher Von Miller back who just completed his four-game suspension. But it looks like, once again, Buffalo’s training staff will have a busy week trying to manage injuries...

We’re going with celebratory a bit this week

The Buffalo Bills quite easily took care of the Seattle Seahawks, putting most of Western New York into a celebratory mood including yours truly. Combine that with a bit of time constraint and that’s how we land on analyzing highlights and drive enders.

Let’s have some fun with our analysis this week!

Greg Rousseau’s pass defense

The Seahawks went three-and-out on their first drive, in no small part thanks to terrible results on first and second down. Still alive but with 3rd & Long, the Bills shrank the pocket to...

Coleman’s recent emergence gives Bills fans a glimpse of a new star at being born at WR

In the Buffalo Bills’ impressive 31-10 win over the Seattle Seahawks in Week 8, rookie wide receiver Keon Coleman put on a show, showcasing his rapidly growing role in Buffalo’s offense. After a few weeks of adjusting to the NFL, Coleman now looks like a polished weapon for quarterback Josh Allen, and his skill set appears primed to open up the offense in big ways moving forward.

If his current trajectory holds, Coleman could be a game-changer for the Bills offense and a...

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...

Will the 2024 vintage continue the trend?

The Buffalo Bills have started a season with at least a 6-2 record for just the 14th time in franchise history. Given that the Bills have existed since 1960, that illustrates just how long some of the franchise’s periods of ineptitude (to put it politely) lasted. While that 6-2 mark might not seem like a huge milestone, it turns out that, historically speaking, it’s a good omen for Buffalo’s playoff chances.

According to Rich Eisen, every Buffalo Bills team to begin a season with a 6-2 record has made the playoffs. Buffalo has...

NFL MVP odds have shifted and Josh Allen is the new frontrunner.

The NFL’s betting markets have had Lamar Jackson in the lead for MVP betting recently and before that, Patrick Mahomes started the year ahead of everyone. Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen was always in the conversation, but never leading. That is until this week, when Allen has become the new betting favorite for NFL MVP.

Per Fanduel, Allen has moved into the lead at +270 while Jackson has slipped to +370 and Mahomes +500.

What are the factors voters use to determine NFL MVP?

Over the past...

Ron Torbert had a very busy night

It’s not often that the data entry for an article becomes mentally draining, but here we are. It’s a fun fact that my spreadsheet is color coded by team and my mental health perhaps wasn’t helped by choosing to flag this game with the Seattle Seahawks “Action Green.” Anyway, the Buffalo Bills and Seahawks combined for a preposterous 32 flags (24 assessed). Roughly one out of every six snaps had a flag. There were four in row in the third quarter, all on Seattle. I could keep rattling off how insane it was,...

Buffalo traveled across the country to lay the wood to the Seahawks

The Buffalo Bills blasted the Seattle Seahawks this past Sunday, winning 31-10 in a game where the Bills were in control from start to finish. After shutting down Seattle’s offense on the first drive, Buffalo’s offense took over, scoring on its first possession. The Bills never trailed, and while Seattle was able to put together some good drives, they continued to make critical mistakes that prevented this one from ever being in real doubt.

Our five players to watch were a bit of a mixed bag this week,...

It wasn’t a banner day for the home team

The Seattle Seahawks had a chance to make a statement against the Buffalo Bills this past weekend. And, while the Seahawks did make a statement, it isn’t quite the statement they wanted to make. Buffalo came into Seattle and won 31-10 in a game that wasn’t really even that close.

The Bills dominated this one from the start, allowing just a garbage-time touchdown in the fourth quarter after holding the Seahawks to a field goal in the first three quarters. Buffalo won by holding Seattle’s top players in check, and by...