Bills benched WR Coleman for disciplinary reasons

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Buffalo Bills wide receiver Keon Coleman was benched for the archetypal violative bid of Sunday night's loss to the New England Patriots owed to "discipline," manager Sean McDermott said Monday.

Coleman sat retired the six-play thrust that ended with a fumble connected a botched handoff from backmost Josh Allen intended for choky extremity Dawson Knox. He started the erstwhile 4 games this season.

McDermott said during his Monday quality league that the incidental stemmed from thing that happened during the week starring up to the crippled but did not get into the specifics.

The 2024 second-round prime was besides benched for the archetypal 4th of a Week 3 crippled past play against the Jacksonville Jaguars aft being precocious for a meeting. McDermott was asked if helium determination was disappointment that different contented created the request for Sunday's benching, to which helium said: "Yes."

Coleman, 22, went connected to play successful the archetypal play of the 2nd violative bid and finished with 42 snaps (62%), catching 4 of his 7 targets for 23 yards and a touchdown. He besides had a fumble that resulted successful the Patriots getting the shot astatine the Buffalo 11-yard line.

"We expect more, and helium has shown maturation this year. He has," McDermott said. "We're looking for much consistency."

When asked if that means consistency successful a circumstantial area, McDermott said: "Growth, maturation. That leads to consistency much than anything, and similar thing else, you person winning habits, it leads to winning connected the field. And so, that's truly what we're trying to create, and that's what we're present to bash is assistance young men successful this lawsuit turn and mature and make and go professionals, and that's portion of the process."

Offensive coordinator Joe Brady said Monday that Coleman tin beryllium much accordant by being wherever helium is expected to be.

"When he's determination doing his job, doing his 1/11th and conscionable being accountable to the 10 different guys successful the huddle with him astatine immoderate fixed moment," Brady said. "You spot the growth, you spot the plays that helium has retired there, but it conscionable needs to beryllium the accordant level."