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He also drew a five-yard defensive pass interference penalty. Critics raved about the idea to throw a third-and-goal back-shoulder fade to Coleman on the goal line with 6:23 left, with reviews like “baffling” and “I hate goal line fades.” Coleman managed to catch just 29 of his 57 targets this year, finishing his rookie year with a 29/556/4 receiving line. He’ll likely at least start as one of Buffalo’s outside receivers in 2025, but between the lack of passes the Bills are throwing and the drops Coleman showed in 2024, he’s probably best approached as a sleeper in 2025 drafts. That’s not to say he can’t become more than this, but the shape of “more” is going to have to involve improvement from the young receiver to be fantasy-relevant.

Coleman did little in the box score but had a big impact on the game just before halftime, miraculously avoiding an offensive pass interference call while pushing Ravens cornerback Tre’Davious White down to the ground near the Ravens’ own 12-yard line. White mildly reacted to Coleman mid-fall and somehow earned himself a defensive pass interference call. Josh Allen ran the ball in for a four-yard touchdown three plays later. Coleman is a boom/bust DFS flex option against the Chiefs.

The Bills wanted to keep their rookie on the field in Week 18 since he missed five weeks due to injury just a short time ago. Coleman was targeted aggressively down the field by both Mitchell Trubisky and Mike White, but he was unable to win any of his jump balls. Some of that can be attributed to the inaccurate passes he was seeing from two backup quarterbacks, but Coleman was also going up against reserve cornerbacks and wasn’t able to win his contested catches. With a fully healthy receiving corps, Coleman should be operating behind Khalil Shakir, Amari Cooper, and Dalton Kincaid in the postseason, but the Bills will hope he can come down with some of those tough catches in the playoffs.

Coleman led Bills receivers with 63 snaps and came close to an explosive week as he dropped a sideline pass that would have gone for another 30 yards and saw a Josh Allen end zone target go low enough for Sauce Gardner to defense it early. The rookie remains unreliable and it’s likely that the extended playing time happened because of the score, but the volume and upside might make him the best playoff best ball pick in Buffalo’s receiver corps not named Khalil Shakir.

The Bills’ four-player wide receiver rotation creates a fantasy-friendly environment for Josh Allen and a fantasy-unfriendly situation for the team’s wide receivers. Coleman is currently stuck in the No. 3 and contributes in a volatile manner accordingly. He will have slightly better big-play odds against the Jets next week.

It wasn’t a high-usage game for Coleman in his first game back since injurying his wrist in Week 9, but he made a huge play by getting open deep when Josh Allen was rolling out of the pocket in the third quarter. His long catch set up a crucial Bills’ score to take control of the game. There should be better games on the horizon, but Coleman is a touchdown-dependent WR3 in fantasy leagues because of how many options there are in the Bills’ passing game.

The tight end was questionable coming into this game, but he’ll be back on the field for the first time since suffering a knee injury in Week 10 against the Colts. Keon Coleman will also be returning for Buffalo, which is great news since most of their secondary is now hurt and this week’s game against the Lions figures to be a shootout. Kincaid is an upside TE2.

After logging a full week of practice, Coleman will officially come off the Bills’ injury report and won’t carry an injury designation into Sunday’s game against the Lions. The rookie receiver had amassed 10-216-1 over his last three games prior to suffering his wrist injury in Week 9, and should slot back in as a starter on the outside. Coleman profiles as a WR3/WR4 in a game that is expected to feature a lot of points.

Coleman has been listed as a full participant in both practices this week, even though the team has yet to log a real practice due to the weather. Still, it’s a good sign for the rookie receiver who was limited in practice all of last week. Coleman posted top-24 PPR weeks in two of his last three games before going down in Week 9. If active, be a fringe WR3/WR4 who could have much more upside in a game that figures to be a shootout.

This is more of an estimated practice report, as the Bills canceled practice on Thursday due to inclement weather. Coleman being listed as a full participant in back-to-back practices is a good sign for his Week 15 availability. Hopefully, Coleman will be cleared by Friday in time for Sunday’s tilt with the Lions.