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Josh Allen Sends Warning to NFL Amid Second-Year WR's Rise in Bills Training Camp originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
The Buffalo Bills, fresh off a 13-4 regular-season finish and back-to-back home playoff wins, returned to the practice field for training camp on Sunday.
Last season, Buffalo scored a franchise-record 525 points en route to an AFC East title, then routed Denver 31-7 in the Wild Card round and edged Baltimore 27-25 before falling 32-29 to Kansas City in the AFC Championship.
Amid the smell of fresh pads, Allen fielded NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, asking about second-year wideout Keon Coleman, whose big-play ability has already drawn attention through the early portions of training camp.
Taken 33rd overall in the 2024 NFL Draft, Coleman logged 29 catches for 556 yards and four touchdowns as a rookie. However, he recently admitted that his own tape was "trash" and vowed to "be better" after missing four midseason games with a wrist injury.
Allen responded to Pelissero by issuing a warning to the rest of the league, saying, "If teams want to play post-high, we've got an absolute beater on the outside there, one-on-one," referencing Coleman.
"He's coming into his own... He's got so much potential... Everyone wants to talk about the separation, this and that... When that ball’s in the air, it’s his a lot of the time," Allen said.
"When that ball's in the air, it's his a lot of the time."
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Coleman’s journey began at Opelousas (Louisiana) High, where his 6-foot-4 frame and ball skills earned him an offer from Michigan State.
He caught 65 passes for 848 yards and eight touchdowns over two seasons in East Lansing, earning third-team All-Big Ten in 2022 before transferring to Florida State for 2023.
There, he led the Seminoles with 11 touchdowns on 50 receptions for 658 yards, earning first-team All-ACC honors.
Coleman showed flashes in his rookie season, including a 125-yard outing against the Tennessee Titans in Week 7, but inconsistency ultimately hampered his first year in Buffalo, compounded by that midseason wrist injury.
His 19.2 yards per catch ranked fourth in the league, but his overall route-running and consistency left a lot to be desired among Buffalo’s coaching staff and fanbase.
The franchise brought in Josh Palmer (signed a three-year, $36 million deal) and re-signed Khalil Shakir (signed a four-year, $60.2 million extension) this offseason, but the hope is that Coleman takes another step forward in 2025.
The good news is that with the projected win total of each AFC East counterpart being at or below .500, Buffalo looks poised to secure a sixth straight division crown and a top-two seed, potentially with Coleman as the team's leading receiver.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 27, 2025, where it first appeared.
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