The Buffalo Bills may have reached the end of the road for wide receiver Keon Coleman, with one analyst suggesting they trade him for an upgrade at wide receiver.
The second-year receiver struggled in 2025, being benched twice for disciplinary issues and failing to reach his previous levels of production. He was also the target for team owner Terry Pegula in his season-ending press conference, with Pegula insisting that it was former head coach Sean McDermott who insisted on drafting Coleman.
End of the Line for Keon Coleman?
Amid the uncertainty of his future in Buffalo, Bleacher Report’s Gary Davenport suggested it could be time for the Bills to trade Coleman and seek a more seasoned wide receiver.
Davenport suggested the Bills could package Coleman with a fifth-round pick and ship him to the Indianapolis Colts for wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. and a sixth-round pick.
“Pittman hasn’t been as productive the past two seasons as he was earlier in his career, but the seventh-year veteran has a pair of 1,000-yard seasons on his NFL resume,” Davenport wrote. “Even if he’s not the true ‘alpha’ wideout the Buffalo Bills so badly need, he’d be a sizable upgrade to the team’s passing-game weapons. He’d also likely be amenable to an extension that would drop his cap hit in 2026.”
Davenport noted that the Bills are in desperate need of a boost for their wide receiving corps, while the Colts would save $24 million against the cap by trading Pittman, a win-win for both teams.
Other Big Options for the Bills
If the Bills do part ways with Coleman, they could have some bigger targets in mind than Pittman. USA Today’s Ayrton Ostly predicted the Bills would swing a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles for Super Bowl champion receiver A.J. Brown, noting he could become a new No. 1 for quarterback Josh Allen.
“In 2025, the Bills started leaning especially heavily on running back James Cook, who finished the year with 309 rush attempts for 1,621 yards and 12 touchdowns,” Ostly wrote. “Even though former offensive coordinator Joe Brady took a promotion to become the team’s head coach, the Bills’ offense can’t rely on Cook having another season like that with the excessive taxation on his legs from 2025.”
Brown could be the solution to restoring the team’s offensive balance, Ostly suggested.
“Enter Brown, the high-ceiling receiver that would give the Bills their first true WR1 since Diggs left Buffalo after 2023,” he wrote. “Adding a receiver like that would help push Buffalo’s offense forward and allow them to deploy a similar strategy to the 2024 Super Bowl-champion Eagles: complement a strong run game with a dynamic passing game, all surrounding a talented, dual-threat quarterback.”
The Bills have been linked to some other top wide receiver targets, including another Colts pass-catcher. Alec Pierce is headed to free agency and has been pegged as a good fit for the Bills, though could end up being too expensive for the cap-strapped team.
Others have suggested the Bills could trade for Minnesota Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson, though that would also be an expensive endeavor.
Bills Urged to Trade Away Keon Coleman for ‘Sizable’ WR Upgrade