Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula’s statement on wide receiver Keon Coleman during Wednesday’s press conference did not sit well with a lot of people inside and outside of the football fraternity.
Pegula appeared to blame Buffalo’s coaching staff for using a second-round pick to select the wideout in the 2024 NFL Draft, and while he’s always entitled to his own opinion, especially when it comes to the NFL franchise that he spends millions of dollars to run, his words came across as disrespectful and humiliating to Coleman.
The former Florida State Seminoles wideout is still on the Bills’ payroll, and one can only imagine how he feels about Pegula’s statement, assuming he’s heard it.
On that note, former Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Matt Leinart shared what many felt about the way Coleman was treated.
“The stuff coming out of the Bills organization about the owner / GM and what they are saying about Keon Coleman is garbage. Kid is still on the team!” the former USC Trojans star signal-caller shared in a post on X on Wednesday.
The 22-year-old Coleman hasn’t exactly produced at a high level in his two seasons in the NFL. While he scored 4 touchdowns in each of his first two years in a row, his career 57.8% catch rate is far from impressive, considering his target volume.
Still, that doesn’t make it necessary for Pegula to speak the way he did about Coleman, who has two more years left on his current contract.
