Bills Mafia won't like Keon Coleman's response to Broncos opportunity

Adam Schultz

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Much has been made of the Buffalo Bills' receiver crisis after injuries to Gabe Davis and Tyrell Shavers cut Josh Allen's available weapons nearly in half.

And when you are facing one of the best defenses in football, the Denver Broncos, in the divisional round of the playoffs, that is problematic.

But it gives the chance for every other player to step up and make Josh's job easier.

And one player many are looking to is Keon Coleman.

Does he view this weekend's game as a chance to prove himself after an indifferent year?

“I don’t see it as a sense of that,” Coleman said via The Athletic's Tim Graham. “I know what I can do for sure. I still know what I can do. That hasn’t changed. The plays I can make haven’t changed. I just need to be myself and do what I’m supposed to do, do my job.”

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This is Coleman's prove-it moment

It might not seem like it for Keon, but outside of the building? Yeah, this is a chance to show Bills Mafia that he can be counted on.

After being in and out of the line-up for various reasons, the last two weeks have seen Coleman produce 49 and 36 yards. That's a start.

Now, at Mile High against one of the best defenses in football, Keon does have something to prove. 

That he can be "that" guy for Allen and Buffalo.

With other receivers out, Allen will only have a few to rely on, and if Coleman disappears when Buffalo needs him the most, that won't be ideal.

And would put a sour bow on what has been a down second year.

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