Pegula says Bills coaches pushed Keon Coleman pick

Pegula says Bills coaches pushed Keon Coleman pick

Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula grabbed headlines this week by publicly reshaping the narrative around the team’s controversial 2024 draft selection of wide receiver Keon Coleman .  Speaking at a press conference in the wake of the team’s organizational shakeup — including the firing of head coach Sean McDermott — Pegula said the coaching staff , not general manager Brandon Beane , was the main force behind the decision to draft Coleman.  Pegula interrupted a question directed at Beane to make his point, insisting that Beane agreed to the pick out of respect for coaching staff input rather than because it was his own top choice.  “ The coaching staff pushed to draft Keon.  I’m not saying Brandon wouldn’t have drafted him, but he wasn’t his next choice ,” Pegula said, adding that Beane was simply “being a team player.”  Beane later seemed to push back somewhat, noting that he was the one who wanted Coleman — referencing video from the NFL Draft Combine where he spoke positively about the recei…