Bills GM Brandon Beane says Keon Coleman is showing real growth in his third season, and the message from Buffalo is that the receiver’s rough edges are starting to smooth out.
Beane pointed to Coleman’s maturity, his response to adversity, and the way teammates have backed him up during camp. After Coleman “dropped the first ball today,” Beane said, “I saw like three guys come over and dap him up. Josh [Allen] comes right back to him the next play - a much harder play - and he makes it.”
Beane also said he sees a player who has handled the outside noise the right way. “I’m very proud of where Keon is,” Beane added.
“He could’ve taken the negativity from the press conference thing, the season, the benchings - whatever has happened to him, he has had a positive outlook on things. And I think not only myself, I think everybody in this organization is excited.
He’s still got to go out there and do it. And nothing is given.
But I think he’s done everything he could control up to this point.”
In Miami, new head coach Jeff Hafley pushed back hard on the idea that his first season should be framed as a rebuild. “I don’t know how you can have a conversation with a competitive player or a competitive coach and have it sit right with them where you say, ‘We’re just going to rebuild this year.’ That’s just not the mentality of any competitor who’s made it to this level or any coach who’s made it to this level,” Hafley said, via Pro Football Talk.
He said the Dolphins’ approach is about winning and improvement, not waving anything off. “Whether it’s practice or whether it’s a drill I think we all want to win it.
Our mindset is we need to get better, we need to develop, and everything we do is going to be about competing to get better. We want to win, so I just don’t think any player or any coach is going to say we’re going to throw in the towel and rebuild, so that’s probably why no one is hearing that.
If you had a group of players saying that, then I think we got the wrong players.”
The Dolphins also locked in linebacker Jordyn Brooks on a three-year, $48 million extension. The deal includes $26.5 million fully guaranteed and another $2.5 million set to vest next March. Brooks can also make up to $825,000 per year in incentives.
The new contract changes the team’s cap picture, lowering Brooks’ 2026 charge to $6.2 million and creating $4.6 million in cap savings. Spotrac reports cap hits of $17.9 million in 2027, $19.1 million in 2028, $18.9 million in 2029, plus a $2.4 million void-year charge in 2030.
Dolphins offensive lineman Austin Jackson also had strong words for edge rusher Chop Robinson, saying, “It looks like (Chop’s) just been doing shoulder shrugs all summer because he looked jacked, like super rocked up. But yeah, he’s definitely heavier, stronger, quicker, all of those things.”
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