The Buffalo Bills left Orchard Park with a loss to the New England Patriots that won’t sit right with Bills Mafia for a while. Buffalo fell 29-26 after holding the lead with under two minutes left, only for Drake Maye to find Efton Chism III for the game-winning touchdown.
But buried inside a painful afternoon was a real bright spot: Keon Coleman finally delivered the kind of game that can change the conversation around Buffalo’s receiver room.
Coleman posted 116 yards in Week 4, just the third 100-yard game of his career, and added a 34-yard touchdown catch from Josh Allen that put the Bills ahead late in the fourth quarter. After going for 63 yards on six catches in Week 2 against the Detroit Lions, he backed that up with an even bigger outing against New England.
That kind of production matters now, especially with Buffalo heading into a Week 5 primetime matchup against the Los Angeles Rams. It also gives the Bills a reason to feel better about the short-term outlook if they choose to rest DJ Moore, who has been dealing with a shoulder injury since Week 2 and re-aggravated it against the Patriots before leaving the game unable to finish.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that Moore’s shoulder injury is not considered long-term "as of right now", but the wording still leaves enough concern for Buffalo to think carefully about how it handles the next stretch.
The timing matters. The Bills have back-to-back West Coast games coming up, first against the Rams in Week 5 and then against the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 6 before the bye week. With Coleman showing he can deliver in two of the first four games, Buffalo has a legitimate case to lean more on him and let Moore recover.
If the Bills want Moore ready for the stretch run, the obvious move is to give that shoulder time to heal. Coleman’s Week 4 breakout made that decision a lot easier to imagine.
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