Bills' Trade Idea Sends Keon Coleman To Super Bowl Contender For 1,000-yard Receiver

Regardless of wherever nan Buffalo Bills extremity up astatine nan extremity of nan season, they will still beryllium connected nan lookout to upgrade their wide receiver room this spring.

The squad could look astatine various free agents aliases wide head Brandon Beane tin scour nan waste and acquisition marketplace successful lawsuit immoderate receivers are made available. Bleacher Report contributor Alex Ballentine suggested a waste and acquisition that would send Brandon Aiyuk to nan Bills from nan San Francisco 49ers for Keon Coleman and a 2026 fifth-round pick.

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"The 49ers voided Brandon Aiyuk's 2026 guarantees aft a rift formed betwixt nan 2 regarding his rehab from nan torn ACL that forced him to miss this season. That leaves nan Niners pinch a messy business pinch their prima receiver and nan information to waste and acquisition him for little than marketplace value," Ballentine wrote.

"At nan aforesaid time, nan relations hep betwixt nan Bills and young receiver Keon Coleman has soured. The Bills benched him this play for professionalism issues. Both Aiyuk and Coleman could usage a alteration of scenery. The Bills could usage a precocious caliber receiver astatine a discounted value while nan Niners request cheaper thief successful ray of Brock Purdy's caller statement extension.

"This is simply a waste and acquisition that helps nan Bills support up pinch nan Patriots while still allowing nan Niners to person different young receiver. Kyle Shanahan could person a bully changeable astatine helping Coleman get his profession connected nan correct track."

Bills get Aiyuk successful waste and acquisition proposal

Aiyuk, 27, comes pinch his adjacent stock of risks aft only notching 374 receiving yards successful 2024 pinch nan Niners. After not playing each play long, he has a batch of rust, and that could beryllium a reddish emblem for nan Bills. However, he had back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons from 2022 and 2023, which makes him arguably 1 of nan much accomplished wide receivers that could beryllium made disposable this offseason.

Aiyuk besides carries a $15 cardinal headdress deed successful 2026, which could sway nan Bills distant from making this deal. However, if nan 49ers are consenting to salary a bully chunk of his salary, nan woody could beryllium worthy it successful nan agelong tally for Buffalo.

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Coleman has proven that he is not nan reply contempt being an early second-round prime for nan squad backmost successful 2024. This swap of receivers successful request of a alteration of scenery could beryllium a win-win script for some nan Bills and Niners.

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