The Buffalo Bills went into the 2024 season without a bona fide No. 1 receiver, parting ways with Stefon Diggs and instead adopting an “everybody eats” approach of spreading the ball around.
The approach worked, with the Bills putting together one of the league’s top passing offenses, but some insiders believe the team could add back a No. 1 receiver this offseason. Insiders have named the Bills a top contender to land Pro Bowler Terry McLaurin if the Washington Commanders decide to put him on the trade block, and it could be trending in that direction as contract talks have hit an impasse.
Terry McLaurin Not Happy in Washington
As ESPN insider Jeremy Fowler reported on Sunday, McLaurin is “not happy with where things are with an extension” as the team looks to lock him down for the long term. McLaurin is in the final year of his $70 million contract and the Commanders are looking to sign a new contract extension before he heads to free agency.
As Bleacher Report noted, Fowler said McLaurin has an end date in mind and that the Commanders “have a couple of weeks here to make progress” before the star wide receiver decides whether to hold out of training camp.
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“I think Terry McLaurin would be perfect for Josh Allen,” Milani said. “He can get down the field and stretch the defense out. Having a player on the outside that can win down the field is gonna make the Bills pretty much an unstoppable offense.”
While the Bills lost plenty of talent when they traded Diggs to the Houston Texans and allowed No. 2 Gabe Davis to leave in free agency, some insiders believe they could soon have a new No. 1 receiver emerge. Keon Coleman showed flashes of strong play in his rookie season but was hampered by a hand injury that disrupted the second half of his season, but some see him as a breakout candidate for 2025.
Bleacher Report’s Moe Moton suggested Coleman is headed to a bigger share of the team’s targets in the coming season, naming him as the team’s “most promising building block.”
