Earlier this season, Buffalo Bills wide receiver Keon Coleman was benched for two games for being late to a team meeting. It was at least the third publicly documented time Coleman was disciplined by the organization for off-field problems.

Since then, his teammates have rallied around him while also giving very direct and specific guidance to the 22-year-old second-year player.

Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame wide receiver Andre Reed also spoke with Coleman. The pair talked for nearly two hours on the phone, with Reed sharing what it takes to make it as a professional football player.

“I didn’t berate him or say ‘you did this’ or ‘you did that’. I mean, he’s a young kid. I was 21 at one time,” said Reed via video chat this week. “I came into the league and I had to learn how to be a pro. Ba

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