Free Agent Findings: Indianapolis Colts should consider sig

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ning Corey Coleman Outside of TY Hilton , the Indianapolis Colts are looking for a player to step up as the No. 2 and No. 3 receiver.With that in mind, the recent release of cut players will give Chris Ballard and the Colts some options — if they so choose to make another upgrade at the spot. Indianapolis has already made one upgrade at wide receiver, signing Marcus Johnson from the Seattle Seahawks. Johnson is familiar with Frank Reich’s system after spending time with him in Philadelphia. Here is another option if Indianapolis wants to find another weapon.Corey ColemanWhile the Cleveland Browns traded the former first-round draft pick to the Buffalo Bills, Coleman showed glimpses of his potential. In two years with the Browns, Coleman hauled in 56 catches for 718 yards — good for an average of 12.8 yards per grab. There’s a reason the Browns made Coleman a high draft pick in 2015. In his final year with the Baylor Bears, he tallied 74 catches for over 1,300 yards and 20 touchdowns. Coleman did that while averaging 18.4 yards per catch. From Bleacher Report’s Matt Miller, here was the scouting report on Coleman heading into the 2016 NFL Draft:The Colts are in the rebuilding stage of their roster, which is understandable after hiring a new general manager two years ago and a new head coach under a year ago. But Andrew Luck is going to turn 29 years of age this season. Outside of punter and kicker, quarterbacks are playing longer than ever — see Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Philip Rivers for example. But if Luck is expected to play until he’s upper 30s , that means the window is open now for Indianapolis, and that means Ballard needs to take chances on players who have a high ceiling with the right coaching. Another reason the Colts should consider Coleman is the fact Frank Reich played a role in an offense that helped Nelson Agholor flourish in his third year — catching 62 passes for nearly 800 yards and 12 touchdowns. Coleman, under Reich, has that same potential. It’s time to throw a hail mary. The Buffalo Bills thought Derek Anderson might be the solution to their offensive struggles. He wasn't.They tried putting offensive coordinator Brian Daboll on the field for the first time. It didn't help.Instead, the turnovers mounted, the scoring chances waned, and the Bills wound up talking about an all-too-familiar result Sunday: Indianapolis 37, Buffalo 5."I'm not going to pout about it. Like I said, I expect more from myself," Anderson said after making his first start since December 2016. "I came here to help this team win football games in any way that I can. Obviously today I played and it wasn't good enough."While Anderson understandably blamed himself after throwing three interceptions and losing a fumble, which the Colts converted into 24 points , there was plenty of blame to go around.The short-handed Bills (2-5) couldn't sustain drives, were forced to throw out of desperation, and again failed to score a touchdown.It was that kind of day for a team that started the season with bigger goals than just reaching the playoffs this year.Now the Bills have lost two straight, three of four and are trying to figure out how in a high-scoring league they've managed to produce just two touchdowns and 31 points over their last four games. They have a league-low 81 points in seven games and showed no indication of breaking out of the funk against a defense that played without two starters and had allowed 117 points in its previous three games — against the Texans, Patriots and Jets."There were some moments out there where I thought he (Anderson) executed well, and then there were times out there where we didn't execute well and turned it over," coach Sean McDermott said. "We have to hit the reset button, look at the film and learn from it."And it could get worse.The Bills had only four active receivers available after leaving Ray-Ray McCloud III at home for a "non-injury reason."Josh Allen's injured right elbow gave McDermott only one other option at quarterback, turnover-prone Nathan Peterman, who was benched after last week's loss.Buffalo also lost LeSean McCoy to a head injury on the game's second play and McDermott said it was unclear whether McCoy would be cleared through the concussion protocol in time for next Monday's game against New England."It's so different playing with the lead, we've said that. We've talked about it this week. Andrew (Luck) and I talked about it ," Colts coach Frank Reich said. "We don't want to be conservative. We want to still be aggressive, but let's not do anything early and kind of blow things up."Indy executed its game plan perfectly, ending a four-game losing streak with its most lopsided win in five years.And yet the Bills' offense couldn't even ding the Colts' defense.Buffalo never led Sunday and has rarely played with more than a one-score lead over the past month, prompting may to contemplate changes. Getting healthy might help. Consistency and reducing the turnovers certainly would.While Luck finished 17 of 23 with 156 yards and four touchdown passes on a day Indy's ground game churned out 220 yards, Anderson wound up 20 of 31 with 175 yards with no touchdowns and all those turnovers.Kelvin Benjamin caught four passes for 71 yards, getting 32 on one play. No other receiver topped 25 yards as Chris Ivory and Marcus Murphy tried valiantly to fill the void left by McCoy.It wasn't nearly enough."Those guys did a great job stepping in for LeSean," Anderson said. "But as a whole, to kind of summarize it, we can't turn the ball over. We have to execute. When we cross the 50, we have to get points."

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