End of an Era-Corey Coleman shuffled off to Buffalo

One more linchpin of the Sashi Brown era was taken off of its moorings late last night as the Cleveland Browns traded 2016 first round wide receiver Corey Coleman to the Buffalo Bills for the massive return of a seventh rounder in the 2020 draft.

Honestly, I would have rather seen Coleman more in camp and preseason than take a 7th rounder in 2020 now, but apparently the Browns either had enough of Coleman already, liked rookie Antonio Callaway and/or third-year holdover Rashard Higgins far more  or all of the above and decided to take whatever they could receive even a lowly seventh rounder two years down the road.

Coleman was selected with the 15th pick in the 2016 draft out of Baylor, but struggled with broken hands (twice) and dropped passes even when his hands were not broken, most notably the fourth-down pass thrown to him against Pittsburgh as the Browns attempted to avoid the 0-16 record on the final week of the season.
Coleman did catch 56 passes for 718 yards with five touchdowns in his two years in Cleveland and occasionally flashed big-play ability but between issues staying on the field and the occasional off the field miscue, there are likely few in Cleveland disappointed in Coleman's departure.

Put me in the middle of the road.
Yes, Coleman drops passes and has been an immense disappointment, but he has had some terrible quarterbacks around him and maybe he isn't a number one receiver (although you'd like to think a 1st round pick can be that), but there have been plenty of players that aren't true number one receivers that flourish as a 2nd or 3rd pass catcher with more talent in the offense.
All things considered, I lean toward Coleman being a bust, but his speed is still there and provided the Browns run Josh Gordon, Jarvis Landry etc out on opening afternoon, I would have liked to have seen how productive Coleman might have been in running deep routes against the other team's nickel or dime coverage defensive backs and getting a seventh rounder doesn't change that.

However, if the Browns have already made a decision on Coleman and if they didn't think that he had a chance to stave off Higgins, Callaway or a new arrival to the roster, then it was best for the team and Coleman to move him to another opportunity and take the proverbial something instead of nothing.