Bills sign Thomas Welch off Pats PS

[Ickybaluky]

From Twitter:


@buffalobills: The #Bills signed T Thomas Welch to practice squad.

EDIT:

The title should say Bills sign to PS. The Pats cut him from their PS on Nov 8th.

Apparently, the Bills cut G Keith Williams to make room.

[Ickybaluky]

Pats originally drafted Welch in 7th round out of Vanderbilt in 2010. Cut him after camp that year and he was signed to the Vikings PS for 2010.

The Vikings cut him after camp this year, and the Pats signed him to their PS. They have signed him to the roster a couple times to back-fill due to injuries to OT Sebastian Vollmer. Every time he was cut they re-signed him to the PS. He spent a total of 3 games active and the rest on the PS.

He hasn't played much on game day because he was more for insurance, but they did use him as an extra OL in jumbo sets.

HE is a tall kid 6-6+ with long arms. He started his college career as a TE before converting to OT (the Pats love OT who played TE in the past). He isn't necessarily the most athletic guy, but he does have a big frame that could allow him to play heavier, which seems to fit what the Bills like. He plays at about 310#.

[TigerJ]

Usually the reason a guy gets cut from a team's PS is someone became available that the cutting team coveted, the guy they cut was considered by the cuting team as the guy they'd miss the least down the road. That's not much of an endorsement, but perhaps NE thought that tackle was an area of strength for the team, and Welch was not in their future.

[paladin warrior]

From Twitter:



EDIT:

The title should say Bills sign to PS. The Pats cut him from their PS on Nov 8th.

Apparently, the Bills cut G Keith Williams to make room. Wow he is tall. HT 6'7" wt 310