Bills invite pro lacrosse player Zed Williams to rookie minicamp

[Woodman]

Bills invite pro lacrosse player Zed Williams to rookie minicamp - NBC Sports

NFL scouts need to be willing to look for talent anywhere they can find it.

The Bills are looking to another sport.

Zed Williams, a professional lacrosse player, is trying out at the team’s rookie minicamp as a linebacker, via Ryan Talbot of NYup.com.

He has spent four years in the Pro Lacrosse League. He was an All-Pro and MVP in 2020. He also has played in the National Lacrosse League since 2018.

Williams, who played lacrosse at Silver Creek high school in western New York, has focused on that sport for years. The article mentions no football experience at all.

[sahlensguy]

Ok,cool. There's some exciting, up and coming pickle ball players they'll be looking at next.

[Mad Max]

The boy likes to hit that’s for sure

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[sahlensguy]

The boy likes to hit that’s for sure

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Enjoying hitting and being able to line up and pop a professional football player at full speed are two different things.

I mean I respect he was an MVP at his sport 4 years ago and all. Probably a team captain, too.

[Mad Max]

Enjoying hitting and being able to line up and pop a professional football player at full speed are two different things.

I mean I respect he was an MVP at his sport 4 years ago and all. Probably a team captain, too.

ya man. We all know this. The only thing nice to say about the kid is what I said…

[Skooby]

The waterboy might get you 16 sacks in one game.

[notacon]

Ok,cool. There's some exciting, up and coming pickle ball players they'll be looking at next.

I know you are being sarcastic but comparing competitive lacrosse with pickle ball is like comparing PGA Tour golf with Putt-Putt.

[Mace]

I know you are being sarcastic but comparing competitive lacrosse with pickle ball is like comparing PGA Tour golf with Putt-Putt.

They just had a wrestler in too. We don't have this luxury. It's as absurd as even trying out guys who have never played the game on a level. Come on, this is ridiculous and desperate.

[YardRat]

We've got three rings so we can afford to have a little fun with the roster, using 3 or 4 spots on guys that have never played the game before.

Oh. Wait a second...

[Woodman]

They just had a wrestler in too. We don't have this luxury. It's as absurd as even trying out guys who have never played the game on a level. Come on, this is ridiculous and desperate.

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was it the Sheik?

[notacon]

They just had a wrestler in too. We don't have this luxury. It's as absurd as even trying out guys who have never played the game on a level. Come on, this is ridiculous and desperate.

How silly.

The Bills have a strong roster. They can have as many as 90 players in camp. The final 53 is easy to predict. At least half of the practice squad is fairly easy to predict to.

That means that about 30+ players have no chance of sticking. The Bills ABSOLUTELY have "the luxury" (in reality, it's not a "luxury" at all) of trying out some superior athletes that one may be good enough to develop on the practice squad.

[DetoxTent]

How silly.
The Bills have a strong roster. They can have as many as 90 players in camp. The final 53 is easy to predict. At least half of the practice squad is fairly easy to predict to.
That means that about 30+ players have no chance of sticking. The Bills ABSOLUTELY have "the luxury" (in reality, it's not a "luxury" at all) of trying out some superior athletes that one may be good enough to develop on the practice squad.

A strong roster is one in which most of the back-ups could start. The Bills are one QB injury away from being a **** show. Being realistic is not your thing apparently.

[Woodman]

The Chiefs are one QB injury away from being a **** show.

True.

[DetoxTent]

True.

Uh, I suggest you explore the stats for the Chiefs back-up versus Chump Trubisky.

[notacon]

A strong roster is one in which most of the back-ups could start. The Bills are one QB injury away from being a **** show. Being realistic is not your thing apparently.

Nonsense. Besides the fact that the Bills would NOT necessarily be a "**** show" if Josh got injured, (because the TEAM is very good) the same can be said with any team with one of the best QB's in the league.

Here are some of the backups for the some of the better QB's....

Mahomes - Carson Wentz
Lamar Jackson - Josh Johnson
Aaron Rodgers - Tyrod Taylor
Joe Burrow - Jake Browning
C.J. Stroud - Davis Mills
Trevor Lawrence - Mac Jones
Justin Herbert - Easton Stick
Jalen Hurts - Kenny Pickett

And on and on and on. None of them are appreciably better than Trubisky.

In any event, the discussion of the roster depth was in context to the Bills trying out some superior athletes that do not have football experience.

[Mace]

How silly.

The Bills have a strong roster. They can have as many as 90 players in camp. The final 53 is easy to predict. At least half of the practice squad is fairly easy to predict to.

That means that about 30+ players have no chance of sticking. The Bills ABSOLUTELY have "the luxury" (in reality, it's not a "luxury" at all) of trying out some superior athletes that one may be good enough to develop on the practice squad.

Ridiculous and simplistic to even think at this stage of the program we have the luxury of years to teach people how to play football. You use those spots to try people who actually play the game.....so...they can actually play the game if needed. It's that simple to the other teams we can't get past and should be to you as well.

[notacon]

Ridiculous and simplistic to even think at this stage of the program we have the luxury of years to teach people how to play football. You use those spots to try people who actually play the game.....so...they can actually play the game if needed. It's that simple to the other teams we can't get past and should be to you as well.

No, it's not. Not in the least. That's what the practice squad is about.

[Woodman]

Uh, I suggest you explore the stats for the Chiefs back-up versus Chump Trubisky.

Either way both teams RIP if they lose their #1.

[Bill Cody]

Ridiculous and simplistic to even think at this stage of the program we have the luxury of years to teach people how to play football. You use those spots to try people who actually play the game.....so...they can actually play the game if needed. It's that simple to the other teams we can't get past and should be to you as well.

You're worried about guys 87-90? Don't.

[DetoxTent]

Nonsense. Besides the fact that the Bills would NOT necessarily be a "**** show" if Josh got injured, (because the TEAM is very good) the same can be said with any team with one of the best QB's in the league.

Here are some of the backups for the some of the better QB's....

Mahomes - Carson Wentz
Lamar Jackson - Josh Johnson
Aaron Rodgers - Tyrod Taylor
Joe Burrow - Jake Browning
C.J. Stroud - Davis Mills
Trevor Lawrence - Mac Jones
Justin Herbert - Easton Stick
Jalen Hurts - Kenny Pickett

And on and on and on. None of them are appreciably better than Trubisky.

In any event, the discussion of the roster depth was in context to the Bills trying out some superior athletes that do not have football experience.

Geez. Josh Johnson is still out there?