The Bills will meet with wide receiver Laquon Treadwell and outside linebacker Noah Spence on Tuesday, according to NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport (on Twitter). Given their draft pedigrees, both could be intriguing low-risk pickups for Buffalo.
Treadwell is a former first-round pick of the Vikings who entered the NFL with lots of fanfare. Unfortunately, he hasn’t done a whole lot at the NFL level.
Spence, meanwhile, washed out of Ohio State’s program in college before transferring over to Eastern Kentucky University. He did well for the Ohio Valley Conference school, and parlayed that success into a second-round selection from the Bucs. He racked up 5.5 sacks as a rookie, but his sophomore season was largely lost to injury and he didn’t really produce in 12 games last year.
In addition to Treadwell and Spence, here are the other players that Buffalo has recently worked out, a list that includes a number of safeties (Twitter link via Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle):
- S Andrew Adams
- S Kentrell Brice
- S Deiondre’ Hall
- OLB Chuck Harris
- WR Keon Hatcher
- S Josh Jones (story)
- DE Carroll Phillips
- S C.J. Reavis
- S Maurice Smith
- WR Jordan Veasy
- QB Mike White
There IS a reason he is available.
Despite the fame and fanfare associated with a first round draft choice, for 2019, Treadwell was beaten out by:
A UDFA (Thielen)
A 5th Round Draft Choice (Diggs)
A small UDFA with 4 NFL Career Receptions (Beebe)
A 7th Round (#247) 2019 Draft Choice (Johnson)
Treadwell, either by his hands of stone or marginal speed opened the door for others and fell by the wayside.
Beat out by Thielen (pro bowler) and Diggs (pro bowler) FIFY
There IS a reason that Treadwell is available.
Although a FIRST ROUND draft choice, he was beaten out for playing time by a UDFA (Thielen) and a 5th Round Draft Choice (Diggs)