5:16pm: It’s a seventh-round pick going from New England to Detroit, Yates tweets.
4:38pm: The Lions will receive a draft pick in return, Field Yates of ESPN.com tweets.
4:29pm: The Patriots have traded for Lions tackle Michael Williams, a source tells Ben Volin of The Boston Globe (on Twitter). The Pats initially tried to sign Williams off of Detroit’s taxi squad last year but were unable to.
Williams, 25 in September, initially came into the league as a tight end before being converted to tackle. While at Alabama, Williams hauled in a total of 51 catches for 503 yards and seven touchdowns. After a Senior Bowl selection put him on the NFL radar, the Lions used their seventh-round pick on him in the 2013 draft. A hand injury sidelined Williams during his rookie season and after Eric Ebron was taken in 2014, the Lions decided to change Williams’ position. The 6’6″, 316 pound athlete has yet to see the field in a regular season game.
Taxi squad? Dictated but not read?
What do you mean?
Never mind. Thought you meant practice squad. Didn’t know taxi squad was a thing. My bad.
yeah, just another term for practice squad. s’all good