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Lions DT Tyleik Williams is heading into his second season with a better idea of how the game is played at the NFL level when it comes to schemes and speed.
“I feel way better. I don’t feel as nervous, so I’m playing faster. I learned a lot last year, so just trying to use that to build on this year, you know, get better. “Just how the NFL is played. It’s a lot different than college. Players are way better. Schemes are way better, so just having a year under my belt, I feel like I’m just playing faster and more fluid,” Williams said, via LionsWire.com. “Shoot, I talk to Alim every day about something with football. So, last year it was DJ (Reader) and Alim. Now, it’s Alim, so, I mean, Alim helps me whenever I need help and he’s been that great leader for me going into year two. For me, just more pressure on the quarterback. I won some rushes, but I’m not winning them at the rate I want to win them at.”
Packers UDFA QB Kyron Drones has an uphill battle to make the team’s 53-man roster as the third-string quarterback behind Jordan Love and Tyrod Taylor. Drones said he’s had the usual ups and downs for a rookie in his first offseason and thinks he’s processing the game better than most players in similar situations.
“It was good,” Drones said, via SI.com’s Bill Huber. “Some ups and downs, but that’s always learning the game and learning how the NFL really is. So, I’m excited for the opportunity that I had and that I’m going to have when we get back.”
“I’m still thinking things through. That stuff is going to come with time. But, at the same time, I’m settling in, processing things as fast as I can. I’m processing things faster than what people usually do, so that’s good on my timeline. But it’s still thinking things through, and then that’s going to come with time.”
Drones is a cousin of Titans QB Cam Ward, and feels he can learn things from him despite not being the exact same kind of quarterback.
“You can take things from anybody. We are two different players but, at the same time, I can take things from what he’s seen, especially his rookie year, just being out there and having to start the full year, being out there as a rookie from what he’s seen, and then he can try to help me from how defenses react to him, how they react to me.”
“So, I can take things from anybody, especially him, that he’s been through it for one season. So, it’s a good thing.”
Being a Virginia Tech alum, Drones revealed he already had a relationship with Taylor. He didn’t hold back when discussing how helpful it’s been to have a familiar veteran in the room with him to learn from in his first offseason.
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