Sean McDermott isn’t giving Buffalo Bills rookie defensive tackle Ed Oliver anything just yet. At least according to comments by the head coach, it appears Oliver will have to earn his spot.
On Thursday McDermott told reporters that the ninth-overall pick from Houston still has “a long way to go”.
“He’s a rookie and this is his first real day of practice. It’s a journey so it just takes some time,” said McDermott. “He’ll have to go through really everything that the rookies go through in terms of getting themselves acclimated to the NFL.