A lot can happen in five days. Eric Lee knows that well. Or, at least he does now.
On Tuesday morning, Lee was a member of the Buffalo Bills’ practice squad. By Sunday afternoon, the 23-year-old defensive end was on the field for the New England Patriots, playing the first regular-season snaps of his NFL career.
“Obviously I expected anything coming in,” Lee told reporters in the locker room afterwards, via Patriots.com. “[Defensive line] coach [Brendan] Daly told me, ‘You can be next to me or you can be out there,’ so I had to be prepared.