Leonard Williams reached into his locker for the painted white football to show someone.
“My first trip to London and my first game ball. Pretty cool,” the rookie defensive lineman said.
Williams has been impressive in the first four games of his career, showing enough in the team’s victory over the Dolphins last week to be awarded a game ball. This week, he faces one of the teams that passed on him in April’s draft.
The Redskins had the No. 5 overall pick, one spot ahead of the Jets. At the time, the thought was Washington would take Williams, considered by many draftniks to be the best overall player in the draft.