Buffalo Bills sign OL Ruben Holcomb

Corey Bojorquez Jerseys 2019 , DL Robert Thomas to practice squad On Monday morning the Buffalo Bills announced two more signings for their practice squad, filling up the list along with the eight internal signings the team made over the weekend. Offensive lineman Ruben Holcomb, who had been playing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and defensive tackle Robert Thomas, who spent the summer with the New York Giants, are now part of the Bills organization.Thomas is the longer-tenured player, originally going undrafted in 2014 before finding room as a reserve with the Giants. The 6’1” 316 pound nose guard had a strong preseason, with six tackles and two sacks. Last season, he played 15 games for New York, with 16 tackles, three which qualified as “stops” in the run game.Holcomb is an undrafted rookie from Division II University of Indianapolis. Standing 6’4” 320 pounds, Holcomb was a 44-game starter at UIndy White Marcus Murphy Jerseys , and started every game at left tackle last season. His natural position is more likely left guard, given his height-weight combo. We can’t know for certain, but Holcomb may be a stand-in for two Bills offensive linemen who didn’t last through waivers: Ike Boettger and Adam Redmond.Here is the full list of Buffalo Bills on the practice squad:DL Robert ThomasOL Ruben HolcombOT Gerhard de BeerRB Keith FordDE Mike LoveS Dean MarloweWR Cam PhillipsLB Corey ThompsonCB Levi WallaceOT De’Ondre Wesley The Bills were thought to be interested in Trey Flowers before he signed with the Lions and they hosted Ziggy Ansah on a visit, which may have had some people wondering if last year’s big signing at defensive end would be sticking around for another year.Trent Murphy signed a three-year, $22.5 million contract as a free agent last year and he produced 24 tackles, four sacks and two forced fumbles while appearing in 13 games. Murphy was coming off a 2017 torn ACL and dealt with some nagging injuries during the season, but it doesn’t appear durability issues will keep the Bills from having Murphy back again this year.As Mike Rodak of ESPN.com points out, Murphy had $2.5 million of his $5.8 million 2019 salary guaranteed on the fifth day of the new league year. He also received a $500,000 roster bonus and the dual outlays of cash make moving on from Murphy prohibitive for a team that still has money to spend on further additions to the defensive line.The Bills will have another decision to make at defensive end in regard to their option for a fifth year on Shaq Lawson‘s contract. That decision is not due until May, however, so the team has time to figure out what other options they will have on hand.