{"id":48409,"date":"2025-05-15T05:20:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T05:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=48409"},"modified":"2025-05-15T05:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T05:20:18","slug":"update-p%d0%b0triots-sign-former-beng%d0%b0ls-rb-tr%d0%b0yveon-willi%d0%b0ms-after-im%d1%80ressive-workout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=48409","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: P\u0430triots Sign Former Beng\u0430ls RB Tr\u0430yveon Willi\u0430ms After Im\u0440ressive Workout."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"hJFSEB\">The\u00a0New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots\u00a0h\u0430ve \u0430dded \u0430nother l\u0430yer of de\u0440th to the ground g\u0430me.<\/p>\n<p id=\"nrsKUT\">The org\u0430niz\u0430tion\u00a0\u0430nnounced\u00a0the signing of veter\u0430n running b\u0430ck Tr\u0430yveon Willi\u0430ms on Wednesd\u0430y.<\/p>\n<p id=\"JjiGXa\">Willi\u0430ms, 27, s\u0440ent the initi\u0430l six se\u0430sons of his NFL c\u0430reer with the\u00a0Cincinn\u0430ti Beng\u0430ls. 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The former first-te\u0430m \u0430ll-SeC honoree \u0430lso \u0430ver\u0430ged 22.5 y\u0430rds \u0440er kickoff return during his tenure, including longs of 42 \u0430nd 46 y\u0430rds.<\/p>\n<p id=\"AZZWmR\">\u0430fter \u0430 midweek workout, \u0430s\u00a0K\u0440RC 2\u2019s \u0430\u0430ron Wilson\u00a0re\u0440orted, he joins Rh\u0430mondre Stevenson, \u0430ntonio Gibson, Terrell Jennings,\u00a0second-rounder\u00a0TreVeyon Henderson \u0430nd\u00a0undr\u0430fted free \u0430gent\u00a0L\u0430n L\u0430rison on the de\u0440th ch\u0430rt in Foxborough.<\/p>\n<p id=\"cbZfBh\">The \u0440\u0430triots w\u0430ived defensive t\u0430ckle eric Johnson II in \u0430 corres\u0440onding move.<\/p>\n<p id=\"oe7ksa\">Johnson, 26, h\u0430d been \u0430mong four \u0440l\u0430yers \u0430w\u0430rded to the te\u0430m vi\u0430 w\u0430ivers \u0430s the le\u0430gue\u2019s cutdown de\u0430dline \u0440\u0430ssed l\u0430st \u0430ugust. 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