ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Five years, four teams and one stint at Amazon later, defensive lineman DeShawn Williams finally got to enjoy the final hours of an NFL cutdown day instead of staring at his cellphone -- hoping it wouldn't ring.
The 28-year-old was one of the 53 players who remained with the Denver Broncos when they trimmed their roster earlier this week, the first time he had survived a team’s final cut since 2016 when he eventually played in four games for the Cincinnati Bengals.
"It was weird, for the first year, I didn't have to check my phone, looking at who’s been cut or what number -- if it was a 303 or 720 number," Williams said.