When the Bills beat the Colts 27-24, Jared Veldheer was sent packing with the losing team.
But in a weird twist of fate… he could be on Buffalo’s radar in the future again…
The 33-year-old offensive tackle was signed by, and practiced with, the Packers already this week.
Huh?
So here’s what happened.
The Colts only recently signed Veldheer to their practice squad in late December. He was talked out of retirement. Due to injury, he was called up from the Colts’ practice squad and started against the Bills. Practice squad callups were made available to teams in the league this season to help deal with COVID-19.
But because he was a callup and technically still on their practice squad, he was able to be signed by another team after losing and the Packers came calling, again, due to injury.
The Packers lost left tackle David Bakhtiari to a torn ACL in practice leading up to Week 17. Currently the Packers have Billy Turner and Rick Wagner playing their tackle spots, but according to Packers Wire, Veldheer will add top-level depth. Wagner’s also dealt with a knee injury recently.
So all things considered, the Bills could actually face Veldheer on the field twice in the same playoffs… if the Bills and Packers meet in the Super Bowl.
Veldheer already will likely set history by playing for two different teams in one postseason, but then would also be the first player to face the same team twice in the NFL postseason if that Super Bowl were to happen. Interestingly enough, Veldheer was talked out of retirement last season as well and ended up playing in the 2019 postseason with the Packers.
Veldheer is also able to play with the Packers because he had passed the Colts’ COVID-19 protocol last weekend prior to facing the Bills.
Of course, we’re still a far cry from the Bills becoming involved in this story, but hey, you never know.
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