Bills rookie WR is all in on Buffalo and the Sabres playoff run
Skyler Bell was a multi-sport athlete growing up, and at one time hockey was his favorite. But now it's all football for the Bills' fourth-round pick.
ORCHARD PARK - Wide receiver Skyler Bell, the Buffalo Bills’ rookie fourth-round draft choice , has enough on his plate right now as he tries to learn the offensive playbook and start carving out his role on the team. So no, he’s not going to revive his high school hockey career in an effort to go help Bills’ owner Terry Pegula’s other team, the Buffalo Sabres , who are on their heels and absorbing some big-time punishment in their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens. “I would say my competitive hockey career is over,” Bell said with a smile last weekend after getting on the practice field for the first time during the Bills’ rookie camp.
“I used to go skate and stuff like that, shoot around a little bit. I still got some goals in my stick a little bit. ” Well, the Sabres could certainly use a few of those, but since Bell shifted his athletic focus mainly to football when he was around 15 years old, I’ll go out on a limb and say Bell won’t be the answer to the Sabres’ quest Tuesday night to get even in their best-of-seven series.
From the Bronx to a Buffalo Bills draft call Bell was born and raised in the Bronx, and he admitted that he was pretty much a lone wolf in his love for hockey. “I actually didn't want to play because none of my friends played,” he said. “Nobody plays hockey in the Bronx, so none of my friends played.
They all played basketball and football, and they see me go to hockey games in the morning and they’re like, ‘Bro, what are you doing? ’ But I fell in love with it and then sooner or later they’re coming to my games watching me, supporting me, so it was great. I miss it and it was super super fun.
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