Even knowing we have a ton of project players on the roster right now I’m no tsure that one more is best, however if he does play the press or cover 2 better than he churned in atlanta we could have a need for depth.

Atlanta is saying that he’s a bust basically, and as much as I love a big corner, 6’1” 230lbs is awfully big. Here’s a quote from AJC.com:

“Things further declined this offseason when Williams reported to workouts weighing more than 230 pounds. He also missed two of three days of a voluntary minicamp.

From that point, Williams’ role diminished further in offseason workouts until he was let go. Williams had steadily fallen to the back of the depth chart behind free-agent signee Erik Coleman, third-round pick Thomas DeCoud and two-year veteran Antoine Harris.”

and it appears as if he not only couldn’t compete with anyone else, but had a bad attitude/poor performance on Special Teams as well:

“Williams was moved to free safety last season but he could not unseat starter Chris Crocker. Things got worse when then-coach Bobby Petrino benched and de-activated Williams for two games for what Petrino said was poor play on special teams.”

I’d say pass on him, he slid so far in the draft for a reason. ProFootballWeekly.com had this to say about him right after the draft, and it appears they may have been right:

“Negatives: Very undisciplined on and off the field. Struggled to get players lined up at the safety position and does not possess the intelligence to play in the middle. Plays too out of control and misses a lot of tackles. Too flashy. Not focused. Will take a lot of risks and get beat. Likes to peek into the backfield and will lose separation. Does not have great hands and drops catchable balls. Is too hyper. Can be difficult to manage. Will struggle maintaining leverage in man-off coverage and allow too much separation. “

you have to wonder about. That team went through such trauma last year with Michael Vick getting arrested and getting a new head coach and then that coach bailing on them midway through the year, all of those guys are going to have a bad attitude.

Its worrisome anytime you hear a player, especially a player on a position where athleticisim is so critical as CB, is reporting overweight and skipping workouts.

I guess it depends on what Herm thinks of the guy and if his attitude problems were because of the situation in Atlanta and being moved to a position he didn’t want to play or if he is just a problem player. Also will depend on what Herm thinks of the CBs we already have on the squad. He may think we are set for CB once our young guys get some experience.

At 230 lbs though, he won’t be starting at CB for ANYONE anytime soon.

Invite him to camp and let him compete, if he is fat or sucks then let him go, but if he shows something keep him around. What’s that saying beggers can’t be choosers?

He literally was moved from corner to safety on the Falcons because he doesn’t have the coverage skills, the work ethic, or the quickness. He started out as a very promising draft pick, but he went downhill so fast that the team felt the need to release a former second round pick within three years.

Unless you really think your coaching staff can overcome his off-the-field problems, I’d avoid him. You guys can do better.

let’s trade our hardest working (every play), self motivated, and most productive player. Then later will sign a fat, lazy and undisciplined player who may be OK at alone press coverage.

let’s trade our hardest working (every play), self motivated, and most productive player. Then later will sign a fat, lazy and undisciplined player who may be OK at alone press coverage.

lets post the same thing twice!