ThEgReAtOnE
05-27-2008, 09:00 PM
Ex-USC WR and current Titan, Mike Williams, is 30 lbs lighter than last year!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 11:40 am EDT
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Which means he's about 15-20 lbs still too heavy! In his rookie year, the 10th overall draft pick in 2005 was a grand disappointment, catching only 29 balls for 350 yards. Sadly, as it turned out, that year was actually the highlight of Mike Williams's career. In the three years since, he's caught 15 balls for 189 yards.
The reason for the colossal disappointment? Size and speed, and the fact that Williams had too much of the former, and not enough of the latter. And that's fine if you're an offensive guard, but doesn't help when you're drafted to be a franchise wide receiver. Last year, he played (or at least put on a uniform) at over 260 pounds, and he ran as if he was the illegitimate love child born out of an unholy union between Drew Bledsoe and a glacier.
Titans coach Jeff Fisher bluntly told Williams to get in shape or get another job, and Williams has responded. He says he's lost 30 pounds, and is currently listed at 242, which would've had his weight last year closer to the 270-mark. I can't think of a lot of great 270-pound wide receivers in NFL history.
"That conversation with Fisher, only a fool wouldn't take it as such," Williams said of the coach's ultimatum after a recent minicamp session. "It was pretty much, `You make a commitment to be in shape when you come back or ... move forward."'
It would be a shame if Williams never got to show the NFL any of the potential he displayed at USC. Coming out of college, I thought -- and I hate to share any personnel opinions that I had in common with Matt Millen -- that Williams would be a beast in the NFL. It sounds like the speed and fluidity still need a lot of work, but if he can even get on the field for 40 or 50 catches this year, that'd be a big, big step.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 11:40 am EDT
Yahoo Sports!
http://f3.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_nfl_experts__3/ept_sports_nfl_experts-115985607-1211902690.jpg?ymj7bc_CQ.WoiTcX
Which means he's about 15-20 lbs still too heavy! In his rookie year, the 10th overall draft pick in 2005 was a grand disappointment, catching only 29 balls for 350 yards. Sadly, as it turned out, that year was actually the highlight of Mike Williams's career. In the three years since, he's caught 15 balls for 189 yards.
The reason for the colossal disappointment? Size and speed, and the fact that Williams had too much of the former, and not enough of the latter. And that's fine if you're an offensive guard, but doesn't help when you're drafted to be a franchise wide receiver. Last year, he played (or at least put on a uniform) at over 260 pounds, and he ran as if he was the illegitimate love child born out of an unholy union between Drew Bledsoe and a glacier.
Titans coach Jeff Fisher bluntly told Williams to get in shape or get another job, and Williams has responded. He says he's lost 30 pounds, and is currently listed at 242, which would've had his weight last year closer to the 270-mark. I can't think of a lot of great 270-pound wide receivers in NFL history.
"That conversation with Fisher, only a fool wouldn't take it as such," Williams said of the coach's ultimatum after a recent minicamp session. "It was pretty much, `You make a commitment to be in shape when you come back or ... move forward."'
It would be a shame if Williams never got to show the NFL any of the potential he displayed at USC. Coming out of college, I thought -- and I hate to share any personnel opinions that I had in common with Matt Millen -- that Williams would be a beast in the NFL. It sounds like the speed and fluidity still need a lot of work, but if he can even get on the field for 40 or 50 catches this year, that'd be a big, big step.