Former Top 5 pick seeking return to NFL
 

Mike Williams, #4 overall pick in 2002 by the Bills to fill their RT position has been out of football since injuries forced him to quit in 2007. He is trying to get back into the league and is working out and living with Derrick Dockery in NoVa. [url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/football/nfl/stories/042309dnspowilliams.3738cd0.html]The Colony and UT-ex Mike Williams hoping to come back to NFL | NFL News | Sports News | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News[/url]. Should we bring him in to camp as a camp body and hope he can provide some quality depth at the T position?

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Vet min, maybe. Perhaps he's gotten his act together and will surprise. Maybe not.

Best of luck to him.

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[quote=Lotus;548685]Vet min, maybe. Perhaps he's gotten his act together and will surprise. Maybe not.

Best of luck to him.[/quote]

What do you mean gotten his act together? What did he do?

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Only thugs get injured, Smoot.

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Maybe he's thinking of the WR Mike Williams from USC. No that he was really all that thuggish from what I remember.

Come to think of it, he might be fat enough to play RT these days.

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whats he all about? if he would come in, then yeah, he is worth a look. but at a very cheap price

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I would sign him with incentives. If he and Dock are friends he should be willing to come on board as he has a close friend to help him get up to speed quicker.

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It doesn't make sense for us because we have limited roster space at the OL position, and a strong need for talent.

I'm surprised the Bills didn't try him inside first like the Raiders did with Gallery. The reason OTs rarely bust out of the NFL is because if you move them inside, you're bound to find something they can do well. So he's likely worth a shot as a guard for some NFL team.

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He's worth considering. I wouldn't mind giving him another chance.

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[quote=GTripp0012;548740]It doesn't make sense for us because we have limited roster space at the OL position, and a strong need for talent.

I'm surprised the Bills didn't try him inside first like the Raiders did with Gallery. The reason OTs rarely bust out of the NFL is because if you move them inside, you're bound to find something they can do well. So he's likely worth a shot as a guard for some NFL team.[/quote]

They did and he got injured. I personally would love to add him. Though he does seem a little to slow and if I remember right the WCO favors quicker OL.

However according to the article this doesn't seem like to much of a strech. Vinny loves Longhorn alum and Dockery will probably vouch for him.

[I]After long days and nights of mulling a return, Williams, who turned 29 in January and says he is financially secure, decided he would make an effort. Early this year, he headed first to a training program in North Carolina before moving to suburban Washington. There he and his wife are house guests of former Longhorns teammate, offensive lineman Derrick Dockery, a Garland Lakeview product who plays for the Redskins, and his wife. [/I]

[I]At times, Williams, who says he is at his previous playing weight but might still like to shed 20 pounds, and the relatively svelte 6-6, 345-pound Dockery work out together in the gym. But when Dockery heads off to the Redskins training facility, Williams works alone. He says he hasn't missed a day. [/I]

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[quote=Dirtbag359;548752]They did and he got injured. I personally would love to add him. Though he does seem a little to slow and if I remember right the WCO favors quicker OL.

However according to the article this doesn't seem like to much of a strech. Vinny loves Longhorn alum and Dockery will probably vouch for him.

[I]After long days and nights of mulling a return, Williams, who turned 29 in January and says he is financially secure, decided he would make an effort. Early this year, he headed first to a training program in North Carolina before moving to suburban Washington. There he and his wife are house guests of former Longhorns teammate, offensive lineman Derrick Dockery, a Garland Lakeview product who plays for the Redskins, and his wife. [/I]

[I]At times, Williams, who says he is at his previous playing weight but might still like to shed 20 pounds, and the relatively svelte 6-6, 345-pound Dockery work out together in the gym. But when Dockery heads off to the Redskins training facility, Williams works alone. He says he hasn't missed a day. [/I][/quote]
Even more reason to sign him. This [B]could[/B] be a steal.

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For the vet min why not give him a look?

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[quote=ArtMonkDrillz;548704]Maybe he's thinking of the WR Mike Williams from USC. No that he was really all that thuggish from what I remember.

Come to think of it, he [B]might be fat enough to play RT these days[/B].[/quote]


ouch amd but why not give him a look

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Why not? Won't hurt.

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You cut 30 others during the year, doesn't hurt to bring somebody in for a look at least at camp