The Duke
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No not Greg Ellis' but Roy Williams.
Hey, I'm drinking the kool-aid for the team after the mini-camp. I want to be so excited for this team, but I'm struggling because we have the king of burnt toast causing a gaping whole in our secondary. Roy Williams stinks so bad in coverage. He's one of the rare top 10 safety picks of all time and his entire career all they can talk about is getting him out of his primary responsibility by playing him closer to the line and "out of coverage" completely. Face it. He is the absolute worst cover safety in the league. Without the highligh hits and high draft status, he would have been cut by now. Other teams make due with no name guys and we get a "pro bowler" who is a bigger liability than help.
We're promised again this year he will play closer to the line, but scheming cannot cover up his faults. You want him as a linebacker in nickel or dime coverage. Well, he got burned one-on-one on the goal line last year at Dallas by Shockey and the line of scrimmage was about the 10 as I recall. This was not downfield, wide open spaces. This was small confined spaces. It's embarassingly bad. Then let's not mention the Saints game when it is in open spaces (getting 360'd spun around). He can't even cover a slower TE on a seam route in Seattle which is what really cost us the game.
The all time highlight reel worst was the year before when he got burned on desperation deep passes late in the game by TWICE by Washington.
How is Phillips going to make up for Roy blitzing at Seattle and getting juked in the backfield which is supposed to be what everybody wants every play?
Roy making the Pro Bowl last year made me want to vomit. It just adds fuel to the fire of his arrogance to not think there is a problem (see his comments this week at the mini-camp, which is what spaeked this rant).
I was praying the "almost" Detroit trade that asked for the pro bowler on defense was RW. This way we get rid of the biggest reason why we will not win the Super Bowl.
Can anybody name a bigger liability in coverage as a starting safety in the league than RW (other than a rookie like Pat Watkins)?
He needs to A) change his attitude by quit blaming everybody else but himself (see mini-camp comments again). B) lose some "biscuits" and get faster. C) take a note from Darren Woodson and practice some cornerbacking to improve safety coverage.
As frustrated as I am with the thought of RW in coverage, I get madder at Jerry Jones for the contract extension that guarantees the RW dead weight will torture us for years to come and prevent signing better players in free agency.
Sorry, rant off.
Hey, I'm drinking the kool-aid for the team after the mini-camp. I want to be so excited for this team, but I'm struggling because we have the king of burnt toast causing a gaping whole in our secondary. Roy Williams stinks so bad in coverage. He's one of the rare top 10 safety picks of all time and his entire career all they can talk about is getting him out of his primary responsibility by playing him closer to the line and "out of coverage" completely. Face it. He is the absolute worst cover safety in the league. Without the highligh hits and high draft status, he would have been cut by now. Other teams make due with no name guys and we get a "pro bowler" who is a bigger liability than help.
We're promised again this year he will play closer to the line, but scheming cannot cover up his faults. You want him as a linebacker in nickel or dime coverage. Well, he got burned one-on-one on the goal line last year at Dallas by Shockey and the line of scrimmage was about the 10 as I recall. This was not downfield, wide open spaces. This was small confined spaces. It's embarassingly bad. Then let's not mention the Saints game when it is in open spaces (getting 360'd spun around). He can't even cover a slower TE on a seam route in Seattle which is what really cost us the game.
The all time highlight reel worst was the year before when he got burned on desperation deep passes late in the game by TWICE by Washington.
How is Phillips going to make up for Roy blitzing at Seattle and getting juked in the backfield which is supposed to be what everybody wants every play?
Roy making the Pro Bowl last year made me want to vomit. It just adds fuel to the fire of his arrogance to not think there is a problem (see his comments this week at the mini-camp, which is what spaeked this rant).
I was praying the "almost" Detroit trade that asked for the pro bowler on defense was RW. This way we get rid of the biggest reason why we will not win the Super Bowl.
Can anybody name a bigger liability in coverage as a starting safety in the league than RW (other than a rookie like Pat Watkins)?
He needs to A) change his attitude by quit blaming everybody else but himself (see mini-camp comments again). B) lose some "biscuits" and get faster. C) take a note from Darren Woodson and practice some cornerbacking to improve safety coverage.
As frustrated as I am with the thought of RW in coverage, I get madder at Jerry Jones for the contract extension that guarantees the RW dead weight will torture us for years to come and prevent signing better players in free agency.
Sorry, rant off.
