Twitter: Baldy Breakdowns: Sam Williams (Seahawks game)

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Sam Williams has started slow. He looks slow at times or at least slow to react. I thought the same thing about Parsons last year in preseason.
That being said Williams is ridiculously strong for a rookie. He can set an edge as good as anyone I’ve ever seen. This makes him more than a pass rush specialist. He’s actually a better run defender than pass rusher right now. If his pass rush develops he may be very special and a huge steal in the second round.
 
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Stak78 said:
Sam Williams has started slow. He looks slow at times or at least slow to react. I thought the same thing about Parsons last year in preseason.
That being said Williams is ridiculously strong for a rookie. He can set an edge as good as anyone I’ve ever seen. This makes him more than a pass rush specialist. He’s actually a better run defender than pass rusher right now. If his pass rush develops he may be very special and a huge steal in the second round.
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I get what you are saying about slow to react.

I think that is more about job responsibility and being in a new system. When he is in read and react mode...it is too slow to transition from reading into pass rushing or finding the ball carrier. It is getting better.

However, when you let him pin his ears back, that is when you see all of the talent.
 
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We could be Seattle and spend the 9th pick in the 1st round for arguably the best protecting LT in the draft to watch him completely blown up by a mid 2nd rounder.
Our kid couldn’t have done any worse and I guarantee Sam would have had little luck with bull rush.
About half the teams are in as bad or worse shape, how they handle makes the difference.
And for the record I’d give Jacksonville a 2 and conditional 3 for the kid from Stanford and take it down the road.
 
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I'm surprised that with all the predraft hype Jerry showed about Sam Williams, that he fell to the second round anyway, where Dallas could draft him.
 

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Oz-of-Cowboy-Country said:
Eh. He's no Randy Gregory though.
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Gregory had ridiculous pass rush potential and he teased us with it when he was available.
Especially last year he seemed to have finally found his way.
I always saw some DeMarcus Ware similarities such as body type and quickness.
That being said, he was a complete liability against the run. He really was just a pass rush specialist.
I would have cut him way back though. We wasted so much precious time and effort on such a knuckle head.
 
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Stak78 said:
Sam Williams has started slow. He looks slow at times or at least slow to react. I thought the same thing about Parsons last year in preseason.
That being said Williams is ridiculously strong for a rookie. He can set an edge as good as anyone I’ve ever seen. This makes him more than a pass rush specialist. He’s actually a better run defender than pass rusher right now. If his pass rush develops he may be very special and a huge steal in the second round.
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Sam Williams is actually both very good at run stopping and rushing the passer. So many times he has been so close from getting to the QB. It's just a matter of time. He's still learning new pass rush techniques, getting adjusted to the speed of the game, strength of opposing linemen, and the playbook. He's gotten better every preseason game. Cowboys need to start him Week 1. Unleash him. You've got 2 weeks to get him better prepared. He's the better talent by far than what Armstrong or any other veteran right DE we currently have. Don't hold him back. Trust in him like we trusted in Micah. Unleash the beast.
 
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Randy Gregory had an early season four game streak where he dominated. After that, he flat disappeared.

Games 4-7:

5 Sacks
6 Solo Tackles
3 TFL
11 QB Hits
2 Forced Fumbles

The Rest of the Season: (8 games played, 5 games did not play)

1 Sack
9 Solo Tackles
1 TFL
6 QB Hits
1 Forced Fumble

Randy Gregory played like an All Pro for a quarter of a season, and he played like a roster bubble player for the remainder. This was the culmination of five years of suspensions, counseling programs and unprecedented patience.

It won't be long before all that regret and disappointment of losing him melts away like ice cream in a frying pan. I predict that Randy Gregory will be a distant memory by October of this year and the #1 reason is the 3rd great #54 in Cowboys history.
 
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plasticman said:
Randy Gregory had an early season four game streak where he dominated. After that, he flat disappeared.

Games 4-7:

5 Sacks
6 Solo Tackles
3 TFL
11 QB Hits
2 Forced Fumbles

The Rest of the Season: (8 games played, 5 games did not play)

1 Sack
9 Solo Tackles
1 TFL
6 QB Hits
1 Forced Fumble

Randy Gregory played like an All Pro for a quarter of a season, and he played like a roster bubble player for the remainder. This was the culmination of five years of suspensions, counseling programs and unprecedented patience.

It won't be long before all that regret and disappointment of losing him melts away like ice cream in a frying pan. I predict that Randy Gregory will be a distant memory by October of this year and the #1 reason is the 3rd great #54 in Cowboys history.
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:hammer::hammer:
 
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