Falcons dump Jimmy Williams

[JonCJG]

Posted by Mike Florio on June 17, 2008, 3:43 p.m.

When the Falcons selected cornerback Jimmy Williams in the second round of the 2006 draft (37th overall), team owner Arthur Blank boasted about his growing collection of former Virginia Tech players.

“Now, we’re looking at five players on our roster from Virginia Tech in Michael Vick, DeAngelo Hall, Matt Lehr, Bryan Randall and now Jimmy Williams,” Blank said. “So, we’re starting to build a little fraternity here of players from Virginia.”

In little more than two years since then, the “little fraternity” has performed like Bluto and Otter and Hoover and Flounder and D-Day, and Blank has become Dean Wormer.

Williams was the last to go, released on Tuesday by the team.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Williams had fallen out of favor with the new coaching staff. He showed up for voluntary workouts weighing more than 230 pounds, and he was arrested last year for marijuana possession at a time when the club was reeling from the Mike Vick dog-fighting fiasco.

Technically, Vick is still on the roster. But it’ll be a very cold day in Hotlanta before Vick ever suits up again for the team.

Unless Matt Ryan turns into a complete bust before Vick finishes breaking rocks.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Lesson one billion and one to not draft known knuckleheads.

 

[KDWilliams85]

I bet Tennessee will nab him before anybody else does.

 

[reddyuta]

hello cleveland?

 

[Vintage]

Before anyone suggests it...

No.

He wouldn't be able to beat out our JAGs behind Williams and Hamlin.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Wow, and I actually thought Williams would turn into a playmaker in the NFL...

 

[CrazyCowboy]

GUYS will never learn......wow

 

[BehindEnemyLinez]

Man, Frank Beamer & VaTech must be reeling right now! Hokies = the Hurricanes w/out the talent!!

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Man, Frank Beamer & VaTech must be reeling right now! Hokies = the Hurricanes w/out the talent!!

Hey watch it about The U, at least we produce players that are Hall of Fame worthy... :laugh2:

 

[BehindEnemyLinez]

Hey watch it about The U, at least we produce players that are Hall of Fame worthy... :laugh2:

That's why I clarified my statement with "w/out the talent"!

 

[triplets92]

LOL!! I remember when he was drafted everyone was saying the falcons are going to have hands down the best tandum of corners in the NFL. Now look at them Hall had all that speed for nothing and Jimmy coulkdn't let go of the herb. Man I can always count on the Falcants for a good laugh.

 

[KDWilliams85]

Wasn't Virginia Tech only known as a forum for speed? If you look at who has come out of there in the last decade, they have amazing speed for their position. DeAngelo Hall and Jimmy Williams had the speed to at least keep up with an opponent. Then consider Michael Vick revolutionalizing the QB spot by being a multi-dimensional threat.

This sucks. I feel in an awfully contributive mood today.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Williams was never that fast*... He was even talked about as being a possible safety.

*Except on the Va Tech 38 yard downhill track.

 

[InmanRoshi]

What an idiot*.

*Unless he signs with the Cowboys, then he's misunderstood and the police have had a vendetta against him.

 

[sjordan6]

Jimmy Williams has been a bust since he got here ( I live in ATL) and it really all started with his attitude. He actually came to the team and thought he was entitled to a starting position. He never did make the transition to be a NFL corner so they moved him to safety to try to use his speed. Too often he would react too late and the coaches never trusted him in games. His last two season have been with coaches that allowed him to be "handled" with no accountability but Coach Smith is serious about changing the culture of this team. All the VT bad boys are no longer on this team (Vick in jail, Hall traded, Williams cut...) and I think Jimmy has no one to blame but himself. He actually was projected to go in the 1st round but slid because of character. I am sure someone will take him in as a training camp body but Williams is truly a waste of talent.

 

[AsthmaField]

*Except on the Va Tech 38 yard downhill track.

Ha! You just beat me to it.

Every one of their players seem to time awfully fast there at Va. Tech.

Curious.

 

[DCBoysfan]

Hey watch it about The U, at least we produce players that are Hall of Fame worthy... :laugh2:

Yea you tell ' em!

 

[dbair1967]

Williams was never that fast*... He was even talked about as being a possible safety.

*Except on the Va Tech 38 yard downhill track.

they tried him at safety, he was awful there too

this guy had bust written all over him from the beginning, and it absolutely played out that way...he's slow, he's fat, he's got off field issues and he plays with horrible technique

CFL here comes another scrub!

David

 

[SkinsHokieFan]

Ha! You just beat me to it.

Every one of their players seem to time awfully fast there at Va. Tech.

Curious.

They have always been faster because of when they start the clock while running in Blacksburg

The reason the coaches have never changed this is they want to use the exact same method every year to accurately measure against each player, even though it inflates their 40 time by about .15.

DLo was timed at a 4.15 before his last year at VT. He tested at a 4.3 on his pro day. And across the board it is like that so the numbers are always measurable against each other year by year

As for Jimmy, what a *******. All the physical skill, size and speed, but he never had the head for free safety, hence is move to CB his junior year and never put it together mentally. Too bad for him

 

[jobberone]

They have always been faster because of when they start the clock while running in Blacksburg

The reason the coaches have never changed this is they want to use the exact same method every year to accurately measure against each player, even though it inflates their 40 time by about .15.

DLo was timed at a 4.15 before his last year at VT. He tested at a 4.3 on his pro day. And across the board it is like that so the numbers are always measurable against each other year by year

As for Jimmy, what a *******. All the physical skill, size and speed, but he never had the head for free safety, hence is move to CB his junior year and never put it together mentally. Too bad for him

That's interesting to know. But they do have speed. You can see it on the field. Speed kills in HS and for the most part in college. It gets less important when they only have speed but don't develop the other skills that are necessary with it. You can't teach speed. But it appears you can't teach some players either.