Ryan Williams to workout Saturday...signed per Eatman

[XDez88BeastX]

I'd rather not sign this guy we don't need any more injury prone RB's on this team. Also I really like Malena & G.Martin I hope atleast one of them makes it.

 

[zack]

this guy has had one bad string of luck since being drafted. being here in AZ i know they loved the kid and then he blew his knee out his rookie preseason (blew out the patella tendon if i recall correctly)

then it just kept going and going in that direction. really feel for the kid.

hopefully he can get a new start whether it's with us or somewhere else.

Makes me cringe. I'm 7 month post patella tendon rupture repair. About 85% back. But I'm a 41 year old former d2 receiver. Lol. I think it would be tough to come back from it at any age.

 

[Vintage]

I really like this potential addition. Hope he kills it.

 

[VThokie7]

Hope Ryan can bounce back and get over his bad luck. He is very talented.

 

[starfrombirth]

It's funny how people are fine bringing in another team's Matt Johnson type but people hate that the Cowboys have not cut the actual Matt Johnson.

I'm not really ok with it at all.

 

[jterrell]

It's funny how people are fine bringing in another team's Matt Johnson type but people hate that the Cowboys have not cut the actual Matt Johnson.

matt johnson was a 4th round guy from nowhere state.
he was unknown before the injury and still today.

ryan williams was a certified stud RB.
but i would be mad if we signed RW and then kept him around 10 weeks while he sat inactive injured but eating a roster spot.

 

[cowboyschmps3]

If you search for him on nfl.com, and looking back after the knee injury, he had a couple of good runs against the eagles, before limping off on a 20 yard gain, wouldn't mind too sign him and I've never had a problem with Matt Johnson, hopefully he can ball for us as well.

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

Interesting. He was the Cardinals version of Matt Johnson.

Not really though I Drafted him in a Keeper League and then he flopped, luv the natural athlete.

This kid looked great, he may have been a victim of trying too hard but he had starter potential.

 

[Mr Cowboy]

I'll take a healthy Williams and Malena over Dunbar and Randel. And give Murray a decent 2nd contract.

 

[SportsGuru80]

Worth a shot...

 

[Texas_Pete]

Ryan Williams:



vs. Josh Harris:



Who ya rooting for Zoners? I'm liking Josh Harris and hope he can make the PS. Edit: I'd love to see him supplant Randle, but I don't see that happening - although I wish it would.

 

[KingintheNorth]

Was a big fan of Williams while he was at Va Tech. If he's healthy, obviously, he's a nice compliment to DeMarco Murray. I'd think he could leapfrog Randle and Dunbar for the #2 job.

The Matt Johnson comparisons are really unfair. Williams is talented.

 

[Lonestar94]

A guy with a Walter Payton tattoo is worth taking a look at

 

[ConstantReboot]

I love that they are bringing in all kinds of guys to try out...I assume this happens every year but we seem to be hearing more of it this year....

I'm noticing that a lot myself. No big names but blue chippers that can be good in rotation. I would rather sign a bunch of blue chippers that earn it than some big name star that is talented but doesn't help the team that much.

 

[Hoofbite]

I've always wanted to see him have a healthy year.

Digging it. Hopefully they bring him aboard.

 

[chagus]

Even if just ONE of these two RBs work out, id be ecstatic! Harris looks really good. My new pet cat.

 

[JohnsKey19]

Was a big fan of Williams while he was at Va Tech. If he's healthy, obviously, he's a nice compliment to DeMarco Murray. I'd think he could leapfrog Randle and Dunbar for the #2 job.

The Matt Johnson comparisons are really unfair. Williams is talented.

True. Whether it's Williams or someone else, the Cowboys backup RB is probably not on the roster at the moment. They like Dunbar but only in a certain limited role. With a stronger commitment to the run, it would behoove the team to have a true backup who can handle every down RB duties when/if needed. IF - HUGE IF - healthy, Williams is good backup to Murray. Then you can keep Dunbar in a limited "nickel" role the coaches are probably more comfortable with....

 

[xwalker]

Ryan Williams:

vs. Josh Harris:

Who ya rooting for Zoners? I'm liking Josh Harris and hope he can make the PS. Edit: I'd love to see him supplant Randle, but I don't see that happening - although I wish it would.

Williams has much better balance. He keeps his feet and rarely goes down from ankle tackles.

 

[speedkilz88]

He felt the Cardinals rushed him back during the 2012 preseason. Williams said he returned to the field at around 80 percent, and was running “timid.”

“My second year I should not have been out there,” Williams said. “My trainers know it, people on the team know it.

“You can’t run scared, you’re bound to hurt something else. I’m lucky I hurt my shoulder instead of hurting my knee again.”

With almost 10 months between his shoulder injury at the start of training camp in 2013, Williams had enough time for his body to heal. In the meantime, Ken Whisenhunt was fired and Bruce Arians, also a Virginia Tech product, was hired. It seemed like Williams had an ally at the highest position.

But the spring of 2013 was, unbeknownst to him, the beginning of the end of his Cardinals’ career. Williams began experiencing pain and inflammation in the “fatty pad” under the patellar tendon in his right knee. He said he had two MRIs between that spring and training camp. Williams said after reading the MRIs the Cardinals told him there wasn’t anything wrong with his knee. The inflammation and pain persisted and Williams had flashbacks to 2012.

About a week into training camp, he pulled himself out of practice.

“I had to take myself out and stop practicing because it was something that I felt could’ve hurt me more if I was out there running timid again,” he said.

It didn’t take long for the Cardinals to dangle his roster spot, Williams said. Then the trade rumors began. Knowing he needed to return to the field soon, Williams said he resorted to injections. First was cortisone shots, he said, but they didn’t work. Then Williams said he tried plasma injections and eventually nova cane.

He returned to practice Aug. 22, a few days before Arizona hosted San Diego in the third preseason game. Earlier that week, Williams said he was injected with eight shots in one day. Against the Chargers, he carried twice for 10 yards.

Five days later, Arizona traveled to Denver for the final preseason game. With his knee still bothering him, Williams had nine carries for 25 yards and a touchdown.

“I managed to do what we were complaining about not being able to do and that was running the ball in the red zone,” Williams said. “In my mind, I’m thinking ‘Woo hoo, I come in and do what we’ve been complaining about.’”

To Williams, scoring the first rushing touchdown inside the red zone during the preseason meant he had done what the coaches were asking of the unit. And to him, that meant playing time.

“Come St. Louis [in Week 1] I’m inactive. So I just figured I’m inactive because I didn’t really play that much in preseason, so my time was coming,” Williams said.

Williams continued to be a regular on the inactive list. Then in Week 8, Williams thought there was hope. Starting running back Rashard Mendenhall was out because of a toe injury. Williams asked if he was dressing against Atlanta and he was told he wasn’t.

“That was probably the most confused I was all of last season,” Williams said.

Williams again thought he had a chance to play in Week 13 at Philadelphia when Andre Ellington was out with a knee injury.

“I asked if I was going to dress out and I was told, ‘I don’t know.’” Williams said. “And I knew that meant no. So, you know, I just took that as I’m fighting a business right now. It has nothing to do with my ability on the football field because I showed these guys every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday what I’m capable of doing. And what I was doing out there, not to toot my own horn, it was filthy. It was filthy and I was back. And everybody knew I was back.

“But it just didn’t work out, so I looked at it as next year’s my year.”

He never dressed or saw the field in 2013.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/127798/ryan-williams-didnt-see-release-coming

 

[reddyuta]

I see the zone has given up on Randle,I hope the team hasn't because I still think he can be a capable backup even though he doesn't have the break away speed.