Oakland Raider News: Bring Roy Williams HOME!
by saint on Mar 5, 2009 8:40 AM PST
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As you may have already heard, Roy Williams was released by the Cowboys today.
The seven-year veteran, a fixture in the Dallas interior secondary, was named to five Pro Bowl teams and one All-Pro squad. During his career with the Cowboys, Williams collected 611 tackles, 6½ sacks, 19 interceptions and 56 passes defensed.
Blessed with the instincts of a safety and the hitting power of a linebacker, Williams was often a liability in pass coverage. He was at his best playing close to the line of scrimmage and was an effective defender versus the run.
Maybe they just had their fill of Roy Williamses and decided to keep only one, but, regardless, the Union City native is on the free market and could instantly improve our run defense as well as add another leader in the huddle and locker room.
I'm not sure how much he will cost, and I'm sure that the Patriots (Who've lost Rodney Harrison) are already on the phone with his agent., (I completely blame Pioli for letting Beli-cheat off the hook by absorbing that albatross of a contract that Cassel received and now giving the Cheats 15 million to play with) but, if there is a way...Al...Please make THIS happen.
Not to cry over spilt milk, BUT, the money that went to Javon and Gibril last season could have gotten T.O./Ray Lewis and Roy done this year...Oh well!?!?!
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I voted Roy Williams
The Raiders need as many impact players at as many positions as possible, and Roy is just that! Hopefully he will want to come home and give the Raiders a nod. It would definitely solve the SS problem.
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by TheRaiderWay on Mar 5, 2009 9:31 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I'll call his cousin today and see if I can get some inside info:
Maybe even an interview.
But when they start scheming us the way these guys did, and we weren't particularly ready for it, anything can happen."
by saint on Mar 5, 2009 10:26 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Roy would def.
bring us a cutting edge on Defense that we haven’t had at that position since the 2002 team..
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by DarksideJU08 on Mar 5, 2009 9:48 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I like Roy
Although would have liked Gabril to stay.
That said I think he would be an excellent signing.
by Bud Light on Mar 5, 2009 9:59 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I love Roy Williams!
Bring it on!
T.O. would just bring back the circus environment…..too bad because the man is very talented.
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by mrod on Mar 5, 2009 10:13 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Don't get too happy
I doubt that he would want to come to us or if we would have the money to pay him
This year. is the year, for years to come
by nishal26 on Mar 5, 2009 9:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Repeating History?
Isn’t this the same argument we made about Gibril Wilson? How improved our run defense would be with an “in the box” strong safety? How’d that work for us last season?
I’m not necessarily saying that we shouldn’t get Roy Williams, but don’t shoulder him with being our savior for stopping the run, because it won’t happen. I’d still rather build through the draft than bring in guys nearing 30 with injury histories.
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by LiveAdam on Mar 5, 2009 11:19 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I voted other
my others are Vonnie Holliday so we have an actual starter at DE, Amani Toomer so we can add a good veteran starter at WR, and Mike Peterson for a punishing run-stopper. Of thsoe three I’d have to pick Vonnie Holliday. Good run-stopper who can play both DE and DT.
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by KA1Z3R on Mar 5, 2009 1:31 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Come on!!!
That many votes for TO???!!!
That would NOT spell good for the raiders this year or for the coming years. We need players that are about the team right now and turning us into playoff contenders. Maybe not this year, but it’s certainly possible for next year. I’d embace Williams, but I’d help Barnes pack.
by ElMattAdor on Mar 5, 2009 3:00 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
agree
I agree TO would be HORRIBLE for us. We already have had a problem with negativity in the locker room, the last thing we need is for to to bring in more, especially with a young and impressionable qb. jmac doesn’t need a wr who is gonna be bitching every game about how he wasn’t thrown at enough. jmac needs to be able to spread the ball around and develop his ability to read the defense, read the coverages and go through his progression and throw to the open man. THEN get us a big time #1, but just NOT TO..he’s a cancer to any team he plays on.
by ThirteenFox on Mar 6, 2009 3:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I Voted Barnes
He would do great at RT for us. Also, wouldn’t mind Mike Peterson
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by Rayder K on Mar 5, 2009 3:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
DARREN SHARPER?!?!?!?
I picked T.O. and of course i did because you cannot deny the talent, his stats, goals to win (he wants to win), and giving Jamarcus Russel someone he can actually throw to would be a great improvement for the team on offense. But as for filling in the SS position with someone who can actually make a difference in the run stopping defense, I would bring in Darren Sharper and let him retire with the Raiders. Sharper is a Big-Hitter and very talented on coverage, he has good hands too, so many QB’s wouldn’t want to throw it on his side because the interception is a guarentee. As for the OT’s the Raiders need to either get Khalif Barnes as a free agent and/or Orlando Pace. Lastly, for the LB position that ricky brown CAN’T play (lol) get Mike Peterson or Derrick Brooks.
by L.A. Raiders on Mar 5, 2009 6:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Fantastic CALL!!!
But when they start scheming us the way these guys did, and we weren't particularly ready for it, anything can happen."
by saint on Mar 5, 2009 10:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Either TO or Torry
Unless Michael Crabtree is your priority in the draft then you should go for Roy. OT and WR are the biggest needs.
by Igglesfan13 on Mar 5, 2009 6:50 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
SURPRISE YO
T.O. gest the most votes
he’s great with years left too but then he’s that older diva now!!
roy would be a fit for the raiders especially at goalline stances
where the raiders just fall back on and picking up barnes be good
now on to look for that enforcer at D-line around then ya could thnk
playoff’s
by bizy_b on Mar 6, 2009 12:23 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
years left?
are we talking about the same 33 year old TO? the one who is nearing the end of his career..especially since most teams dont’ want his drama..we HAD the greatest reciever of all time. and to all the TO fans, he is still 70 something TD’s away from jerry’s record. and since he’s been lucky to get 8+ a year, it would take him about another 10 years… TO playing at 43? no, we DON’T need TO alot of other nice quiet WR’s out there…btw in case everyone forgot..marvin harrison, that jerry rice/tim brown type wr is still out there.
by ThirteenFox on Mar 6, 2009 3:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
THIRTEEN FOX-----> YOU SAID T.O. IS 33 BUT YOU STILL SAY<---------
MARVIN HARRISON IS WHO WE SHOULD PICK UP AS A FREE AGENT, WHEN MARVIN HARRISON IS 37 AND HE IS THE ONE WHO IS AT THE VERY END OF HIS CAREER. LET ME PUT IT TO YOU THIS WAY T.O. IS IN HIS EARLY 30’S AND MARVIN HARRISON IS COMING INTO HIS 40’S. SO BEFORE YOU START COMMENTING MAYBE YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. PLUS T.O. IS WAY BETTER THAN MARVIN HARRISON, NOT TO MENTION WAY FASTER. IF THERE ARE WR’S THAT THE RAIDERS SHOULD TAKE RIGHT NOW AS FREE AGENTS ITS T.O. AND/OR JERRY PORTER.
by L.A. Raiders on Mar 6, 2009 4:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Why is Everything in Caps?
This year. is the year, for years to come
by nishal26 on Mar 6, 2009 7:26 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I never took the time to read that
This year. is the year, for years to come
by nishal26 on Mar 7, 2009 4:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
no t.o no porter! i would like sharper and mike peterson though… vonnie holliday sounds pretty tempting also.. excellent run stopper at the end
by PADRON3 on Mar 7, 2009 2:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Improve the run defense?
There’s no way Roy would be better than Gibril Wilson was last year. And Roy is a complete liability in coverage. He would be a downgrade over 2008.
by Brendan Scolari on Mar 7, 2009 7:40 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Roy Williams
Bring in williams but as an outside linebacker he is too much of a liability against the pass, but a hell of a run stopper!!!
by zno1pimp on Mar 8, 2009 4:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
STOP THAT RUN
with williams being able to bring some run D
its not so much a huge liability with Morrison and howard
being a couple of the best coverage linebackers in the league
and asomugha n chris johson covering the pass D isn’t the worst
out there
by bizy_b on Mar 9, 2009 12:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Leader
ou know i say te first thing we need to do is strengthen our offenese and to do that we need to drop Russel and put in a leader like MARK SANCHEZ
by LaRAIDERS on Mar 9, 2009 10:32 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
CONT to LEADER
Also we need to strengthen either our defenese or offenese with some expiereinced like on defense Roy Williams Or Ray Lewis
by LaRAIDERS on Mar 9, 2009 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A good Defense
starts with the guys up front and linebackers. So my vote is Ray Lewis or D-line
by Black and Silver Express on Mar 9, 2009 9:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
ray lewis is not leaving baltimore. roy williams has been missing too many tackles the past 2 years. and noway are we dropping russell for sanchez. idiots!!!!
by PADRON3 on Mar 9, 2009 11:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Whoaaaa, Padron3....
That’s clearly 1 idiot and several other respectable opinions.
I don’t know who that guy is, but I haven’t seen any other posts from him/her. So uhhhhh… not really payin’ any attention to em’.
by ElMattAdor on Mar 10, 2009 4:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
BRING HIM IN
THIS WOULDN’T HURT TO DO.
EZE
by RAIDERZEKE on Mar 10, 2009 7:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
pace, huh?
how much would that cost us?
i’ll take vick. he’s cheap and no one wants him. he’s got something to prove. moreso than t.o.!
but i do agree with you, spend more money on the offense.
by raiders5000 on Mar 13, 2009 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
roy williams is a bum
If I had to pick a free agaent, I’d take mick vick over williams 100 out of 100 times. I watched him play in person here in dallas (when he was playing). he cant cover the deep ball, and when he gets burned, he never hesitates to turn around and blame the cloest d-back to him. he’s fat, slow, sucks and will not improve our team. even if we used him at linebacker, where his fat ass should be playing anyway, it wont help. anybody requesting this guy to come to the raiders is worse than al davis IMO.
forget the free agents. draft young hungry talent and we’ll be fine. oh, and keeping a damn coach longer than a year wont hurt either!
by raiders5000 on Mar 13, 2009 8:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i would say that much
but i would say that roy is passed his prime. he lacks the make up speed he has relied on for so many years. he would be better fit to play a hybrid weak side backer if anything. that will allow us to play a man qb spy with kirk,because he plays zone better then man. we shouldnt have let g will go. unless tyvonn is healthy he is the best for the ss spot. huff ??? i hope is much more aware at free then last year. he watches the qb with out knowing where the receiver is. mo bee
by mobee on Mar 22, 2009 11:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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