Would Roy Williams Be A Successful LB?

First and foremost this is not a suggestion to place Roy Williams with Marcus Washington in the starting lineup. Obviously, Roy is a liability in coverage killing his chances to be a starting safety. I have been debating if he could be a successful linebacker in the NFL. I thought if he bulks up he would have a better chance, but then again Dungy's "Tampa 2 D" allowed a lot of unsized, quicker and agile player succeed. I'm not sure if he would tho

There is a chance for Roy to be successful at LB position but I wouldn't take the risk though.. Unless we already have a starting caliber LB and we could get Roy for good price, then I definitely would do the experiment..

I would give it a shot. It all depends on if Williams is fully commited to making the switch because his pride always told him he was a saftey who could cover people. Now that it has been proven over and over that he can't cover recievers on the NFL level maybe he will come to terms with that and embrace the switch. He probably could be a great linebacker.

Uh... OLBs in the 4-3 have to cover TEs and even receivers once in awhile, especially our SLB. Williams could conceivably play WLB in our system but he would be way undersized IMO. We'd be better off bringing Marcus back as WLB or possibly moving Wilson from DE to WLB.

HB Blades is 5'10" 250lbs, Williams is listed at 6' 225lbs. The only way to find out is he was given a chance and also he would have to gain at least 10-15lbs.

Well he was'nt a successful safety. Who knows?

Well he was'nt a successful safety. Who knows?

Word. I'd take Marcus back in a heartbeat over Williams, what about u ;)

Redskin Warrior:

He would be a far better OLB than he would be a safety because when he makes a mistake at safety - - and he DOES make mistakes there - - the result is always a big play and often a TD.

I suggested here several years ago that the Skins should try Sean Taylor at OLB because he too made way too many mistakes at safety and gave up too many big plays. As a linebacker, when he made a mistake, at least there was someone else there to try to minimize the damage. Let the record show that 99% of the Warpathers thought that was about as dumb an idea as they had ever heard.

Having said that, I think the Skins would be better served to let some other team try to teach Roy williams this new position...

Redskin Warrior:

He would be a far better OLB than he would be a safety because when he makes a mistake at safety - - and he DOES make mistakes there - - the result is always a big play and often a TD.

I suggested here several years ago that the Skins should try Sean Taylor at OLB because he too made way too many mistakes at safety and gave up too many big plays. As a linebacker, when he made a mistake, at least there was someone else there to try to minimize the damage. Let the record show that 99% of the Warpathers thought that was about as dumb an idea as they had ever heard.

Having said that, I think the Skins would be better served to let some other team try to teach Roy williams this new position...

99% eh? Ok

99% eh? Ok

I'd love it if we could dig up that thread....