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freddyg12 · 03-05-2009, 10:49 AM

Roy Williams is a true strong safety, which is almost like a dying breed in today's nfl. People always said he was weak in coverage, but I always felt like he was weak in deep coverage.

A lot of TEs burned him too, but if you let him play the flats the way strong safeties used to play, he was good at hitting recievers across the middle & shutting down screens and dump offs. He just couldnt' cover man to man, and strong safeties these days are expected to do that at times due to the number of wr's and pass catching te's there are.

As for him playing here, we're stacked at safety & I can't see him bulking up enough to be a true LB. Maybe some team will sign him to use him as a nickel OLB & run stopping safety. He's not getting big $ anywhere, that's for sure.

03-05-2009, 10:49 AM	#19
freddyg12 Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 4,540	Re: Dallas Cowboys release safety Roy Williams Roy Williams is a true strong safety, which is almost like a dying breed in today's nfl. People always said he was weak in coverage, but I always felt like he was weak in deep coverage. A lot of TEs burned him too, but if you let him play the flats the way strong safeties used to play, he was good at hitting recievers across the middle & shutting down screens and dump offs. He just couldnt' cover man to man, and strong safeties these days are expected to do that at times due to the number of wr's and pass catching te's there are. As for him playing here, we're stacked at safety & I can't see him bulking up enough to be a true LB. Maybe some team will sign him to use him as a nickel OLB & run stopping safety. He's not getting big $ anywhere, that's for sure.