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Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon
Joe Redskin:
Just to put your mind at ease, I do not think highly of the Mike Williams signing.
Like the Bridges' signing, the Williams signing is "low risk" - - other than the danger that he might mistake Albert Haynesworth's leg for a roast beef and eat half of it. However, the upside is limited due to the fact that he has been injured and out of football for a couple of years AND his weight ballooned to the point where he is now 60 lbs over the weight he used to play at.
Let's do some math. Training camp starts in 8 weeks. To get to playing weight, he has to lose 7.5 lbs a week - - without losing strength.
Since it is a low risk move to bring him in, there is no need to bash the FO for doing it. However, the chances that the Williams move turns out to be the key to the Skins making a run to the NFC Championship Game are vanishingly small.
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Yeah Williams can't by any stretch be expected to come into training camp in the perfect shape at this point. And be can't be relied on to be ready by Game 1. But if he can really start rounding(pun sorta intended) back into shape and shows good skill then he'd be nice depth. Providing he can also provide the versatility of a T/G. I don't think it is out of the realm of expectation that he could be in starting shape by week 4. Now staying healthy is a whole other issue of curse. Carrying that much weight increases his chance on injury. They really need to get him back down to sub-320. I guess he'll either progress as needed or he'll be gone.