Paul Kuharsky of ESPN.com details the continued difficulties Mike Williams is having getting into playing shape, casting further doubt on what has already been a disappointing career for the former USC receiver since being taken 10th overall in the 2005 draft by Detroit.
Williams has dropped 30 pounds since weighing in at 272 when he arrived in Tennessee last year, but his conditioning still hasn’t been deemed satisfactory by coach Jeff Fisher, who said the receiver still isn’t in a position to play three or four series in a row in a preseason game.
Though the Titans didn’t do much in the offseason to bolster their receiving corps, the addition of tight end Alge Crumpler takes away the possibility of the 6′ 5″ Williams hanging on as a potential specialist in the red zone. As it stands, it seems unlikely Williams could have a roster spot with his third team before the season starts.
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July 11th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Let me guess - Williams and Lenwhale White are roommates
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July 11th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Titans Need Receiver (and a QB that can throw the football)
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July 11th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
You nailed it Florio.
Since this guy took a year off, he’s never been the same. I wonder why he hasn’t been converted to TE or defense with all that size? Williams and Jamarcus Russell should enter the celebrity version of the hotdog eating contest at Coney Island - the winner can take on the retired “Fridge” from the bears.
Everyone is different; it will be interesting to see how Vick looks when he tries to take the field after all that jail time. One advantage Vick will have is not sitting around at night eating himself out of a career in front of the tv. Vick may actually come back in better shape than when he played previously with all that time on his hands in jail. In great shape or not - the $64 question remains - how will Vick perform after all that time away from the game?
Prediction: Mike Williams doesn’t make the final cut in Tennessee or any where else this year. Next season he and Travis Henry are both playing in the CFL
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July 11th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Mike Williams ate Lendale White!
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July 11th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Titans need a better quarterback as well
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July 11th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Mike Williams = bust.
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July 11th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Mike Williams had bust written all over him and Matt Millen still having a job is as mind boggling as Isiah Thomas speaking at a company meeting about sexual harrasment
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July 11th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
What a waste, i mean you get paid millions you could at least try to get in shape
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July 11th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
I think we all know how this one will end. What I don’t get is, why doesn’t he just convert to a TE so he can stay fat?
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July 11th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
He better get that passport ready. He’s got a one-way train ticket to Canada.
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July 11th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
“Titans Need Receiver; Mike Williams Needs Career”
I’ve got the fix for this. The Titans need to draft or sign decent WRs and Mike Williams needs to sign up for the competitive eating circuit. Either that or hope the World League comes back.
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July 11th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Man, Mike needs a nutrionist and a personal trainer… Or a cheese burger.
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July 11th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Dude. How hard is it to not be fat when they pay you to work out?! I can’t believe the Lions drafted this baffoon.
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July 11th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Titans need a QB…other than Uncle Rico’s protege.
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July 11th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Mike Williams is not going to the CFL.
…they have a bigger field and are more apt to run the ‘Run and Shoot’. Unless the Argos are switching to the ‘Waddle and Shoot’, Mike’s out of luck.
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July 11th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Fanball58 - Florio didn’t write this.
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July 11th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
“No, the money paid to a Mike Williams shouldn’t go to a proven vet instead.”
- Gene Upshaw
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July 11th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
@ Fanball58
Why can’t you Mike Vick fans get it through your heads: he isn’t coming back. Ever.
No team will be willing to take the PR hit just to give a mediocre player another chance. Not Dallas, not Cinci, not anybody. He can’t even play in the CFL because of his felony.
He’s done, deal with it…
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July 11th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
“I wonder why he hasn’t been converted to TE or defense with all that size?”
LOL, you think he wants to block anybody or hit?
“He’s got a one-way train ticket to Canada.”
Maybe if he buys one, even still, round trip.
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July 11th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
too slow to be a wr, too weak to be a te
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July 11th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
how can anyone be so stupid to not realize that you
have to be in shape to collect a million dollar payday.
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July 11th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
I can’t recall a receiver eating himself out of the league like this guy. Maybe he can hook up with Matt Jones to cut up and sniff some of that blow so that he can lose some of the weight, lol.
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July 11th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
jamarcus russell is in good shape and ready to tear it up this season.
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July 11th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
What a bust, Mike.
I have re-titled your article:
“TITANS DON’T NEED PORTLY RECEIVER; WILLIAMS CAREER STILL ON SKIDS”
F2B
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July 11th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
He’ll make the roster.
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