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  • Insurance should we not get Shelton.

  • Are you talking about DJ Williams Linebacker currently/formerly with the Bears?

  • A lot of talk about Williams to Gmen, Oakland and Baltimore.

  • He must be desperate Dan to come here.... 🙂

  • What position? The only D. Williams UFA I find is that LB from the Bears.

  • He's a NT for the cards.....and very solid against the run.....would be a good add

  • MudflyM Mudfly

    He's a NT for the cards.....and very solid against the run.....would be a good add

    @mudfly said:

    He's a NT for the cards.....and very solid against the run.....would be a good add

    FWIW, ESPN/NFL.com have Rubin and Williams rated about the same....though Williams is younger.

    MudflyM tiamat63T 2 Replies
  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @mudfly said:

    He's a NT for the cards.....and very solid against the run.....would be a good add

    FWIW, ESPN/NFL.com have Rubin and Williams rated about the same....though Williams is younger.

    @the-gipper said:

    FWIW, ESPN/NFL.com have Rubin and Williams rated about the same....though Williams is younger.

    yeah...but not really.....PFF has Williams at a very good +11.5(higher than any Browns lineman) and Rubin is a -14.3(not good).....and I trust PFF way more than ESPN.....

    I would concede that he's close to Rubins play of 2 years ago though...

  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @mudfly said:

    He's a NT for the cards.....and very solid against the run.....would be a good add

    FWIW, ESPN/NFL.com have Rubin and Williams rated about the same....though Williams is younger.

    @the-gipper said:

    FWIW, ESPN/NFL.com have Rubin and Williams rated about the same....though Williams is younger.

    If only either of those two sites were at all correct. Williams was much more stout in his responsibilities.

  • tiamat63T tiamat63

    @the-gipper said:

    FWIW, ESPN/NFL.com have Rubin and Williams rated about the same....though Williams is younger.

    If only either of those two sites were at all correct. Williams was much more stout in his responsibilities.

    @tiamat63 said:

    If only either of those two sites were at all correct. Williams was much more stout in his responsibilities.

    Well, ESPN has Polian supposedly doing the FA rankings (at least his name is on the website)

    And NFL.com is, after all, the official Website of the NFL.

    So who are we to trust?

  • Good solid player, just not a big splash FA. So right in our wheelhouse...

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  • I'd love Big Dan, he played college ball at Tennessee and I'm a season ticket holder so I watched him play many times. Dudes a beast

  • To the Raiders.

    I'm awesome, and I fuck dolphins. Ghoolie 12/2/2012: I have absolutely no skills, training or pride
    The GipperT 1 Reply

  • @JFowlerESPN: Browns never made any formal contact with NT Dan Williams. He could be pricey but would be good fit for what they do.

    This is actually a bit of a head scratcher. Not to overreact, but it doesn't seem like they are, in fact, doing anything.

    I'm awesome, and I fuck dolphins. Ghoolie 12/2/2012: I have absolutely no skills, training or pride

  • er: see topic "build through the draft".

  • miktoxicM miktoxic

    er: see topic "build through the draft".

    @miktoxic said:

    er: see topic "build through the draft".

    Which is fine. But we can't address every single position with a starting caliber player in the draft this year.

    Free agency is supplemental. That's why I have zero problems with us not going for Suh or Cobb or Thomas. However, we will need to start bringing in mid-level, medium contract players for both depth and safety.

    If we address DT, OLB, ILB, G, FB, WR and possibly QB all through the draft and get starters at each position, what happens if they all suck?

    Then we have the same holes next season plus any new holes created by free agents leaving.

    Build through the draft, supplement with FA. You can't focus on one and forget the other. Realistically, we could (and should) have added a medium level DL, a depth FS, and maybe a medium level G.

    We don't just need to increase the ceiling of our talent, we also need to raise the floor.

    I'm awesome, and I fuck dolphins. Ghoolie 12/2/2012: I have absolutely no skills, training or pride

  • Building through the draft like we do every year has brought us how many championships ?

  • I'm not lamenting missing out on Williams. He's a heck of a run plugging NT, but that's it. He offers nothing in the way of versatility and I believe that's what Pettine is all about with his defense.

  • Tim Couch Pulls OutT Tim Couch Pulls Out

    To the Raiders.

    @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    To the Raiders.

    Per reports, Williams to Raiders from Cards. Also Curtis Lofton LB to Raiders from Saints.

    I thought Lofton may be a guy to look at to replace Sheard if we lose him.

  • it's not that (IMO) the browns don't want to make the big splash sign in FA, it's that their FO has a plan of how to do it and when. if adding a suh or a ilpatu would solve the problem overall and send them dancing into the playoff prom, i think they would have done that.

    my friends and i had our weekly porch gang yesterday and were glued to the tv watching schefter and mort and anyone else who was picking up their phones and the biggest news between a giants, steelers and browns fan were the signing of hartline and vereen. my friend rob asked why his steelers and my browns never do anything in FA. i said look at the teams making all the moves.

    raiders really surprised me by NOT signing suh. because at the end of the next 3 years when they still don't make the playoffs and their looking to cut salaries their names won't be on the top of the lists of all time sponge signings.

    there is still plenty of time to sign some mid-level guys that will help fill the holes and build the roster. going out and throwing $30 mil guaranteed at one player who MIGHT help at one position does not put your team over the top when you have 10 other holes to fill.

    you want a one year stop gap? bring in wolfork.

    tiamat63T Tim Couch Pulls OutT Tour2maT 3 Replies
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