Offseason Wishlist: Adding another Williams

by Cardsfan928 on Mar 13, 2011 4:07 PM MDT

Since Gabe Watson probably won't be around next season (if we have a season), and it's more than likely that Bryan Robinson will be calling it a career. Leaves us fairly thin at NT, Dan Williams came on very strong at the end of last year, which is all great but we are going to need more at that position, and since Whiz and Co. like the "mentor" type of veterans. My question is do any of you think signing Jamal Williams to backup our own Dan Williams would be a good signing? I know that Jamal is far past his prime, but any of you think he could help our defense sharing maybe 30 percent of the snaps with Dan Williams?

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I think Angry Gabe will be back...

Coaches wanted to get his attention…

by Punisher3190 on Mar 13, 2011 8:27 PM MDT via mobile reply actions

Angry Gabe

Would be a good thing…

by Cardsfan928 on Mar 13, 2011 8:46 PM MDT reply actions

+1 Gabe comes back

He played well in his limited snaps. And Mr. Robinson played hard in his final year in the NFL.

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by CardsFan08 on Mar 13, 2011 11:04 PM MDT up reply actions

Agreed

Robinson deserves a lot of credit for his play/role as a Cardinal.

by Jesse Reynolds on Mar 14, 2011 12:18 AM MDT up reply actions

I think Gabe will be back

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by JoeCB1991 on Mar 14, 2011 11:17 AM MDT reply actions

Gabe won't command much on the open market

I think they will re-sign him

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by Tyler Nickel on Mar 14, 2011 1:24 PM MDT reply actions

What about Branch?

He played tackle in college

by Redbird Nation #1 on Mar 14, 2011 3:39 PM MDT reply actions

and he's repeatedly proven he can't play it at this level

His only success, however little that may be, has come when they slide him out to end. He’s just not tough enough to be a nose tackle.

by Steamin' Beamin' on Mar 14, 2011 3:53 PM MDT up reply actions

Suppose Watson does come back...

He may not be great, but I’m not that worried about our front three. I believe that Williams, CC and DD will all have a better year, if for no other reason than we have a much better DC now. They have much more ability than we saw last year. Another quality backup would be nice though. Anybody else feel the same about the D line? Haven’t seen much conversation about them here, everyone is always talking about the linebackers!

by Spikedriver on Mar 14, 2011 4:42 PM MDT reply actions

We probably have the best

3-4 line in the game. But without LB’s, it doesn’t really matter.

by Jesse Reynolds on Mar 14, 2011 7:11 PM MDT up reply actions

I'm worried about the depth

I thought Branch was holding his weight, but we had serious problems on the line when DD was out. That may have had more to do with the OLB’s playing like crap.

by tw3kr on Mar 15, 2011 6:39 PM MDT up reply actions

I agree...

but I’m not sure who’s available that would be an upgrade over Watson. I think he is adequate. Same goes for CC and DD, who would be able to step right in and perform at a satisfactory level, but be cheap enough to justify the money for a back-up? I’m a huge believer that everything starts up front on every play, and the line is the most important piece of the team on both sides of the ball. Glad our D line is solid, but the O line needs a HUGE upgrade for us to succeed no matter who is taking the snaps. You also made a good point about the line play affecting the linebackers. I hadn’t considered that.

by Spikedriver on Mar 15, 2011 8:43 PM MDT up reply actions