Williams' career could go deep

[Bullrush]

Williams

[berad]

He's not a starter yet.

Remember, this is just OTAs

But he was a steal where we got him, the 4th round

And he will be a future starter for many years

Possibly even a ProBowler

[Ed_Reed20]

I think Demetrius Williams is a great receiver and could be one of the best the Ravens have ever had. However, he needs to get his catches. He has the size, great hands(hence the Spiderman nickname), deceptive speed and he always seems to get yards after the catch. I think with the complaining Derrick Mason did during and after the season last year, he should get more catches. I like Clayton but I think he's great as a #2 option b/c he's on the small side but he does have a great pair of hands, serious hops and is even better after the catch than Williams.

EDIT: I was lying.

[Bullrush]

Yeah, i think we are pretty much set at WR for the next 5-8 years with Williams as the no.1 guy and Clayton as the no.2. Williams has more upside because of his size and the ridiculous/acrobatic catches he's able to make.

[Raven07]

yes i agreed with you, we're pretty much set for (at least) 2-3 more years at the Wide Reciever position, willams is coming along nicely and is developing into one great WR for us and the best is still to come

Ravens Represent!!!!

[CTaYmAzInG]

Demetrius Williams will easily have 50+ catches next year. With the addition of Mcgahee the offense will open up to new packages including more 3-4 WR Sets. Last year Dwill came in on I-form twin TE sets as the only WR. He is obviously the best blocking WR on the team. He also led the team with Avg yards per catch. Not to mention he burnt 3 Time pro bowler Troy Polamalu twice in the same game.

[Go Ravens]

We could probably go without a FB this year and use 3 WR and a TE in a base Single Back formation. We need more big plays on offense. The talent is there with McNair, McGahee, Heap, Mason, Clayton, and Williams.

[Jesse Conroy]

I believe the Williams has the potential to be a great WR, but in a few years to come.

I say don't give him the starting position just yet, let Derrick Mason and Mark Clayton get the job done for a while and put DW in when he gets a little older. and more experienced.

I guess we cant really see his skill and determine it quite yet until Practice starts and when the pre-season starts. But I do have high hopes for him.. in the future.

We will see.

[Ravensfan23]

Not much i can add about DWill that hasn't been said. I think the kid will be special for a long time. Towards the latter part of the season McNair looked to him more and he didn't disappoint. There are three plays that he made last season that gives a great preview of what u can expect from DWill in the coming years.

The first was the play he made in the Tenn. game to set up a score. The game was on the line and McNair went to DWill on what looked to be a coner route. Result: big play, put his team in great positon to score, and also stopped the clock.

Next was the play he made vs CLE. The Browns came with everything they had that game and it was up to the offense to put the game away and who rans the prefect route to get behind both the safety and CB? DWill. Not only did he make the big play he out ran the defenders for the score. Result: Huge play that pretty much sealed the game for the Ravens. Almost sends 70,000 people over the edge. Big play when his team needed it the most. Impressive for a 4th round rookie.

Then it was the out and up he ran @ Pitt. The Steelers got a up close and personal look at a lot of the future stars from balt, such as Chester, Terry, Brown, Clayton, Ngata, Landry and of course DWill. Williams sold the route perfectly leading Troy to come down hard on the out before turning it up the sideline to catch a well placed pass in stride. Result: Showed the Steelers that the Ravens are much more then just a dominate defense.

Now of course Williams made many more plays but these were just 3 that sticks out in my mind right now. All of these plays came in the second half of the season. His stats during the last 8 games were 15 catches 294 yards 2 TDs. Hell 2 seasons ago Mark Clayton begin to come on during the last 8 games of the season with 32 catches 386 yards 2 TDs. If DWill can improve on his production like clayton did then we will have to outstanding wideouts.

[MKdave]

Yeah, he's gonna be good. how do you stop a guy with that size and speed; AND Hands.

He's like TO if TO didnt catch like captain hook, and wasnt as annoying as shawn merriman.

[Ravensfan23]

Yeah, he's gonna be good. how do you stop a guy with that size and speed; AND Hands.

He's like TO if TO didnt catch like captain hook, and wasnt as annoying as shawn merriman.

Williams doesn't have the strength of TO, he's more in a mole of jerry rice, or chad johnson, or maybe even torry holt. Now i'm not saying he is as good as any of these guys, but if he continues to work hard he can be just as good if not better. Well it will take a lot of work to be as good as Jerry Rice but his body type is similar to the G.O.A.T

[berad]

Now that you mention it, he does have the same frame as Chad Johnson. TJ Houshmandzadeh, Torry Holt

D-Will = 6'2 197 lb

Chad = 6'1 192 lb

TJ = 6'1 199 lb

Holt = 6'0 190 lb

Hopefully he has the same kind of success

[Ravensfan23]

Now that you mention it, he does have the same frame as Chad Johnson. TJ Houshmandzadeh, Torry Holt

D-Will = 6'2 197 lb

Chad = 6'1 192 lb

TJ = 6'1 199 lb

Holt = 6'0 190 lb

Hopefully he has the same kind of success

I could definately see him have a career like TJ's early on. If i'm not mistaking Tj's first 2 season were in the slot before getting hurt in his 3rd, then he took over the #2 spot. I can see DWill have about 35+ catches for 500+ and 2-4 TD's this season. Then breaking out next season as one of the starting WRs.

[Reed_4_President]

Williams

[Romo Ravens]

Hahahahahahahahahahaha at this thread

[Purple Nurple]

I was reading this all before I saw the dates. I had a "what the hey-hey?" moment, lol. You dug DEEP!

[Token]

[quote name='Purple Nurple' date='07 May 2010 - 09:07 PM' timestamp='1273284472' post='406721']
I was reading this all before I saw the dates. I had a "what the hey-hey?" moment, lol. You dug DEEP!
[/quote]

I was a little confused before seeing the dates too lol

[Ed_Reed20]

I'm tempted to delete the post I made; what in the blue heck was I thinking?

[Token]

[quote name='Ed_Reed20' date='07 May 2010 - 10:20 PM' timestamp='1273288836' post='406765']
I'm tempted to delete the post I made; what in the blue heck was I thinking?
[/quote]

I don't blame you for the post, he shows some flashes of having the ability to be a good WR at times.

[flynismo]

Dont feel bad. I remember in my mock draft that year, I had D-Will going in the second round, and thought he was the best WR in that class.
And was I thrilled when he fell to us in the fourth!!

In fairness, the guy IS talented.

[Moderator 2]

[quote name='Purple Nurple' date='07 May 2010 - 10:07 PM' timestamp='1273284472' post='406721']
I was reading this all before I saw the dates. I had a "what the hey-hey?" moment, lol. You dug DEEP!
[/quote]

I thought I was in the twilight zone or something lol

[BloodRaven]

2007 lol, for a second there I honestly though Bullrush had lost his mind

DWill should be called Glassman... OZZIE CUT HIM!!!

[AwakenTheDemon]

Holy necro bump Batman.

Anyways, LFW recently did say that it's possible D-Will or Clayton could be cut (maybe even both).

[CustomUserName]

[TheRavenouseD2008]

ok well if Dwill is Spider Man and the jaw replacement pieces in Q are metal so he must be Iron man or warmachine , guess Donte is the Flash , Joe can be Longshot , Leron is Juggernaut, Heap can be Collasis , anyone got a name for Ray rice?

[Purple Punishment]

Joe should be Hawkeye

[CustomUserName]

[quote name='TheRavenouseD2008' date='08 May 2010 - 07:00 AM' timestamp='1273316447' post='406851']
ok well if Dwill is Spider Man and the jaw replacement pieces in Q are metal so he must be Iron man or warmachine , guess Donte is the Flash , Joe can be Longshot , Leron is Juggernaut, Heap can be Collasis , anyone got a name for Ray rice?
[/quote]

I'll go with Cyborg

[Twoo]

D.Will is immensely talented, he just never had the right opportunity to shine- and when he did he often found himself on the sidelines with an injury.

[Purple Punishment]

[quote name='Twoo' date='08 May 2010 - 07:05 AM' timestamp='1273320347' post='406862']
D.Will is immensely talented, he just never had the right opportunity to shine- and when he did he often found himself on the sidelines with an injury.
[/quote]

Very true, though it wasn't until last season after Clayton got hurt that D Will got to come in and play some games and I think he did a pretty good job minus ONE drop that everyone crucified him for. At least he got open in the games he played last season.....

[Twoo]

[quote name='Purple Punishment' date='08 May 2010 - 09:08 AM' timestamp='1273324114' post='406866']
Very true, though it wasn't until last season after Clayton got hurt that D Will got to come in and play some games and I think he did a pretty good job minus ONE drop that everyone crucified him for. At least he got open in the games he played last season.....
[/quote]

It'a amazing Flacco put up the numbers he did when he was working with an extremely poor (save Mason) receiving corp. 90% of the time every receiver on the field was covered and Flacco was having to throw extremely safe passes (thus Rice being our leading receiver). Hopefully Boldin/Mason/Stallworth will open the field for him.

Like Mase said on 105.7... he got double teamed all last year, but you can't double team Boldin AND Mason.