Dolphins Talking to Vikings About Troy Williamson
There’s at least one team out there dumb and/or desperate enough to sniff around Troy Williamson – yup, you guessed it, the Miami Dolphins (yes I know I said it was the Dolphins in the headline; I’m not that drunk this early). From the Miami Herald:
A fleet wide receiver taken seventh overall in 2005, Williamson never became the deep threat in the NFL that he had been in college.
Although there were several factors beyond Williamson’s control — the Vikings losing quarterback Daunte Culpepper to a knee injury early in Williamson’s rookie season, Tarvaris Jackson’s inexperience and inaccuracy when throwing long, an offense that rarely stretched the field — Williamson literally dropped his chances to help the situation. Last year, he had a career-low 18 catches for only 240 yards and one touchdown, ranking seventh in receptions on the Vikings.
As rookie wide receiver Sidney Rice emerged this season, Williamson became expendable.
First of all, suggesting that Culpepper’s injury and the nature of the Vikings’ offense may have somehow retarded Williamson’s development is kind of stupid. That argument may have held water at first, but it has long-since become obvious that Williamson was never going to be a good receiver, whether he had Tarvaris Jackson or Tom Brady throwing to him. Certainly, he never would’ve lived up to the high draft pick lunkhead Mike Tice spent on him.
That story sounds suspiciously like hope-selling. It’s saying, “Williamson has been a bust but he’s fast and maybe in our offense with a better quarterback he could still pan out.” Fine. I invite the Dolphins to take Williamson then and see if that theory holds water. Give us a sixth-round draft pick and have at it. If, in a couple of years, Williamson is even still in the league, I’ll take my hat off, boil it and use it to make a burrito.
