Bills release RB Jonathan Williams

[Trentwannabe]

49 minutes ago, Castiron said:

I wonder if you know he would have been picked higher if he didn't sit out his entire final college season due to foot surgery, and it's hard to be proven when you only get a whopping 27 carries.

I'm well aware of that. He also was injured part of last season and this years mini camp. hmmmm.

This Bills coaching staff and front office didn't need him to prove himself. He was a 5th round draft pick by the old regime that hasn't done anything in the league yet. Just like the guys they decided to keep instead of him. 

I'm actually shocked this was considered breaking news. 

[sammymvpknight]

He's an unimpressive RB. I think that many people bought stock into Williams as a fantasy handcuff for Lesean...so probably quite a bit of [removed] going on. But the guy isn't good. His running style is downright ugly.

[Dome]

2 hours ago, Castiron said:

it's hard to be proven when you only get a whopping 27 carries.

It's hard to get more carries if you haven't proven you deserve them. This is the nature of the beast in the NFL. 

[Duffman57]

I'd be shocked if the Chargers didn't put in a claim for him. Lynn drafting him and us needing RB help right now.

[Trentwannabe]

Williams went unclaimed. 

[TheKillerNacho]

On 9/3/2017 at 7:26 PM, Thelonebillsfan said:

Banyard outplayed him lol, this isn't complicated. He got beat out. Late round back-up RB's aren't exactly hard to find.

I get that but... Taiwan Jones is still on the Bills' roster. Surely he would've been a better cut than Williams?

[Trentwannabe]

4 hours ago, TheKillerNacho said:

I get that but... Taiwan Jones is still on the Bills' roster. Surely he would've been a better cut than Williams?

Jones has way more special teams value and is more of an homerun threat then Williams is.

[AkronsWitness]

So the Broncos signed him....why? They cut Steven Ridley after preseason (who looked darn good) because they have: CJ Anderson, Jamaal Charles, Devonte Booker and Deangelo Henderson. Im really wondering why adding a 500k practice squad RB with Williams to be RB5 when Ridley easily could have assumed that role.

How about signing a proven offensive linemen for depth to block for the 4 capable RBs you have and to make sure your young QB doesnt get killed throwing to your $103 million worth of starting WRs.

[Twizlers]

4 hours ago, AkronsWitness said:

So the Broncos signed him....why? They cut Steven Ridley after preseason (who looked darn good) because they have: CJ Anderson, Jamaal Charles, Devonte Booker and Deangelo Henderson. Im really wondering why adding a 500k practice squad RB with Williams to be RB5 when Ridley easily could have assumed that role.

How about signing a proven offensive linemen for depth to block for the 4 capable RBs you have and to make sure your young QB doesnt get killed throwing to your $103 million worth of starting WRs.

Ridley only looked good the 4th game but other than that I wouldn't say he looked "darn good".  Plus he couldn't be signed to the practice squad anyway.  That said, I think Ridley is a better RB than Booker..

[AkronsWitness]

20 hours ago, Twizlers said:

Ridley only looked good the 4th game but other than that I wouldn't say he looked "darn good".  Plus he couldn't be signed to the practice squad anyway.  That said, I think Ridley is a better RB than Booker..

IDK I think Ridley showed a lot and could easily be a RB3 on another team that doesnt have a log jam at RB. I just dont understand the point of signing WIlliams as a overpaid RB5 who will literally do nothing for you. He will get upgraded to RB3 only if Charles and Anderson go down with season ending injuries and even then, he wont get any playing time behind Booker and Henderson

[tom cody]

Wonder how he'll do with Denver. They seem to have a huge logjam at running back so he's going to have to prove a lot if he wants to get any sort of playing time.