When former Browns G.M. Phil Savage acquired defensive lineman Corey Williams from the Packers for a second-round pick, most observers hailed the move as a win-win.
The Browns haven’t won.
Williams was coming off an impressive seven sack season with Green Bay, but wanted a new contract. Cleveland is paying him like a premier lineman — the Browns owe him $23 million in the first three years of his contract — but Williams is producing like a fringe player. He has 16 tackles and two sacks this year as a 3-4 defensive end and plays limited snaps.
He wants to play as an interior lineman again.
“I know I could turn some heads inside,” Williams said. “That’s what I do.
That’s who I am. I know I could go anywhere and start. I just love
being down on the inside because stuff happens more quickly. Out there
on that end, stuff happens slow and I don’t like that.”
The Cleveland Plain-Dealer suggests Williams could ask for a trade, but that may not be easy for the Browns to pull off considering his salary. His play in 2008 wasn’t much better than this year.
“I haven’t been happy about it since day one,” Williams said, regarding his playing time. “I’m not going to go all the way into it about how I feel
about it, but I haven’t been happy at all.”
This feeling is going around in Cleveland.
Wouldn’t it be easier to name the players who ARE happy in Cleveland?
dont players have to agree where they go on a trade? if so then he cant bitch too much cuz he approved it.
That’s what he gets for playing for Cleveland…jackass!
I doubt that anybody in Cleveland is happy, at least when it comes to football.
Dear Lord,
Thank you for allowing me to live no where near Cleveland. Thank you for not making me a Browns Fan. Thank you for making me gag violently when I see Eric Mangini’s face. Lastly, thank you for allowing me to cheer for a team that stinks…….but not as bad as Cleveland!!
AMEN
A shame the Packers ended up getting nothing (Brian Brohm) for him, but I’m glad we didn’t end up giving this guy big time money to stick around – he would be riding the bench considering the DL talent the Packers currently have.
“When former Browns G.M. Phil Savage acquired defensive lineman Corey Williams from the Packers for a second-round pick, most observers hailed the move as a win-win.
The Browns haven’t won.”
Nor did the Pack when TT wasted the pick on a 3rd string QB who is now off the team, kicked to the Practice Squad.
Yeah, that move was lose-lose. Browns got Corey Williams who is ineffective as a DE in the 3-4, and GB used that pick on Brian Brohm, demoted to the practice squad in GB before moving on to the pine in Buffalo.
He’s much better suited to being an inside DT in a 4-3. With GB he racked up a good number of sacks, was adequate as a run defender and never failed to hustle down field after a play.
The Bucs are in desperate need of a run-stuffing interior lineman! And they’ve got about a billion dollars of cap room.
Are any players happy in CLevland…I sure hope not…….
They dont get a say in where they are traded to. Look at Richard Seymore’s situation.
The only inevitability is that the Browns will make the worst decision possible.
The big concern with Williams is that he would get lazy after he got paid, which is why the Pack didn’t resign him.
Who would be happy playing on arguably the worst team in professional sports history? As for those of us stuck with the team, PLEASE LEAVE COREY! I honestly forget that he’s on the team. Probably the point he’s trying to make, but good players can adjust. Bad ones complain that the system sucks. You suck Corey.
There is a long list of players who have one big season and then expect to be paid in the top 5 or 10 of their respective position. So Corey isn’t alone in that regard, he is just a shining example of the risk the GM undertakes when he does sign his fat ass to that big contract. The guy was never consistently that good, that’s why GB got rid of him. Now Cleveland needs to take the salary cap hit and move on.
Corey is at least getting paid. At least he is not a fan. They are the ones I feel bad for.
Brohm isn’t on the PS…he is in Buffalo.
This is exactly why contracts should be 2 years in length for ALL players. These 6 year deals never work out. The player realizes 2 years in he’s in a bad place or is underpaid or the teams realize the guy is overpaid and have to take hits.
Give all veteran (more than 4 years in NFL) players 2 year contracts. Have the first year guaranteed if the player is on the roster the Tuesday after final cuts are made. Have the 2nd year become fully guaranteed if the player is still on the roster on the Friday before camp opens.
With this teams would probably have 15-30 free agents every year so allow teams to protect 3 players each offseason. Packers would protect Woodson,Driver and Rodgers,Colts Manning and Wayne,etc.
Protected players can only negotiate with their previous team through week 3 of the pre-season. Any protected player not signed can then talk to any team.
Teams can extended players in year 2 of the deal between Nov 1 and the conclusion of week 16 thus keeping them off the market. With this guys like Brady and Moss would never be free unless there was a problem. But if there is an issue teams aren’t on the hook for 15 mil of bonus and players don’t have to resort to tricks and dirty tactics to force a move out.
This way all players are paid exactly what they are worth and if a guy gets in a bad place he can leave.
I am so sick of Mike McKenzies and Javon Walkers and Corey Williams crying.
Maybe this is a lesson. Williams could have taken less to stay in GB. Would you rather make 3 mil/yr over 3 years for a 7-4 team or 5mil/yr over 6 for a 1-10 team?
If you chose the 5 mil then SHUT UP!
If I’m not mistaken, he came to the browns via trade along with shaun rogers in ’08, where the browns were coming off of a 10-6 season in ’07. These 2 were supposed to beef up the d line. I disagree with the remarks “who wants to come to the browns” because at the time the browns were turning things around and the new season looked promising. It just didn’t work out that way and the ’08 season started this downward spiral.
Ted Thompson’s done a pretty good job of saying ‘see ya’ to players demanding more money after one good year. He caved on Ryan Grant, but it appears Grant is at least a solid starter. Corey Williams’ comments could be echoed by Colin Cole, I imagine, who took the money and ran to Seattle. How’s that working out for you?
Cubano, you just thanked the lord for making you gag……you’d make a great prison bitch.
The sad thing is, assuming the Browns cut DA, I believe Corey Williams will have the highest cap # on the team in 2010. Additionaly, if they cut him they take an $8.3M cap hit. The Browns are basically stuck with him through next year.
Just one of several major blunders the Browns unstable front office has made the past few years.
Corey Williams was unhappy in Green Bay, where most players seem to be happy, and he was only inconsistently good.
Now he’s unhappy in Cleveland, where most players seem to be UNhappy (would have thought he’d fit right in there), but he’s even less consistently good.
Maybe he should just pack up his funhouse mirror – the one that shows him to be the best of the best – and head out for a desert island, where he’s sure to outperform every other football player there, and he can continue his plaintive cries from morn till nite, without disturbing anyone in the Real World.
Next season is uncapped, so if you cut guys you’re overpaying and under-performing you do it with no punishment. That being said, Williams is too good of a 4-3 player to just cut.
WOW….. I am shocked!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Simple solution. Practice hard + shut up + be a team man = Playing time! Crying leads to getting cut with nobody wanting you.
Williams is a good player, another victim of that head coach with the ego. Hopefully a new regime will come in and put him in his right place on the line. An all pro caliber player doesnt lose it that quickly.
Corey Williams not happy?
Bulletin! Corey Williams is NEVER happy!!