Comments on: Blake Williams out in St. Louis

By: whatevnfl

whatevnfl — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 03:05:59 +0000

Is his face photo shopped on to his forehead? What is what that picture?

By: tennesseeoilers

tennesseeoilers — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:30:58 +0000

Agreed, Turfrage. If Jeff Fisher fired Blake Williams, the kid deserved to get the boot.

By: computojon

computojon — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:16:24 +0000

This is the Rams’ way of telling Gregg Williams, “You’re not coming back to St. Louis.” And I’m glad about that. A guy who admits to running illegal bounties, while also ratting out his players at the same time in an attempt to save his own skin, is not the guy I want leading the Rams defense.

By: turfrage

turfrage — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:35:26 +0000

If Fisher let him go you can bet there is a darn good reason!! He doesn’t make those decisions lightly. Guy was probably a cancer on the staff like pops.

By: backindasaddle

backindasaddle — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:49:18 +0000

I have to think this means that he wasn’t actually running the defense, didn’t demonstrate that he was currently capable of doing so, or even growing into the role. He’s only 27 and if he demonstrated the qualities to be successful they would not have fired him.

By: toreup

toreup — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:46:19 +0000

I’d love it if there was a way to bring Lovie Smith back, but I’m sure that is a long shot at best

By: canjura

canjura — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:38:45 +0000

This makes absolutely no sense. Rams defense overall was much improved, especially at his key place, the linebacker core. Of course bringing in Dunbar and McIntosh over less talented players helps, but they weren’t exactly superstars themselves. Unless Blake asked to be let go, it doesn’t make any logical sense to me.

By: blowtorch1964

blowtorch1964 — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:31:51 +0000

It’s possible that the Rams did not want a DC who plucks his eyebrows, thinking that that sets the wrong tone for a Defense, who should aspire to toughness.

By: salukis92

salukis92 — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:31:02 +0000

He can change his last name to “Shanahan” and get a job with the Redskins.

By: textermanley

textermanley — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:15:03 +0000

Nepotism: The world’s oldest Affirmative Action plan.

By: schmitty2

schmitty2 — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:10:12 +0000

If he did indeed call most of the plays then tying for the league lead in sacks and being 14th in total defense should not be a firing offense IMO. Makes me think that Dave Mcginnis was calling most of the plays OR the Rams have their sights set on a new DC

By: dcviking

dcviking — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:59:21 +0000

I’d have put money on this happening…

By: blockedshotnyr

blockedshotnyr — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:55:00 +0000

This is somewhat surprising considering how improved the Rams defense was this year.

By: beavertonsteve

beavertonsteve — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:52:47 +0000

If he truly was calling the plays for the Rams it wasn’t all bad. There were some head scratching moments too though. The Rams third and long defense was horrific. All teams had to do was run the corners off and throw a screen pass to a back for a 20 yard gain. I’ll bet Blake takes a college job and waits for all the mess involving his dad to calm down before trying to trying to get back into the NFL.

By: ppc50

ppc50 — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:46:19 +0000

Must be nice to get a paycheck from multiple employers, in a dream type of job, because of your dad. At least he has gained experience and can probably get a gig somewhere, though, most likely not in the NFL.