Roy Williams Drops His Chance to Be Chicago Bears’ Top Wide Receiver
Published by Jim Poljak on August 23, 2011
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Chicago Bears
This was supposed to be the season of redemption for Roy Williams, the year he established himself as the Chicago Bears‘ top wide receiver. After failing with the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys, Williams was signed by the Chicago Bears as a free agent and reunited with offensive coordinator Mike Martz (Williams went to the Pro Bowl in 2006 with Martz as his coordinator). He was put on the top of the wide receiver depth chart at the start of training camp and was the only addition the Bears made at the position in the offseason.
The expectation of the coaching staff, and the hope of Bears fans, was that Roy Williams would learn to hold on to the ball and be the star wide receiver he believes he is.
Williams was a non-factor in the preseason opener against the Buffalo Bills, failing to record a single reception. The prevailing thought was that he would have more of a role in the second game against the New York Giants, proving to his doubters that he belonged on an NFL roster and could contribute in a positive way.
Bears quarterback Jay Cutler looked to Williams on the first drive of the game, and he promptly dropped a ball on third down that would have moved the chains. Cutler looked Williams’ way on another third down play on the Bears’ next possession, and again the pass fell incomplete. And with that, Roy Williams’ night, and possibly his season, was effectively over. Jay Cutler didn’t look his way again and he failed to record a reception in his first two games as a member of the Chicago Bears.
This was supposed to be the game Roy Williams earned the top wide receiver spot that was given to him by the coaching staff. He knows the Mike Martz offense, has succeeded in it and was supposed to be comfortable enough in it so he could only concentrate on playing football. This was his chance to prove his detractors wrong and show that he could still be a game-changing offensive weapon.
Instead, all he has shown the Bears coaching staff is that he could still drop passes with the best of them and that he will probably not become the player they hoped they were getting.
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