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Dear Bill Polian: Please sign Jack Williams ASAP

The Denver Broncos decided that a 35-year-old washed up corner who has been out of football for over a year (Ty Law) is better than their 2008 4th round pick out of Kent State: Jack Williams. This means Williams will need to pass through waivers before he can become a free agent. If he makes it through waivers, Bill Polian and the Colts very much need to sign him.

We did a write-up on Williams back in 2008, just prior to the NFL Draft.

Williams has started since his sophomore year, and his production has remained consistent year after year. The other thing you learn from skywalker's diary is Jack Williams is ALWAYs around the football. He recorded 4 recovered fumbles, 4 pass break-ups, 4 INTs, and 3 sacks his senior year. Williams also played a lot of special teams at Kent State, earning him the team's award for Defensive Back of the Year and Special Teams Player of the Year.

Williams is very much suited to playing corner in a Tampa-2. He is strong in run support and seems to tackle well. Last season, he only had 13 tackles. Through seven games this year, he already has 14 tackles and 3 passes defended. With Marlin Jackson on IR and Kelvin Hayden out until December, Jack Williams is exactly the kind of DB the Colts need for nickel and dime defenses. He would also boost an already excellent special teams group.

So, yeah. Indy should sign him already.

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What can we lose?

This guy should be better than Tim Jennings and T.J. Rushing

GO COLTS!

by fpacheco on Nov 7, 2009 5:17 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Im

6’1 265lbs and I could play better than them…just sayin

Bob Sanders does not play Hide-and-Seek, He plays HIDE and PRAY-HE-DOES-NOT FIND-YOU!

by coltsfan723 on Nov 7, 2009 5:19 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

or claim him

he’s on a 4th round pick’s contract so there shouldn’t be much, if any difference between his current contract and the one he’d get as a FA

Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.

by shake n bake on Nov 7, 2009 5:18 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

me likey

i see my name up there lol. Yes i wrote something on him but I really can’t remember and I seriously cant find it.
definitely sign him asap

As long as we have Peyton we will always have a chance to win.

by skywalker on Nov 7, 2009 5:18 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Does anyone understand how the waiver process actually works? Do we have a realistic chance of signing him?

by sandsnake on Nov 7, 2009 5:21 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Here what I found...
Section 1. Release:

(a) Whenever a player who has finished the season in which his fourth year of credited service has been earned under the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle Plan is placed on waivers between February 1 and the trading deadline, his contract will be considered terminated and the player will be completely free at any time thereafter to negotiate and sign a Player Contract with any Club, and any Club shall be completely free to negotiate and sign a Player Contract with such player, without penalty or restriction, including, but not limited to, Draft Choice Compensation between Clubs or First Refusal Rights of any kind, or any signing period. If the waivers occur after that time, the player’s Player Contract will be subject to the waiver system and may be awarded to a claiming Club. However, if such player is claimed and awarded, he shall have the option to declare himself an Unrestricted Free Agent at the end of the League Year in question if he has a no-trade clause in his Player Contract. If such player does not have a no-trade clause and the Player Contract being awarded through waivers covers more than one additional season, the player shall have the right to declare himself an Unrestricted Free Agent as set forth above at the end of the League Year following the League Year in which he is waived and awarded.

(b) Whenever a player who has finished less than the season in which his fourth year of credited service has been earned under the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle Plan is placed on waivers, the player’s Player Contract will be subject to the waiver system and may be awarded to a claiming Club.

Section 2. Contact: Coaches or any other persons connected with another NFL Club are prohibited from contacting any player placed on waivers until such time as the player is released by the waiving Club.

Section 3. Ineligibility: Any NFL player who is declared ineligible to compete in a pre-season, regular season or post-season game because of a breach by any NFL Club by whom he is employed of waiver procedures and regulations, or any other provision of the NFL Constitution and Bylaws, will be paid the salary or other compensation which he would have received if he had not been declared ineligible, which, in any event, will be a minimum of one week’s salary and, when applicable, expense payments.

Section 4. Notice of Termination: The Notice of Termination form attached hereto as Appendix G will be used by all Clubs. If possible, the Notice of Termination will be personally delivered to the player prior to his departure from the team. If the Notice of Termination has not been personally delivered to the player prior to his departure from the team, the Notice of Termination will be sent to him by certified mail at his last address on file with the Club.

Bob Sanders does not play Hide-and-Seek, He plays HIDE and PRAY-HE-DOES-NOT FIND-YOU!

by coltsfan723 on Nov 7, 2009 5:23 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Actually...this is probably better...

Once players are cut by a team, they are eligible to be signed first by the team with the worst record in the previous season, then the second worst and so on until you get to the best NFL team. So if a player is cut and the Rams don’t put a waiver out on him, he’s eligible to be signed by the Lions and then the Redskins and so on. Of course, the team that signs him can’t go over the 53-man roster limit so they may have to make cuts as well to make room.

If a waived player is picked up by a team and then released again, he goes through the waiver wire process all over again.

Only players with four or fewer accrued NFL seasons enter the waiver wire. Here is the definition of an accrued season: 6 or more regular-season games in one season in which a player is on the 53-man protected roster, IR list or PUP list.

Players who have completed more than four accrued seasons automatically become free agents if they are let go at this point in the season.

Bob Sanders does not play Hide-and-Seek, He plays HIDE and PRAY-HE-DOES-NOT FIND-YOU!

by coltsfan723 on Nov 7, 2009 5:26 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I knew that after I ACTUALLY read it lol

I was trying to save the typing, but when I relalized it was wrong I chanaged it

Bob Sanders does not play Hide-and-Seek, He plays HIDE and PRAY-HE-DOES-NOT FIND-YOU!

by coltsfan723 on Nov 7, 2009 5:31 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

yeah it would actually be

Lions, Rams, Cheifs………..So on…

Bob Sanders does not play Hide-and-Seek, He plays HIDE and PRAY-HE-DOES-NOT FIND-YOU!

by coltsfan723 on Nov 7, 2009 5:32 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

thanks coltsfan723!

Seems like we’d have to get lucky if he falls all the way to us.

Do you know if this happens in the same day, or over the course of a week?

by sandsnake on Nov 7, 2009 5:33 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Im not sure

and the thing that will determin if he falls to us is how many other teams need a CB…I cant think of any that do off the top of my head so he may get this far

Bob Sanders does not play Hide-and-Seek, He plays HIDE and PRAY-HE-DOES-NOT FIND-YOU!

by coltsfan723 on Nov 7, 2009 5:35 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Since most have a 53 man roster

they would have to make cuts to get him…we dont.

Bob Sanders does not play Hide-and-Seek, He plays HIDE and PRAY-HE-DOES-NOT FIND-YOU!

by coltsfan723 on Nov 7, 2009 5:38 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I thought it took about 3 days

just judging from memory

How can you not love a team that does this?

by LovinBlue on Nov 7, 2009 11:36 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

ok. I just didn’t know if it is something like each team has one day to decide whether to get him (which would obviously take forever) or if it is you have a week to make your claim if you want him and then they sort through the total sum of claims.

Didn’t we sign DE Josh Thomas?, wouldn’t we have to cut him to sign this guy?

by sandsnake on Nov 7, 2009 5:40 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

yeah we did, but we also moved some people up

from the practice squad that can moved back down to make room

Bob Sanders does not play Hide-and-Seek, He plays HIDE and PRAY-HE-DOES-NOT FIND-YOU!

by coltsfan723 on Nov 7, 2009 5:42 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

yea the waiver list and the practice squads are def.

also guys not signed that havent been on a team this year are still considered free agents are in the same boat as people on a practice squad they just dont work out with a team or anything

GO COLTS!!! 09 IS OURS!!!

by TheAngelsColts on Nov 7, 2009 5:45 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Would like us to nab him

I mean, you can’t say he’s no good at this point, he’s not even into his sophomore season. Maybe he doesn’t fit Denver’s D as well as ours.

If he has to clear 31 teams though, maybe we shouldn’t hold our breath.

by slash196 on Nov 7, 2009 5:53 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Then there's...

the possiblity of someone else who may or may not be interested, blocking the Colts from getting him. Who would be dastardly enough to do that???

by GonzoBlue on Nov 7, 2009 6:10 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

ND goes down

GO COLTS!!! 09 IS OURS!!!

by TheAngelsColts on Nov 7, 2009 6:11 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Denver probably cut him so they could put him on their pratice squad. But even so Denver plays a lot of man and he’s more of a zone corner so he definitely fits the Colts system even though lately Polian has been targeting man corners like Powers and Lacey.

We need the depth so yes I agree we should go for him.

I did this a few times at that dump of a site I used to write for so I figured, hell, why not try it out over at Stampede Blue you know? At least this time someone will actually be reading it.

-Me

by KingRichard on Nov 7, 2009 8:32 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Agreed.

I doubt Denver would be able to get him on their practice squad unless he’s damaged goods. I’m hoping Polian does something for depth. We need it at linebacker, cornerback, and safety.

Now a proud annoyance on Stampede Blue, 18to88, Indy Football Report, and Phil B's blog.

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by Cassieper on Nov 7, 2009 8:43 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

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