Bowles said he's day to day. But if it's an MCL sprain he'll probably miss a game or two. Good thing we have Cromartie as a safety net.
I think we're good at corner with Williams, he's making plays and stepping up big time. I wonder if Cro would accept a reduced contract and role as the 4th corner/safety/permanent KR, he still can make a play or two almost came down with another one yesterday and he freakin loves being here. I just hope Bowles is being extremely precautious with Milliner because it'd really be nice if we can stop choosing secondary players high. People forget Milliner played really well the end of his rookie season even winning AFC Rookie of the month, hopefully all the injuries haven't caught up to him. But hopefully God willing he can make some plays during this stretch run
Milliner needs to prove he can stay on the field. This kid is brittle and that doesn't make for a long NFL career.
He's gonna end up in one of those 30 for 30 documentaries in a few years if he doesn't get his shit together soon. Apparently he was a healthy scratch for the 2nd straight week. Not sure how he's behind guys like Dex and Darrin Walls when last year he was our #1 corner lightyears ahead of those guys. I'd like to see him get a shot (over Cro). He couldn't possibly be any worse.
I can see him being a trivia football game answer within 5 years. Nobody knows why Milliner isn't playing but Bowles and he's not saying. Best guess is that he's giving Milliner time to catch up without risking yet another injury. If Milliner can't jump ahead of Walls and Dex, he's really not much use is he...
Guys just don't come off a serious injury and playing a lot of snaps. Besides QB, these guys need to be worked back into the equation. I believe I've seen Dee on ST's so he'll get his shot if he's earned it over Dex, and Walls at this point. As for Marcus, he's the future at CB here. He'll be alongside Revis next season and will be a good one. He has great instincts out there and he's a playmaker. His tackling isn't great but IMO that was more shown to be an issue when he was put in at safety when the Jets were literally down to one safety. He's a damn good CB.
I'm hoping he's just trying to work him in slowly, being careful with him considering his severe injury and how injury prone he's been overall.
I know that Cro's statistics are awful. Based on what I've read in here after every game, he must be playing awful. He's always been a soft player and an unwilling or awful tackler. I didn't really want him back this season. I'm not saying that I would start Cro over Williams, because I don't think I would. I was just trying to explain why Bowles is hesitant to make the switch. We haven't seen how they practice, except early in TC. Maybe Williams is one of those players who are terrible in practice, but then light it up in games. There has to be a logical reason other than just stubbornness or loyalty. I think he will make the switch soon, at least I hope he does. As for Marcus being a poor tackler, YOU'RE the one who mentioned that first, and you said nothing about Oakland until another poster did. Now you're backtracking? Please.
So therefore you don't play him. How does that make sense? To not play the guy who...plays well? And to play the guy who doesn't play well? The logical reason would be that Cromartie played under Bowles in Arizona, that he fits his defense, whatever the hell that even means at this point considering how terrible he's performed this year. And the fact that Cromartie makes a lot of money. Those are the two reasons why Bowles hasn't benched his toasted ass yet. Go look at what happened with that other bum he brought over from Arizona (Tulley). Put him in the starting lineup after like a couple practice sessions, over proven guys like Douzable, only to cut his useless ass a few weeks later. Why did he get the shot in the first place? Because he knew Todd. Why did he get cut? Because he stunk, because he didn't make 8 mil. this year. And no, I never put this "Marcus Williams is a poor tackler, period" label on him, so stop it. I said he's had issues this year as far as his tackling. What body of work are you looking at anyway? You're gonna compare him to Cromartie who's been piss poor for a decade now? To a guy in his second year who struggled with his tackling...in...what...one game? The same game where the entire defense struggled tackling guys? Just stop it.
One thing Marcus has going for him is when opposing offenses (and WRs) study film, they aren't studying film on Williams. His tendencies are basically unknown at this point.
Parcells always treated injuries like a disease and injured players were kept away from the rest of the team as much as possible. If Bowles has a similar aversion he's going to be looking at Milliner cross-eyed and wondering if he wants an injury to happen that might touch off an epidemic. Look at what happened to the Fins yesterday, player after player kept going down for them like a plague had descended on the team.
I'm not sure if I buy that. NFL teams study anyone who they are playing against, and they will especially study someone who is tied for the most interceptions in the league. At the very least, our upcoming opponents will know who Williams is (assuming he's healthy).
I'll bet opposing OC's are already highlighting Williams as a threat on obvious passing downs. The kind of picks he's made this year haven't been poorly thrown balls, they've been excellent anticipation and Williams undercutting routes to steal the ball.
It's probably attributable to the different system Bowles employs. Don't forget that Milliner was on IR for a while and didn't practice at all during TC or early in the season.
It couldn't have happened to a nicer team! It only would have been better if it had happened to the Pats or the Bills. Karma's a bitch!
Agree, but he can not prove it unless Bowles allows him to play so he can get on the field. I'm still optimistic he is good enough to ake over for Cro and improve the position.
