'It’s time for the Bengals to alter their offseason mindset.'

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(01-17-2018, 02:42 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Well, I already mentioned that Williams is just average, when he's fully healthy.  I guess that I just see the Safety position as one where having "good" or better talent really benefits the defense.  Remember Reggie Nelson?  Iloka looked like a future superstar playing next to him, back there.  

As far as I have witnessed, Williams does nothing to elevate the level of play of his teammates.  In addition to being a marvelous "Center Fielder", I feel like a FS in a 4-3 should also be your surest tackler on the team.  I really liked him coming out of Georgia, but I've not seen him develop any of the characteristics that I mentioned.

That's really the bigger issue. Williams never should have been in consideration for FS. He never was a ball hawk or the most consistent tackler. Rambo was the FS and Williams the SS when they were at Georgia. He's a good in-the-box SS that delivers hard hits. He's never going to be a game changer at FS because it's not his ideal fit, and that's on the Bengals.