Between his open feud with the team over his midseason disappearance and his continuing inability to catch the ball, it seemed a pretty sure bet that Troy Williamson would be sent packing this offseason.But now Sid Hartman has a story guaranteed to shock: the Vikings may be ready for another year of watching Williamson disappoint them.
"I'd love to get the opportunity to work with Williamson for another season," said Vikings wide receiver coach George Stewart. "Troy wants to be a success. No receiver wants to drop passes. If Williamson is not here, he will definitely get an opportunity with another team in the NFL."
Last year Williamson was supposed to have his problems behind him because of eye surgery that had fixed a vision problem. Instead he had the worst year of his inauspicious three-year NFL career-catching 18 passes for 240 yards and continuing to drop easy catches.
But as bad as he's been, it may make sense for the Vikes to keep him around. Williamson's base salary for 2008 is only $435,000, so cutting him won't exactly bring back loads of salary cap room, and that at worst you can cut him in September if he doesn't improve.
As much as I dread the idea of seeing Williamson running a route for the Vikings in a game that matters, keeping him around for training camp seems to have no real downside. It may screw with Williamson's career--he'd be better off signing elsewhere this spring rather than try to find a job at the end of training camp, but that's not the Vikings concern. For Minnesota, keeping him around to give him one more chance actually makes some sense.
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This guy can't catch any better than a kid 3years old. Is this coach trying to sabatage the team another year. If he's trying to help his team in Chicago he should have learned last year, he needs their help. Drop-the- ball-Troy should not be in the NFL. How he got in the draft is a suprise. When is this coach going to learn the you need veteran players that can play like WRs would not hurt. Try the free agency. The list might be slim but then, so is our recieving corps. Same with the backup QBs. get rid of the backups and get a player to make T-Jack work. Get rid of Holcome and bolinger. They are bums. their is a reason other teams let them go. They suck. I repeat get rid of drop-the-ball-troy
I cannot believe this player gets another shot. It's like a coach not benching a flag football player so as not to hurt his self esteem! Sorry, but this is the NFL, which stands for "NOT FOR LONG"
according to Jerry Glanville, a former head coach. Speaking of flag football, once a team mate of my son's dropped a wide open pass, and I got a sickly feeling deep in my gut. I felt sorry for him, just a little kid. I got that same feeling when the Vikes played Denver and Williamson dropped an easy catch, almost a sure touchdown. He said he was "too wide open"!!!!!!