Browns add WR Demetrius Williams

[Masters]

The Cleveland Browns added a receiver who should be very familiar to AFC North fans.

Cleveland announced Tuesday that it signed former Baltimore Ravens receiver Demetrius Williams. The team also claimed running back Thomas Clayton off the New England Patriots' practice squad and released James Davis and Yamon Figurs.

Williams played for the Ravens from 2006-09 and was cut earlier this year. He showed flashes of talent in Baltimore but had problems staying healthy. But Williams may have a shot to stick in Cleveland, because receiver is one of the team's biggest needs.


Browns add WR Demetrius Williams - AFC North Blog - ESPN

[Greythan]

Birth Date March 28, 1983 Birth Place Concord, CA Height 6-2 Weight 202 lbs.

Age 27 Position WR Experience 5 years College Oregon

From ESPN:

Williams is a good athlete with good size and speed. He has good lateral quickness to slip jams and a long stride to eat up ground once upfield. He accelerates well for his size and is flexible enough to sink his hips and get in and out of breaks. He shows good speed running vertically with the ability to stretch the defense. Williams can reduce the cushion quickly when defenders play off. He can also use his speed to get over the top versus man-to-man. He has good hands with long arms to adjust to the ball outside the frame. Williams has flashed big-play ability early in his career, but injuries and inconsistency have kept him from becoming an impact receiver.

Good value pick up for sure. Let's see if we get "lucky" here.

[Alo]

I guess PGL was right about Figurs.

Back in '06, Heck was absolutely in love with Demetrius Williams. He's a very talented guy, though injuries may have sapped some of his speed & explosiveness.

[Enigmatic Evil]

He's always been a player with a lot of buzz surrounding his name and given how bleak our WR situation is here, it wouldn't be difficult for him to stand out if he wanted to. Catch the ball, make plays, get first downs, help us win more than hurt us. That's all I ask for any of our players. Our WR's aren't doing much to help our offense at all. If Demitrius Williams can be a guy to give our offense some spark, so be it.

[Sez.EJ]

Huge upgrade from figurs.. I could not figur that one out anyway ha ha ha. Williams can run and catch..his main problem is that he is ALWAYS hurt.. but he can help us way more than Figurs ever would.

[Crow]

goddamn it i just traded for figurs in my fantasy team

[BrownieBornAndRaised]

Originally Posted by Crow

goddamn it i just traded for figurs in my fantasy team

Yeah his one rush for -4 yards was quite impressive crow lol

[Flugel]

Originally Posted by Masters

The Cleveland Browns added a receiver who should be very familiar to AFC North fans.

Cleveland announced Tuesday that it signed former Baltimore Ravens receiver Demetrius Williams. The team also claimed running back Thomas Clayton off the New England Patriots' practice squad and released James Davis and Yamon Figurs.

Williams played for the Ravens from 2006-09 and was cut earlier this year. He showed flashes of talent in Baltimore but had problems staying healthy. But Williams may have a shot to stick in Cleveland, because receiver is one of the team's biggest needs.


Browns add WR Demetrius Williams - AFC North Blog - ESPN

I think our boy Figurs will be most remembered for getting tackled in the open field by a ghost. I would have given a blade of grass the credit but the game was on turf. Demetrius Williams looked like a very good prospect coming out of college but he never did much in Baltimore even when he was healthy.

Whatever happened to Bobby Engram? He looked like he was at least emergency services material in spite of his age. Is Antonio Bryant worth working out to see if his legs have healed up? That guy runs great routes even though he's hot and cold with the hands.

Too bad we couldn't interest Buffalo in a swap of Shaun Rogers for Lee Evans right about now. Lee Evans grew up in Cleveland dreaming about playing in Cleveland so it's always nice to bring in somebody talented that WANTS to come to Cleveland. Vincent Jackson would have been another good guy to consider for a trade considering injuries to an area of the team that wasn't talent deep and is now compounded by injuries.

Stuckey seemes to be having a good year for us. Cribbs is at least drawing penalty flags on 2 different occasions deep and has 1 long distance TD reception. That's why it's nice to see deep passes staying in bounds when they aren't centerfield post patterns. I'm worried that trauma to MoMoss is gonna lead to alot of dropsies and taking the eyes off the ball. And Robo remains a mystery. Folks, Robo got alot of predraft love by more than just Cleveland if we read many of the scouting reports and magazines leading up to the draft. He's gotta get on with the carpet diem thing or he'll miss his window of opportunity here.
- Tom F.