Demorrio Williams

Demorrio Williams

43-Year-Old LinebackerLB
 Free Agent  
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$Signed with San Diego in March of 2012.
LBKansas City Chiefs
January 12, 2011
Williams appeared in all 16 games for the Chiefs in 2010 but finished with just 19 tackles (17 solo), one sack and one forced fumble.
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One year after racking up 117 tackles, Williams was replaced in the starting lineup by Derrick Johnson and did not start a game in 2010. Given Johnson's terrific season and Jovan Belcher's continued growth as the other inside linebacker, Williams will likely be stuck in a reserve role again next year.
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Williams played in parts of 12 games for the Chiefs in 2011, but he was likely brought to San Diego only to add depth.
After leading the team in tackles in 2009, Williams lost his starting job in 2010 to Derrick Johnson. He will fight for the starting spot next to Johnson this season and has upside if he earns it, having posted two seasons in his career with over 100 total tackles.
Projected as a reserve linebacker, Williams thrived in the Chiefs’ new 3-4 set and emerged as KC’s leading tackler last season, his 117 stops ranking 16th in the league. But unless he starts to produce in other categories — he hasn’t notched a sack since 2006 or an interception since 2007 — he’ll be a tier below the top IDPs.
Williams had to fight his way out of former defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham’s doghouse to begin the 2008 season and never lived up to the expectations Kansas City had for him when he signed a free agent deal with the team. He projects as a reserve linebacker in the new 3-4 and won’t be an IDP consideration unless someone ahead of him suffers an injury.
The Chiefs may start Williams at weak-side linebacker, moving Donnie Edwards to the middle and giving Williams decent IDP value. On the other hand, the team may elect to keep its starting group from last season, forcing Williams to compete with Edwards for snaps on the weak side. It’s difficult to recommend him as an IDP at this time because of the uncertainty, but if everything shakes out right he could wind up being a very useful fantasy option by season’s end.
Here’s one Falcon who’s happy the team is moving on from the Ed Hartwell era. What on earth were the Falcons thinking moving a successful weak side linebacker in 2005 who weighs 232 pounds to the strong side? With Hartwell gone, and Keith Brooking in the middle, Williams can go back to his natural position, where his gifts in speed, range and closing ability can put him in position to make play after play. As a weak side starter in 2005, he netted at least six total tackles every week, except for Weeks 16 and 17, when most leagues were already finished playing. All told, he showed how his speed can produce in tackling (127 total) and coverage (two picks) and how his college experience at defensive end (!) could produce on the rush (three sacks).
Reserve linebacker.
Williams figures to work chiefly behind three-time Pro Bowl selection Keith Brooking at weakside linebacker in 2004.
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LBKansas City Chiefs
November 22, 2010
Williams had two tackles (one solo) and a sack in Sunday's win over the Cardinals.
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LBKansas City Chiefs
September 7, 2010
Despite a strong preseason in which he led the Chiefs with three sacks, Williams will not start Monday night's season opener against the Chargers, the Kansas City Star reports. Derrick Johnson will start at weak-side inside linebacker.
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LBKansas City Chiefs
August 30, 2010
The battle for the Chiefs' weak-side inside linebacker spot between Williams and Derrick Johnson is not any clearer, especially after Williams contributed five tackles, two sacks and a pass defensed in Friday's preseason game.
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LBKansas City Chiefs
August 27, 2010
Williams remains locked in a tight competition with Derrick Johnson for the starting weak-side inside linebacker spot, the Kansas City Star reports.
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LBKansas City Chiefs
August 10, 2010
Williams is listed as the Chiefs' starting weak-side linebacker on the team's initial depth chart, the Kansas City Star reports.
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