That was his total in Dallas..... Ha!

 

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If he gets that, this will be an exceptional season.

I'm more realistic and feel 50 catches is more of a real target to shoot for. The way they spread the ball around I can't see any of our WRs getting over 60 catches as long as Forte is on this team.

I'd say he ends in the 50-59 range, but 60+ isn't totally impossible. Sure he's a moron, but I think Williams will be a better pick-up for this team than most people think.

70-80? These coaches really are in a nice little dream world

Martz needs to pass the pipe around... He's definitley smoking something.

 

70-80? These coaches really are in a nice little dream world

 

Its not the craziest thing Ive heard. I dont know why so many people hate this signing so much. Hes not the first wr I would have went after but he is better then the wr's we have and fills a need. So if it was between going into the season with the same wr's or adding Williams Ill take Williams.

70-80 catches is pretty crazy! EWspecially given the type of back we have in Forte, the progression of Knox and hester, and hopefully some committment to the running game!

 

However, I think there are a good few of us that see some real potential in what Roy can bring... Many don't, but a good few do.

 

Its not the craziest thing Ive heard. I dont know why so many people hate this signing so much. Hes not the first wr I would have went after but he is better then the wr's we have and fills a need. So if it was between going into the season with the same wr's or adding Williams Ill take Williams.

 

70-80 catches is pretty crazy! EWspecially given the type of back we have in Forte, the progression of Knox and hester, and hopefully some committment to the running game!

 

However, I think there are a good few of us that see some real potential in what Roy can bring... Many don't, but a good few do.

Remember one thing...if you have one guy who can get first downs regularly, that makes the other guys wind up with more catches as well...because you're actually moving the chains, rather than punting.

True. But I think that also means spreading the ball around more. Thus, making the 70-80 catces thing still a bit overwhelming.

 

Remember one thing...if you have one guy who can get first downs regularly, that makes the other guys wind up with more catches as well...because you're actually moving the chains, rather than punting.

 

"He's the guy who gets singled up a lot, and a lot of big plays go to that guy,'' Martz said. "That guy is going to have 1,300 yards and 80-85 catches, and we know Roy's got that in him. He's just now at the peak of his career. I don't know what happened in Dallas. But it doesn't make any difference to me. It doesn't change how I feel.''

 

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80 catches is 5 a game...is it really that unattainable regardless...especially a pass happy 0C?

Requires an upright QB....

 

PS - Not sure I mentioned, but I love your avatar!

 

80 catches is 5 a game...is it really that unattainable regardless...especially a pass happy 0C?

 

Requires an upright QB....

A big part of having that happen would be having an adequate safety valve who can make the 4 yard catch on a slant of on a quick out if the protection breaks down or a blitz comes. Williams is a big target as we've all noted which could put him as filling that role...but the drops...oh the drops.

agreed

 

A big part of having that happen would be having an adequate safety valve who can make the 4 yard catch on a slant of on a quick out if the protection breaks down or a blitz comes. Williams is a big target as we've all noted which could put him as filling that role...but the drops...oh the drops.

 

My guess is he ends up with 50-60. Martz's offense doesn't really single out any one person as a WR, he spreads the wealth all over and Roy isn't as good as he was with Detroit. I still think that his signing will help us though. Especially in the redzone.

"This is the best scheme in the country for me," Williams said. "It's the best scheme, hands down."

 

In two seasons under offensive coordinator Mike Martz, when both were with the Detroit Lions, Williams caught 146 passes for 2,148 yards and 12 touchdowns. In the other six seasons of his career, Williams has totaled 210 receptions for 3,060 yards and 30 scores.

 

For that reason, the Bears wasted no time inserting Williams into their first-team offense during training camp drills this week. The move displaced their top-yardage man from last season, Johnny Knox, and in the end it demonstrated how much the Bears valued a different-sized body among their receivers.

 

"I know Jay [Cutler] was begging for a big guy," Williams said. "I know I fit the mold of a big guy. I'm not a Brandon Marshall, who is nine-feet tall. But I'm a big guy who can go across the middle, make the catch and try to keep the chains moving."

 

Williams' classic 6-foot-3 frame suggests his performance should transcend scheme, but it obviously hasn't during his eight-year career. Why did Williams perform so well for Martz in Detroit? Part of it, to be sure, was Martz's pass-happy play-calling at the time. Someone had to get the yards. But I also think that despite his frame, Williams' athleticism and footwork get him to the precise point Martz demands of his receivers in a way normally reserved for much smaller men.

 

Williams referred to the Bears' receiving group as "The Smurfs" because Knox, Earl Bennett and Devin Hester are all under six-feet tall. But normally, receivers built closer to the ground are quicker in and out of their cuts than longer, loping wideouts.

 

For whatever reason, Williams had no problem executing in Martz's scheme with the Lions. During the Bears practices I watched this week, his long arms and reach were an important contrast to those of his teammates. Cutler now has his go-up-and-get-it receiver.

 

Knox, on the other hand, was particularly upset about the quick demotion. But with all due respect, it wouldn't make sense to have three receivers of the same size on the field when there is a viable alternative, and it was unlikely that Cutler favorite Earl Bennett was going to get pushed down the depth chart.

 

"[Knox] is upset," Williams said. "Everybody is a competitor in this league. You have to be a competitor, but at the same time you have to know what's going on. I would be upset if a guy just came in and got in front of me. That's the nature of this business. There is nothing wrong with what he did. Nothing wrong with what he did. He had an exceptional season last year. If anything is to happen to me, or I go down, he's a great guy to come back in."

 

In truth, I would consider 2011 an enormous success for Williams if he finishes with the same kind of production -- 51 receptions for 960 yards and five touchdowns -- that Knox did last season. Williams boasts two years of experience in this system, and his arrival will give Knox an opportunity to be a package-focused playmaker as opposed to one expected to make tough catches on third-and-6.

 

Which brings us to the larger question: Can Williams be trusted with a starting role? I can tell you this much: He couldn't have landed in a better spot to answer that question.

 

"I know how this thing works," he said. "I know how it works."

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