For Your Consideration: D.J. Williams

by IanHenson on Dec 12, 2011 5:00 PM MST

As the 2012 Pro Bowl voting comes to a conclusion Mile High Report will be endorsing several Broncos players for your consideration:

Since coming back from injury D.J. Williams has been amongst the best defensive players on the Denver Broncos defense. You need not look any further than Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears to see that.

Williams has long been a starter, but has been switched around all over the Denver linebacking grid This season seems to click for him statistically as well as any and has allowed for him to accumulate a personal record in forced fumbles and is one sack away from his career best.

So, what are you waiting for? Vote Williams to the the 2012 Pro Bowl before it is too late! Follow this link where all of your favorite Denver players are located at the top of the ballot for your ease in voting them into the game. Although if the Broncos make the Super Bowl it will all be all for nothing.

For Your Consideration will be a tri-weekly series leading up to the 2012 Pro Bowl voting finale on December 19th. Feel free to vote for your favorite players here and be sure to follow Mile High Report on Twitter and Facebook as well as me via The Orange Page.

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Should D.J. Williams be in the 2012 NFL Pro Bowl?

Yes!

451 votes

No!

141 votes

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ironic isn't it?

Just last month we were talking about trade rumors.

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And I looked, and behold a pale [Bronco]: and his name that sat on him was [Tebow], and [a Ferocious Defense] followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth [Quarter of the Game], to kill with [the 1st ranked run attack], and with [clutch plays], and with [bone crunching sacks], and with the beasts of the [Mile HIgh City].

by Trapped in O.C. on Dec 12, 2011 6:10 PM MST via mobile reply actions

DJ is a defensive liability

go back and look at all the critical successes by the Bronco opponents and you will notice that DJ is primarily responsible for missing the tackle or blowing the coverage. Teams target DJ on critical downs. He is saved by great plays by his teammates. I will give him credit for making big plays on sacks in the last few games. He seldom gets off blocks and catches the blocker 90% of the time. he supposedly has great speed but you seldom see
great closing speed from DJ. Sorry I just can’t buy a pro bowl vote!

by kimo526 on Dec 12, 2011 7:00 PM MST reply actions

DJ hasn’t been a liability. He’s played pretty well, and was really good in the Bears’ game. I agree to a point in what you’ve written, here, as DJ isn’t consistently excellent and I don’t believe he’s a pro bowler, but he most definitely has made some plays, and is no liability.

...holy freaking f*ck, snakes!

by 7sky on Dec 12, 2011 7:21 PM MST up reply actions

disagree completely

It is true DJ is not good at shedding blocks… but that is not the primary job of a WLB. You’re explanation of his failures shows a profound lack of understanding of 4-3 LB assignments…

If he’s being forced to shed blocks, that means either the scheme is doing something stupid and putting him in a poor position (more a SLB role), or the DLine or Mays aren’t doing their jobs… because in a traditional 4-3 scheme, they should be soaking up blockers so the WLB (DJ or WW) can flow to the ball… that pursuit is where DJ absolutely excels, and where he has been one of the best in the game (though I agree to some extent… in previous years he’s been better than this year – injury related?).

I’m not sure if he’s playing quite at a probowl level this year given the good OLB play others in the AFC are doing, but he is FAR from a liability.

by cjfarls on Dec 13, 2011 9:19 AM MST up reply actions

I think it's way over the top to call him a "liability". First, the dude has been asked to play every LB position since he first got

here and he has handled each one well. Even when playing out of position (MIKE or SAM) he’s done well and has not complained. Matter of fact, at MIKE I felt he was looking lilke a pro-bowler. He has had a great year this year at his natural position and has simply been overshadowed by Miller. He had a monster game on Sunday against the Bears, perhaps the best of his career. We should be more appreciative of the steady, high-level play we’ve seen from him over his career. There were times his play in the past was the only bright spot in the LB play. You keep him around with a guy like Miller on the other side of the formation and see how much he finally gets to shine.

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by rubincarterrocks on Dec 13, 2011 10:01 AM MST up reply actions

I voted no, because I think there’s better AFC options out there.

by emd2k3 on Dec 12, 2011 7:06 PM MST reply actions

Merril Hoge Finally Concedes

http://www.gatorzone.com/carter/blog/628

"They’re a very special group of men. Cherish them, you will not see their like again."

by chaucer on Dec 12, 2011 7:56 PM MST reply actions

too little too late

He ruined his rep…

by Trapped in O.C. on Dec 13, 2011 12:16 AM MST up reply actions

I think Williams deserves some reconition.

Bronoco fans are really the harshest fans of DJ Williams—very strange. If you talk to other people who aren’t fans of the broncos and they’ll say he is very underrated. That’s exactly what DJ Williams is, he is underrated for what he does. He is good at getting to the QB, good at sticking a RB—look at the chargers game— and he is good at running plays down. Between just Miller and Williams, the broncos have one of the most athletic group of LBs in the NFL. The speed there is impressive. Williams has done decent in coverage, but a lot of good LBs aren’t that good in coverage anyways. I think he is having a pro bowl type season, the numbers don’t lie. He is a valuable player in this defense.

by tiderfootball09 on Dec 12, 2011 8:01 PM MST reply actions

...between Von Miller and Williams we have...

Joe Mays…

by Anders Teig on Dec 13, 2011 4:40 AM MST via iPhone app up reply actions

Joe Mays is a "serviceable" MLB...best for him to be a back-up though. MLB has to be more consistent in reading the gaps

and flowing to the ball. He seems to be out of position quite often. Seems better this year but still not what he should be in the middle. I love his energy and his willingness to lay wood on guys! But his energy, coupled with not reading the play and/or his not playing his gaps properly really hurts him. I like the guy, I just have dreams of what a player like Urlacher or Willis would look like between Williams and Miller….off the hook!

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by rubincarterrocks on Dec 13, 2011 10:07 AM MST up reply actions

That's why I didn't include Mays haha

by tiderfootball09 on Dec 13, 2011 10:10 AM MST up reply actions

Pro Bowl's going a bit far

but DJ’s been playing better, and he really showed up for the Bears game. That was a huge veteran play to push Barber out of bounds with time running down, and he was in the Bears’ backfield a lot of the afternoon.

by Broncs Cheer on Dec 12, 2011 9:11 PM MST reply actions

I watched that play over again, and I thought…if Brian Dawkins was in, instead of Rahim Moore,
he may have diagnosed the play a fraction quicker, taken a better angle, and made the tackle, in bounds. Barber got past Moore, and DJ pushed him out of bounds, which, of course, stopped the clock. it’s fine line when you think that on a play on like that, perhaps the lesser player in Moore may have been late in his assignment, and not making the play helped the Broncos win.

...holy freaking f*ck, snakes!

by 7sky on Dec 12, 2011 9:55 PM MST up reply actions

I think BDawk would have been smarter than that tho...

He might have given Barber the sideline, and barber would have taken it… Some dudes are just wired that way.

Interesting point tho…

by Trapped in O.C. on Dec 13, 2011 12:18 AM MST up reply actions

Agreed. Not sure if Barber would have gone down before the sideline if not for Williams, we'll never know now, but

I thought at the time Barber took too much flak for that since it was obvious that Williams pushed him out. Now, Barber should never have gotten that close to the sideline, should have known that it was much more important to keep the clock running than to get an extra yd or two. Gotta say this, I love Barber! When he was with the Cownuts I used to think that there was no runner in the league that ran as hard and aggressively as him every time. I would take him for my team in a heart-beat. He had a nightmare day against us unfortunately. Hate to see a guy who plays that hard have that kind of day… (but if he’s gonna, I’m glad it was us)

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by rubincarterrocks on Dec 13, 2011 10:13 AM MST up reply actions