This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own.

Health & Fitness

Chicago Bears Report: The (Possible) Suck of Roy

On Monday night against the Giants, his hands took the night off.

Roy Williams does not suck. Yet.

That will be for me and all of you other passionate Bears fans to decide. When will the Bears faithful officially put him on the Suck List? I will give him two games. Some might think that is a short leash. I am a widowed Cubs fan. I don’t have patience for personal or team growth.

At 6’3, 215, Williams has a body carved out of Greek mythology. When you see his mammoth frame, spikes dug into the grass, headed cocked slightly towards the quarterback to a get a visual cue on when the play starts, you begin to have empathy for the diminutive cornerback required to cover him. Then a pass comes his way.

Find out what's happening in St. Charleswith free, real-time updates from Patch.

On Monday night against the Giants, his hands took the night off. He may have left his hands back in Detroit, two teams ago. With the Lions (2004-2008) Williams easily snared balls down from the air, racking up as many as 1,310 yards in 2007. He made the Pro Bowl that year. The last Lion to do so had been nine years earlier. How had Roy Williams flourished? Perhaps it was his offensive coordinator and current Bears play caller Mike Martz.

But Texas and some good ol’ green came a callin’. Good ol’ ‘Boy Jerry Jones waived a 6 year, $54 million contract in his face to leave the Motor City and return to his roots in Texas. Many Cowboy fans do not look back fondly at the addition of Williams. He only lasted two years there.

Find out what's happening in St. Charleswith free, real-time updates from Patch.

To rewind, Williams was a ridiculous star football player, among other sports, at Permian High School in Odessa, TX. He decided to trek six hours east to play for the Texas Longhorns in college where he eventually became the all-time leader in receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns.

To fast forward, if Williams drops balls, doesn’t win the favor of Jay Cutler, and essentially becomes relegated to the Ignored List, he will officially be on my Suck List, not as high up as Alfonso Soriano or Adam Dunn, but higher than Tank Williams.

He claims he is comfortable in Martz’s complex system as he played in it while at Detroit. That is like saying I did well in my AP Physics class in high school so monitoring the food I eat which undergoes chemical reactions producing heat energy which is converted into mechanical energy shouldn’t be a problem.

But he could be right. The Bears offense is like butter. It won’t be the routes that does him in. It will be his hands. And if he doesn’t produce in a hurry, the Boo Birds will sound off in Soldier Field, the media will slaughter him and his ego will get bruised and he will leave.

Maybe the Patriots will pick him up next year. They like big ego-ed and sometimes big game receivers with sometimes big time problems. Paging Randy Moss. Paging Chad Ochocinco.

But before I crucify the guy, let him play. Let him get his rhythm. Let him be a strong asset to our club and be a go-to receiver when Cutler needs to stuff a ball up the middle for a first down.

If he doesn’t, he is dead to me. And to you, the Bears faithful. Are you with me?

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

The views expressed in this post are the author's own. Want to post on Patch?