Quote Originally Posted by rabidmoose171
Anyone else thinks Roy Williams should put on about 25-30 pounds and play linebacker?

Cowboys are starting to get a surplus of DB's, ones that can actually cover.

Williams would be a monster OLB.
Basically everyone I know thinks that.
Quote Originally Posted by Spank_Me_Hard
I have often wondered that.

How the transition for a big safety would be going to the WILL spot. A guy like Williams may only have to put on 10lbs to play that spot.

Big enough to play linebacker (most of the time without a TE on him) and fast enough to cover TEs and RBs out of the backfield.

Back in the day... I wondered if the 'Phins had ever thought of doing this with Louis Oliver (who could run a 4.35 40 coming out of college). The 'Boys with Darren Woodson (the 'Boys did have a smaller WILL in Darren Smith) and the Steelers with Carnell Lake.

There are some smaller WILL backers in the NFL who excel in coverage.
Just being a smaller linebacker wouldn't automatically make him a good cover guy. He just lacks the skills to do it imo no matter the position.