DJ Williams: Perfect ILB

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Published: May 20, 2009

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... One of the best draft picks of the Mike Shanahan era.  Perfect ILB?

In a word: Yes.

Many of us remember the DJ MLB experiment a couple of seasons ago as a negative, but I don't see it that way.  I think most of would agree that No. 55 (it's an old pic, he was No. 52 back in the day) is an aggressive LB, with great speed, vision, tackling ability, intelligence, and of course and awesome burst on the snap.

These reasons are why I think he'll be a great ILB.

Let me explain.

When DJ played MLB for us, he played under Jim Bates.  While Jim is a great defensive coordinator, his stint here in Denver didn't go so well.  That's because Jim runs a read-and-react defense.  A lot of us are familiar with this type of defense, but for those that are not let me give you the basics.

This type of defense requires that all of its players (DL, LBs, SSs, CBs) hold the attack at the snap, read and decipher what the defense is trying to...

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