Redskins Fifth Pick: Tight End Eddie Williams

Why not, there's always room for one more

Continuing a draft more bizarre with every pick the Redskins used their first seventh round draft pick on a tight end, Eddie Williams from the University of Idaho. This might not be as bad an idea as it looks.

From NFL.com's pre draft profile:

Height: 6 feet one inch

Weight: 239 pounds

Pros: versatile, can play fullback, H-back, slot receiver or tight end, has long arms and big hands, good extension on passing routes, patient against zone coverage, adept at selling fake at the line, good downfield blocker, good open field tackler on special teams.

Cons: tweener status may cause difficulty finding a position, not experienced as lead blocker despite size, trouble blocking blitzing defenders, average downfield speed.

Curly R quick take: with two solid tight ends on the roster, Chris Cooley and Todd Yoder, and with no one able to unseat either of them, including last year's second round so far absent selection tight end Fred Davis, it makes little sense to draft another guy at this position. Unless that is the team is contemplating a move at another position. His team's most valuable player in 2008, Eddie looks more like a hybrid type of back, check his pre draft profile overview, it begins with quote [Eddie] looks a fullback and plays like a wide receiver unquote. If the team is shopping Cooley which might make football sense from a value perspective or if they are anticipating parting with Mike Sellers who is unhappy with his current deal and is not particpating in voluntary team workouts then Eddie might be low cost low risk option but consider despite his size that lead blocking has not been part of his repertoire.

Still though it seems to me you could find a fullback off the street and Chris Cooley would be tough to replace in short order, maybe the team knows something I do not because this pick makes my Dick Cheney lip quiver.



University of Idaho tight end Eddie Williams from here.