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williams slipping
The consensus at this week's owners meetings was that USC receiver Mike Williams is falling like a rock off a roof. Will he fall out of the first round? No. But don't expect to see him in the top 10, either. Williams will work out for scouts April 8, but that is too late for a lot of teams, many of whom have already started stacking their draft board. In addition, Williams recently weighed 245 pounds and the talk is he won't run better than a 4.7. Even if he does better that, there are some off-the-field concerns. Williams has been getting so-so reviews from the USC staff regarding his off-field behavior. It seems the USC team as a whole missed 13 workouts last year, and Williams missed more than eight of them. On one occasion, according to a league source, he told coach Pete Carroll that he had to do some homework and then Carroll saw him playing basketball in the gym. Williams also is said to have trouble catching passes on the right side of the formation, since he is left-handed. He excels catching balls on the left side, but the right side proved troubling, according to the one team official. Williams and Maurice Clarett are both awaiting the outcome of the NFL's appeal to the court ruling they could be eligible for this draft. If that is overturned, then they may be in football purgatory since they both have signed with an agent. Next stop? Oh, Canada. Don't be shocked to see Williams fall to late in the first round.
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