Former Eagles cornerback Cary Williams did what most players do when they leave a team for perceived greener pastures.
On Tuesday Williams joined 710 ESPN Seattle’s “Brock and Salk.” During the 11-minute interview, Williams compared Seattle to his first two NFL stops, Tennessee and Baltimore — saying both organizations had great players who were also great leaders. He talked about how Seattle’s coaches “give you everything they’ve got” while also fostering a fun culture.
Williams ripped Chip Kelly and the Eagles to shreds, calling the Philadelphia coach “great” but adding that he disagrees with his approach.
“I enjoyed my teammates, I enjoyed some of the coaches but ultimately we didn’t get the job done, and there was reasoning for that,” Williams said. “Whatever that is they’re creating, I didn’t believe it. We went to one playoff game, we had a home playoff game and we lost that. And it was his first year, I understand that. I think he’s a great coach, a tremendous coach. I just think that what’s going on there isn’t necessarily the right way of doing things, of winning games. He’s won games, but when you’re going against elite talent, elite players, elite teams, elite schemes, we weren’t able to get the job done.”
Williams then referred back to the “strenuous” practice the Eagles were put through, and how it ended up backfiring. In Williams eyes, the Eagles were “outcoached” a majority of the time.
“We was talking about the fact that our conditioning and things like was going to kick in because we worked harder than everybody in the National Football League with the Chip Kelly thing,” he said. “We got out there, we got our teeth kicked in. So all that conditioning didn’t necessarily work. Preparation wasn’t necessarily the greatest neither that week. When you’re going up against teams that prepare well, practice well, coach well, it’s difficult in games like that. I think towards the end of the year we were exhausted and we got outcoached the majority of the games.”
Life’s better for Williams these days, as he’ll fade into the shadows, play the nickel cornerback position for the Seahawks and flourish because all of the attention and focus will be on Richard Sherman and Earl Thomas of course.
Until that first time Williams is burned deep in the slot. Then it will be all about how Pete Carroll and company are to aggressive at times.
