Updated Feb 2, 2012 - 6:14 pm
Checking in with Seahawks wide receiver Mike Williams
Mike Williams' plan for improving upon a disappointing 2011 season includes playing at a lower weight.
"I've got to get better, I've got to get faster, I've got to get more explosive. I won't be playing at 240 [pounds] this year. I'm going to go down and go a lot lower than that just to give myself the best chance," the Seahawks wide receiver told "Brock and Salk" on Wednesday.
Weight issues were part of the reason Williams was out of football for two seasons prior to joining the Seahawks in 2010. The contract extension he signed later that season includes a weight clause.
Williams suggested that he has played at 240 pounds in the past -- he's been listed at 235 the past two seasons -- but added, "I've got to take a different step and really give myself a chance to be the player that I can be and that I know I am."
Williams was that player in 2010. With Matt Hasselbeck at quarterback, Williams was a focal point of the Seahawks' offense, catching 65 passes for 751 yards and two scores in 14 regular-season games. He had just 18 catches last season, dogged by injuries and dropped passes. He missed two games early in the season -- one with a concussion and another with a hamstring injury -- before he was placed on injured reserve following an ankle and leg injury he sustained in a Dec. 18 game against Chicago.
Williams said he is off crutches and rehabbing at the team's headquarters. He indicated that he might not be ready to take part in OTAs and minicamps, which begin in mid-April.
"I'm just really focused on having a great offseason and getting back to form," he said. "This past season I came into camp and [within] a couple of days I had a foot [injury], and then I had a hamstring, then I had a back. I just never really got going. I was always fighting something along the way.
"My focus this year is to come in really healthy and go from there. So whenever I'm ready to go I'm just going to do whatever I can."
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igotanopinion wrote...I want him to be lighterFebruary 2, 2012 8:55 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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Newton wrote...Mike Williams writes his own story.February 2, 2012 11:38 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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CJinVic10 wrote...Message to Mike.February 3, 2012 9:20 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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seahawks_155 wrote...CJFebruary 3, 2012 4:20 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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CJinVic10 wrote...seahawks_155 wrote...February 6, 2012 5:06 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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EC Henry wrote...Mike Williams is No Steve LargentFebruary 3, 2012 11:33 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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artimus wrote...He looked like he was running in mud this year.February 3, 2012 12:19 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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EC Henry wrote...WordFebruary 3, 2012 11:29 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Johnnymac50 wrote...BMWFebruary 3, 2012 2:40 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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Johnnymac50 wrote..."Patriots" is what I meantFebruary 3, 2012 2:44 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Rick1 wrote...I dont get it...February 3, 2012 4:45 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Hawkman wrote...Mike has a lotFebruary 4, 2012 1:02 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Newton wrote...What I ment to say EC Henry.February 4, 2012 9:44 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Brock Huard has co-hosted the show since 2009. After earning Gatorade Player of the Year honors at Puyallup High School, Brock went on to a record-setting career at Washington and then spent six years in the NFL, including four with the Seahawks. Brock also works for ESPN as a college football analyst in the booth and the studio. He makes his home on the Eastside with his wife Molly and their three young children.
Danny O'Neil, the new co-host of "Brock and Danny", is the son of a logger, a graduate of the University of Washington and has been a working journalist in Seattle since 1999, first at newspapers and since 2012 at 710 ESPN Seattle. He is married to Sharon Pian Chan, associate opinions editor at The Seattle Times. They live on Capitol Hill with their wrinkled, smelly dog.
