Peter King: Kyle Williams NFL's 27th-Best Player

by Brian Galliford on Jun 20, 2011 2:30 PM EDT in Buffalo Bills News

Kyle Williams has been the main beneficiary of any lavish praised tossed the way of the Buffalo Bills for several months. That continued this morning, when Peter King (Sports Illustrated) listed Williams as the 27th-best player in the NFL. King is releasing his Top 100 NFL players list alongside the one being produced by NFL Network (and that does not include Williams).

At his position, King lists Williams ahead of big names such as Vince Wilfork, Aubrayo Franklin and Kevin Williams, while putting him just a few slots behind Ndamukong Suh and Haloti Ngata.

"Surprised at me having Kyle Williams 27 while the players, apparently, don't have him in the top 100? Watch some video of him," King writes. "He consistently occupies two blockers. Always moving forward. A machine. I remember talking to Chan Gailey about him last year. This is a man who coached Emmitt Smith, Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin - and I do believe I have never heard him rave about any player the way he raved to me about Williams."

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Still find it absolutely amazing that he isnt in the NFLN Top 100.

Thats a complete joke.

I, like all of you, love when a Buffalo player gets props by the national media, and Kyle Williams is a guy that Peter Kind has fallen in love with.

#MeatballLove

Lets Go Buff a lo!!!

by bflo on Jun 20, 2011 2:48 PM EDT reply actions

Kyle Williams joins lofty company

Also…

The braised short ribs at Yankee stadium
Tony Dungy’s football watching ability
Sierra Nevada (a phenomenal pale ale from the west coast, perhaps you’ve heard of it?)
Bob Papa’s scruples
how much you can learn from the New York Times

#thingspeterkinghasfalleninlovewith

#probably

by cjf4 on Jun 20, 2011 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions

AMAZING. name five things better than this post by cjf4. YOU CAN’T. unless you’re talking about the Yankees stadium pre-game spread. oh, you’ve never had it? maybe that’s due to your work ethic, plebe. now i know the real reason you’re reading this post, though. because it’s about football. so let’s talk about beer and baseball and racism and the fact that no one in america reads books. how do i know that? BECAUSE I DON’T. therefore, no one else reads them either. particularly when i’m complaining about having to go on vacation for a month.

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Steve Tasker: A website called Buffalo Ramble has dubbed Kyle Johnson "Meatbasket."
Gus Johnson: WWWEOEWWWOOOOOOGGGHOOOWWWW. College Basketball, HA HA.
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by the_prophet on Jun 20, 2011 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m thinking I know very little about the background of this post.

In the year two thousaaaaaaand.
In the year two thousAAAAAAND!

by TheAfghanTwilight on Jun 21, 2011 8:39 AM EDT up reply actions

At first, I thought it was sincere, then sarcastic, then sincere, then sarcastic, then I really didn’t understand anymore toward the end :)

"Slowly all the roles we act out become our identity. And in the end we are what we pretend to be." - Jerry Cantrell.

by stetzwebs on Jun 21, 2011 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions

That photo is awesome

In case your wondering....it says F*** boston

by BLO 2 VT 2 TPA on Jun 20, 2011 2:54 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Back in the day (2 yrs ago) we were listing the young talent

that the Bills should build around, and I wrote a “I’m going to go out on a limb and say Kyle Williams,” type of comment. None of us could see his potential as King’s 27th best player, even though there were flashes. Now that he’s consistently dominant, it’s nice to have a superstar on the team, especially thinking back to how we all pined for one for years.

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by Undee on Jun 20, 2011 3:53 PM EDT reply actions

Wow. A defensive lineman from a 4-12 football team gets a ranking that high? He must be good! Even if he is THAT talented I think it would be pretty easy to overlook because the team was so lousy. If you’re trying to catalog the top 100 players in the league, why would you even look at the Bills D Line unless a player REALLY stood out as being awesome?

And now we got Dareus too! Everybody’s talking about Detroit’s DLine, teams better not sleep on Buffalo this year.

by The Adam Bomb on Jun 20, 2011 4:20 PM EDT reply actions

Like I’ve said before Williams is the main reason I wanted us to draft Dareus. That much talent side by side is going to demand attention. It is going to be a fun thing to watch these guys together over the years.

Harooo

by Robot Nixon on Jun 20, 2011 5:56 PM EDT reply actions

You know it! Our D-line is gonna rock. Poz will clean up this year if we resign him because of these guys.

"There is not a loser in this room." Marv Levy.

by SERGEANT MAJOR THOR on Jun 20, 2011 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions

2012

I am really looking forward to 2012. Nix first draft consisted of a lot of small school work ethic and character guys. Guys not exactly game ready but have the drive and ability to learn the game. In 2012 they will have 2 years conditioning and training under there belts and should turn a corner. This past draft has a lot of big school game ready guys who can compete for a spot early on. Would expect them to be turning the same corner as the small school guys in 2012. Having managed to add talent at all levels of the defense we should have a lot of things going right for us come 2012.

Harooo

by Robot Nixon on Jun 20, 2011 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions

arbitrary

How arbitrary are these lists? We know Kyle Williams is a good player, but King ranking him 27th vs. the players leaving him unranked is hardly meaningful. These lists are absurd and nothing of value comes out of them. They are simply the byproduct of an internet culture that enjoys ranking things. The exciting thing about Williams is that in my mind, he has improved steadily throughout the course of his career. If he improves upon last year in 2011, he’ll make all sorts of lists- and he’ll continue to make them as his career tails off because ranking eclectic groups in one list is futile- sometimes fun, but ultimately futile.

"There's only one C.J. Spiller." -Buddy Nix

by Port Royal on Jun 20, 2011 7:47 PM EDT reply actions

way to be the downer of the thread

I’m sure most if us realize that much, but it is still note worthy, especially during a lockout.

"The Buffalo Bills have just exploded all over the Cincinnati Bangles"
-Steve Tasker-

by billsoferie on Jun 20, 2011 8:50 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

???

I specifically said that Kyle Williams is a good player above. Unless you’re simply a Peter King fan, I’m hardly putting down anyone. King’s column is definitely weak journalism in my opinion- I see nothing sad about admitting this as a Bills’ supporter.

"There's only one C.J. Spiller." -Buddy Nix

by Port Royal on Jun 20, 2011 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions

no not really

just seemed that you were bashing lists and this post in general. I agree that they are mostly pointless, but it is filler when there is little substance to talk about right now.

I do agree King has little real substance.

"The Buffalo Bills have just exploded all over the Cincinnati Bangles"
-Steve Tasker-

by billsoferie on Jun 21, 2011 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions

I wonder if Chris Kemoeatu voted? :)

by Morningw00d on Jun 20, 2011 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions

A ton of people ranked college football’s pro prospects for months, and have been doing it for years. People love it, all of it.

In the year two thousaaaaaaand.
In the year two thousAAAAAAND!

by TheAfghanTwilight on Jun 21, 2011 8:42 AM EDT up reply actions

King’s column is ALWAYS weak journalism

fixed it for ya.

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Steve Tasker: A website called Buffalo Ramble has dubbed Kyle Johnson "Meatbasket."
Gus Johnson: WWWEOEWWWOOOOOOGGGHOOOWWWW. College Basketball, HA HA.
-Kurupt

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by the_prophet on Jun 20, 2011 9:10 PM EDT reply actions

that’s supposed to be in reply to Port Royal, sorry.

check out my music! http://prophetikmusic.net

Steve Tasker: A website called Buffalo Ramble has dubbed Kyle Johnson "Meatbasket."
Gus Johnson: WWWEOEWWWOOOOOOGGGHOOOWWWW. College Basketball, HA HA.
-Kurupt

yipi yapa llari llara yara bing bong my name is Dnkey Kong - abayarde

by the_prophet on Jun 20, 2011 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions