Exactly

Some act as if he played like a Pro Bowler.

Far from it.

He actually wasn't good enough to earn a starting role.  It only fell into his lap after injury.

Williams, on the other hand, did earn a starting role and is expected to have one again this year.  If Knight was a worthwhile piece of the puzzle, he'd still be around.  But if he was around, he be relegated to his prior backup role here.  That's why he wasn't re-signed.

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Brian Williams is alot faster,stronger and physical than Knight, he's an upgrade, the reason why our secondary got better is for alot of reasons besides this obvious move, we just added speed rushers off the edge, and Reggie Nelson just got his first year under his belt, he'll be even better this season because he knows what to expect and he plays at an NFL speed level now, he's already got good range in the backfield, and to be honest, I think since Williams is more physical than what Knight was, and since he's a good cover CB, he just became a double-edged sword in every department, he can come up in run support and drop back into coverage and take the ball out of the air, we havent had a balanced SS like that in years, even with Darius, it always felt like Darius was favored as a run stuffer SS, but with Williams, your getting both, and Florence adds speed and youth to complement Mathis, think about it, you just put your two best coverage players on one side of the football field in Mathis and Williams, and then you have a good range and speedy FS in Nelson and another solid CB in Florence. Add in the experience of Durant and Ingram on top of Smith developing and getting better along with Mike Peterson's return on top of Harvey and Groves on the outside and you simply just made your secondary that much better. Im not even including the fact that Greg Williams has produced great defensive units in the NFL over the last six years as a reason to why our secondary just got better, but I should.

The Pitts game he had some nice hits.. (last year - monday night @ home)

How many chances does a CB really get to lay wood? Not as many as a safety.

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IIRC, Santana Moss had a huge game against him in 2006, and even caught the game winning TD in OT against him.  He is definitely a speedster.

That said, not many WRs, speedsters or otherwise, have really exploited him much, nor does he represent the weakness at RCB his predecessors were.

Furthermore, I think a point people have seemingly missed is that I think Williams and Florence (especially assuming if both remain CBs) will be changed up from RCB to nickel, depending on the matchup.  I think if the coaches think Florence will match up better against a particular receiver than Williams, the coaches will be flexible enough to switch the alignment accordingly. 

Traditionally, the Jaguars under JDR have not flipped their CBs.  However, the team has done it at least once-in the 2006 game against Buffalo when Williams was out.  JDR moved Rashean Mathis to the right side to cover Lee Evans. 

Furthermore, the team has not had three solid CBs like we have now.  It gives the team a lot of flexibility.  If the team wants nickel caliber coverage out of the base defense, it has it.  If the team decides to run Williams as the nickel with 2 safeties in a true nickel, it has the ability to do so. 

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