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  • 3 months later...

So NFL Refs hate Longhorns too...  😋         /s

 

The one OL 1st round draft pick the Cowboys whiff on was our best lineman in years.  Figures.

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4 minutes ago, kevwun said:

The one OL 1st round draft pick the Cowboys whiff on was our best lineman in years.  Figures.

He has been a starter there for multiple years, not sure that one is on us at this point. 

He's failed as a starter at 2 different positions now.  They even tried him at center in training camp.  The only reason he's still on the team is because he was a 1st round pick.

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Just now, kevwun said:

He's failed as a starter at 2 different positions now.  The only reason he's still on the team is because he was a 1st round pick.

He was a 2nd round pick - and in the back half at that. Just one pick higher than Cosmi. Texas hasn't had an offensive player go in the 1st round since 2006 I think. 

That's right, he got dinged because of short arms after the combine.

4 hours ago, kevwun said:

The one OL 1st round draft pick the Cowboys whiff on was our best lineman in years.  Figures.

2nd round. 50th overall. 

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eta: I see you corrected it

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  • 2 years later...

Per Spotrac.com he has earned, before this new deal, a hair over 21 million.

That doesn’t include any endorsement deals. Good for him!

PFF had him graded as best C in the league last season 

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Funny, I saw his name and thought for a second, “oh I missed when he came back, that’s good though”
10 hours ago, Nope said:

PFF had him graded as best C in the league last season 

*2nd best 

Good for Connor. He will always be a great Longhorn, and he actually showed with incompetent coaching that you can still make it to the league and be productive. 

Hook Em, Connor 🤘

3 hours ago, Spider2YBanana said:

with incompetent coaching you can still make it to the league and be productive. 

This should have been the motto for the Strong and Herman years.  

This should have been the motto for the Strong and Herman years.  

Tell that to the 4 and 5 star guys who never played in the league.
  • 3 months later...

That came out of nowhere.  I wish him well.  Sounds like a nagging injury?

27 years old and retired from playing sports for a living with millions in the bank. 
 

nice. 

On 8/7/2024 at 7:44 AM, BurntOrange&White said:

You can now take a break and let him do his thing. 

Sounds like a damn good plan.  

4 hours ago, pyrohornIII said:

Hopefully it's not CTE related.  

Seattle Seahawks starting center Connor Williams retired on Friday, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport

Williams signed a one-year contract with the Seahawks in March and appeared in all nine games with the team to begin the 2024 season. He previously spent two years with the Miami Dolphins after he was a member of the Dallas Cowboys for the first four seasons of his career.

Williams spent the 2023 season with the Miami Dolphins, suiting up in nine games before he suffered a torn ACL in Week 9.

Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald confirmed on Friday that the center's retirement was due to "personal reasons" and his knee injury wasn't a factor in the final decision, via Michael-Shawn Dugar of The Athletic.

Williams was originally selected by the Cowboys with a second-round pick in the 2018 NFL draft. He spent most of his time at tackle during his college days at Texas, earning All-American honors in 2016 before transitioning to guard once he was drafted by Dallas.

He started in 86 of the 92 games played throughout his NFL career. He improved with each year before his 2023 campaign was cut short, earning an impressive 86.5 grade from Pro Football Focus last season. He received an overall grade above 70 in each year from 2020 through 2023.

 

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Very strange. Hope everything’s ok with him. 

Man, it feels like he played for us just a few years ago.

so he’s been starting this season?  no new injury?  just hangs it up in week 10?

very odd indeed. 

20 minutes ago, tokamak said:

Very strange. Hope everything’s ok with him. 

Yeah, concerning...

Williams, 27, was in the middle of his seventh NFL season and his first with the Seahawks. He had started all nine of Seattle's games and played all 618 offensive snaps for the team in 2024.

There had already been some speculation that Williams could miss the Seahawks' Week 11 game against the San Francisco 49ers after he missed each of the team's practices on Wednesday and Thursday for "personal reasons." 

On Friday, Macdonald revealed why.  "Connor earlier this week decided to retire," Macdonald told reporters. "Personal reasons. We respect that. Wish him the best. We've got to move forward."

Connor Williams' contract

Williams signed a one-year contract with the Seahawks that was worth up to $6 million with $2.98 million guaranteed.

However, the $2.51 million in incentives included a $1 million bonus if he played 75% or more of Seattle's offensive snaps, and another $1 million if he played that percentage of snaps and the Seahawks made the playoffs. The remaining $510,000 was labeled as "per-game bonuses," or $30,000 per game, according to ESPN's Brady Henderson.

 

By deciding to retire after nine games, Williams is seemingly giving up $2 million in snap-count incentives and $240,000 in per-game bonus money. 

 

5 minutes ago, futureman said:

very odd indeed. 

who knows, maybe his interests lie elsewhere. Seeing more and more guys retiring early from the league. I have no idea if he has had any concussions, but no way in hell would I want to subject my noggin to the constant repetitive impact that a lineman must absorb. 

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if he didnt blow all of his cash on stupid shit and had it invested over the last 6 years, he could easily be sitting on $10-$15M. Fuck it, enjoy life. 

6 minutes ago, Blotto said:

who knows, maybe his interests lie elsewhere. Seeing more and more guys retiring early from the league. I have no idea if he has had any concussions, but no way in hell would I want to subject my noggin to the constant repetitive impact that a lineman must absorb. 

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if he didnt blow all of his cash on stupid shit and had it invested over the last 6 years, he could easily be sitting on $10-$15M. Fuck it, enjoy life. 

an abrupt retirement mid-season while you’re a starter is odd.  doesn’t matter if his interests are elsewhere.  normal behavior would be retiring after the season. 

1 hour ago, futureman said:

an abrupt retirement mid-season while you’re a starter is odd.  doesn’t matter if his interests are elsewhere.  normal behavior would be retiring after the season. 

Most obvious reason would be mental health struggles.  

If so, hopefully he finds the help he needs and enjoys retirement.

Most obvious reason would be mental health struggles.  
If so, hopefully he finds the help he needs and enjoys retirement.

Why is this the most obvious? Honest question.
12 minutes ago, markstanco said:

Why is this the most obvious? Honest question.

because it’s strange.  what’s a more obvious reason? 

He probably hasn’t liked football for a long time and is finally just done with it. Lot of lineman deal with it

lots of linemen don’t retire unexpectedly in the middle of a season.  pretty much doesn’t happen at all. 

1 hour ago, DixonHur said:

Most obvious reason would be mental health struggles.  

If so, hopefully he finds the help he needs and enjoys retirement.

What the eff?  Most obvious reason is he could be crippled if he played much longer.  Or even another down.  Walk away while you can still WALK away.  Who thinks 'crazy' is obvious?

Being in a shitty city like Seattle I can understand why he retired. Bad weather, crime, high cost of living, the list goes on.

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14 minutes ago, Leanderman said:

Being in a shitty city like Seattle I can understand why he retired. Bad weather, crime, high cost of living, the list goes on.

Yes, not everyone can be lucky enough to live in, checks notes, Leander, Texas

1 hour ago, Reynolds Woodcock said:

Yes, not everyone can be lucky enough to live in, checks notes, Leander, Texas

 

Whatever - He is welcome in Houston (hopefully, unretired).

I USED to live there. Now you can find me (hopefully sober) on the west end of Galveston Island.

Hope he’s ok, one of the Longhorn podcasts needs to reach out for a conversation 

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