A Terrible Start to 2007
Hello All.
Tragic news yesterday. Darrent Williams, Denver Broncos starting CB was murdered in a drive by shooting in downtown Denver at 02:00am on Monday 1st Jan 2007. I’m not going to write a brief report of what happened because it’s too distressing to type up. All the major news and sports websites have stories on this subject so I suggest you take a look at NFL.com, ESPN.com etc.
As I’m sure we all know, D Will was the Broncos 2nd round draft choice from 2005 out of Oklahoma St. his home town is Fort Worth and he has 2 children back in Texas. He cam out of the draft rated probably below his stock due to a few issues in his earlier life, he made his 1st career interception against the Raiders off Kerry Collins when he jumped on a route and ran 82 yards the other way for a TD. In the 2006 season he played 15 games, had 88 tackles (78 solo) and 4 interceptions. Along with Champ Bailey, the Broncos probably had the best starting CB pairing this year.
This is not the news anyone wants to hear at the start of 2007. D Will had a great future ahead of him, not only with the Broncos or as an NFL player but also as a person. When he was younger (12 – 17 from an interview he did in Denver in 2005) he hung around with ‘the wrong crowd’. He made a change in his life around the time he went off to Oklahoma St. and entered the NFL draft with the intention of opening up a free football camp in his home town to help those in similar situations he used to find himself.
The world misses people like Darrent and is worse off because of his death. I urge the NFL, it’s associates and partners as well as the Denver Broncos organisation to honour Williams not just in name or record books and awards, but to seek out a way to carry out his wish to open up his free NFL camp in his home town and incorporate his history/legacy into it.
My up most condolences and best wishes go out to those who held Darrent close to their hearts. From family and friends to team-mates and coaches and all those people who have known Darrent over his years. R.I.P. D Will and god bless your family and those close to you.
The Dogg
Tragic news yesterday. Darrent Williams, Denver Broncos starting CB was murdered in a drive by shooting in downtown Denver at 02:00am on Monday 1st Jan 2007. I’m not going to write a brief report of what happened because it’s too distressing to type up. All the major news and sports websites have stories on this subject so I suggest you take a look at NFL.com, ESPN.com etc.
As I’m sure we all know, D Will was the Broncos 2nd round draft choice from 2005 out of Oklahoma St. his home town is Fort Worth and he has 2 children back in Texas. He cam out of the draft rated probably below his stock due to a few issues in his earlier life, he made his 1st career interception against the Raiders off Kerry Collins when he jumped on a route and ran 82 yards the other way for a TD. In the 2006 season he played 15 games, had 88 tackles (78 solo) and 4 interceptions. Along with Champ Bailey, the Broncos probably had the best starting CB pairing this year.
This is not the news anyone wants to hear at the start of 2007. D Will had a great future ahead of him, not only with the Broncos or as an NFL player but also as a person. When he was younger (12 – 17 from an interview he did in Denver in 2005) he hung around with ‘the wrong crowd’. He made a change in his life around the time he went off to Oklahoma St. and entered the NFL draft with the intention of opening up a free football camp in his home town to help those in similar situations he used to find himself.
The world misses people like Darrent and is worse off because of his death. I urge the NFL, it’s associates and partners as well as the Denver Broncos organisation to honour Williams not just in name or record books and awards, but to seek out a way to carry out his wish to open up his free NFL camp in his home town and incorporate his history/legacy into it.
My up most condolences and best wishes go out to those who held Darrent close to their hearts. From family and friends to team-mates and coaches and all those people who have known Darrent over his years. R.I.P. D Will and god bless your family and those close to you.
The Dogg
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