Cadillac Williams Says His Back Is Fine, "I Don't Even Get Treatment For It Anymore" Options

[packersfan]

From RotoWorld:

RB Carnell Williams reiterated Wednesday that his back injury is not a problem.
"I keep hearing my back is really jacked up, but I'm telling you it's fine," Williams said. "I don't even get treatment for it anymore. I don't know where these doctors or whatever are getting this. I mean, the yards aren't there, but I'm telling you I'm fine." A decent game would certainly quiet a lot of the back talk, Cadillac.

[gump]

Like I said in another thread, I sat about 20 yards from him on Sunday. He was dancing, jumping, and getting his teammates and the fans fired up.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with his back.

[drpill]

I thought he looked very good last week. Like he said, the yards aren't there, but he looked smooth, quick, and powerful. He's obviously healthy.

[Gold Plated Nail...]

less talk more touchdowns.

[packersfan]

less talk more touchdowns.

He's averaging 1 per game since Week 3.

And I agree with the earlier posts. I thought he looked good running the ball last Sunday as well. I didn't see any signs of an injury slowing him down.

[Crusaderfan]

Watched part of the game the other night on the NFL network and noticed a couple of things.

1 - Seemed to me that at times there were holes there but Caddy wasn't hitting them.

2 - Simms was obviously hurt. Gruden not only kept him in the game but called some plays where I knew Simms would be hit. Even the announcers questions some of his play calling especially at the end when they had 2 minutes left, 3rd and 5 and he had Simms throw the ball 20+ yds down the field

I own Caddy BTW

Willie

[Righetti]

Wasnt' Cadillac the guy who said something like "i need to stay active on the sideline so that my back doesn't tighten up, which it does when I sit for stretches"

this is not the kind of thing I want to hear from a 24 year old running back..


back injuries crippled Don Mattingly's career and he was a baseball player, i can't even imagine what it would do to a RB who gets the ball 25 times a game

[Bankerguy]

Another ESPN........ F' up.

[gump]

Wasnt' Cadillac the guy who said something like "i need to stay active on the sideline so that my back doesn't tighten up, which it does when I sit for stretches"

In addition to the jumping and dancing, there was plenty of sitting with the offense on the bench. And considering the length of some Carolina drives, there were plenty of 'stretches'.

[King of the Jung...]

Another ESPN........ F' up.

I dont hate many things, but ESPN is getting their.

[Frenchy Fuqua]

Here's the whole article, interesting comments from Gruden about Michael Clayton's blocking.

Bucs Get Back To Fundamentals, Discipline
By ROY CUMMINGS The Tampa Tribune

TAMPA - The Bucs usually use their bye-week practices to get back to basics. That certainly was the case Wednesday.

With poor tackling and poor run blocking major issues, Coach Jon Gruden put his troops through a Football 101 session.

"We're trying to emphasize fundamentals, technique and overall discipline," Gruden said. "We've got to get back to the basics of coming off the ball on both sides, filling gaps with authority [on defense] and getting to the second level and making plays [on offense]."

Gruden suggested that the problems the Bucs have had running the ball (they're 32nd in the league) mostly are up front.

He also said the Bucs would improve greatly as a running team if more players blocked as well as WR Michael Clayton does.

"He might be the best blocker we have right now," Gruden said. "Unfortunately he's not at the point of attack all the time. So we all have to do a better job of [displaying] that kind of effort and authority and we'll be a better running team."

BACK IN ACTION: RB Cadillac Williams doesn't understand why reports suggesting he's dealing with severe back problems keep surfacing.

Though he's had to deal with back spasms this year, he said last week after an ESPN2 report about his back problems that he was feeling fine.

He also thought his 19 carries against the Panthers on Sunday would quiet the talk, but he has found out differently.

"I keep hearing my back is really jacked up, but I'm telling you it's fine," Williams said. "I don't even get treatment for it anymore. I don't know where these doctors or whatever are getting this. I mean, the yards aren't there, but I'm telling you I'm fine."

INJURY REPORT: CB Brian Kelly, who has sat out the past two games with a turf toe injury, returned to practice Wednesday. So did SLB Ryan Nece, but he remains limited by a knee injury. Two other injured players - RG Davin Joseph (knee) and LS/TE Dave Moore (ribs, punctured lung) - returned to the practice field but worked out primarily on their own.

Roy Cummings