Bengals roster breakdown, 90-in-90: Shawn Williams perfect example of draft, develop, retain

Jul 23 2017 by Cincy Jungle

 

After a strong finish to the 2016 season, the fifth-year safety will hope a better pass rush makes his life easier. Williams is the Bengals’ strong safety of the present and the future.

After making four starts in relief for the Bengals in 2015, Shawn Williams showed enough to draw a four-year extension in 2016 and allow Cincinnati to let former standout safety, Reggie Nelson, walk in free agency. The latest example of the team’s “draft, develop, retain” philosophy, Williams did...

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