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RENTON, Wash. —Mike Williams career that was reignited with the Seattle
Seahawks in 2010 came to an end Friday when he was suddenly cut by the Seahawks
two weeks before the start of training camp. Williams was a candidate for
Comeback Player of the Year in 2010 after seeing his career rejuvenated by
getting a second chance with Pete Carroll and the Seahawks following flops in
Detroit and Oakland. But Williams could never develop a connection with new
quarterback Tarvaris Jackson in 2011 and his season was cut short by a broken
left ankle. “We would like to thank Mike for his contributions over the past two
seasons and we wish him well in the future,” Seattle general manager John
Schneider said in a statement. When Seattle signed Sidney Rice before the start
of the 2011 season, the belief was that Rice and Williams gave the Seahawks two
of the top big receivers in football. Williams was coming off a 2010 season when
he caught 65 passes for 751 yards and two touchdowns and was rewarded with a
three-year extension that paid him $1.75 million in base salary in 2011 and was
scheduled to pay him $3 million in 2012. But the connection Williams had with
Matt Hasselbeck in 2010 never materialized with Jackson. Williams caught just 18
passes for 236 yards and one touchdown in 2011. He never had more than four
receptions in a game and was shut out four times in the 12 games he played as
Rice and rookie Doug Baldwin became the more favoured targets for Jackson. The
decision by the Seahawks to trade for tight end Kellen Winslow, Jr., might have
been the final sign that Williams time in Seattle was coming to an end. With
Winslow and Zach Miller, the Seahawks are likely to use more two tight end sets
and limit the need for a second taller receiver on the outside. The release of
Williams leaves Seattles receiver situation in complete flux heading into
training camp. Rice is coming off surgeries on both shoulders in the off-season.
Baldwin became the first undrafted rookie since the merger to lead his team in
receiving with 51 receptions for 788 yards, but was used mostly in the slot and
not on the outside. Golden Tate showed flashes late in the 2011 season of the
talent that made him a second-round pick in 2010. Tate had 19 of his 35
receptions in the final five weeks of the season. Ben Obomanu caught a
career-high 37 passes last season, while Seattle still has high hopes for 2011
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