re: Greg Williams is first to interview for DC job

well if you can't have Greg Blache, get the next best thing

what about the secondary coach for the Ravens, would he be a candidate, isn't he from Louisiana?

Agreed brotha

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Greg Williams is first to interview for DC job
didn't the jaguars d suck this year?

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This was my first thought. They were great before 2008 then with Greg Williams they tanked last year. I'm not ready to discard him but I sure as hell am not excited about him right now.

I won't be disappointed at all with GW. Being about as profile as there is DC, shows Payton wants to make as strong of a statement as possible.

wiki GW...

Williams was an assistant coach for the University of Houston under former Redskins head coach, Jack Pardee. He later went on to become the Special Teams coach of the Houston Oilers under then defensive coordinator, Buddy Ryan. From 1994-1996, Williams was the linebackers coach for the Oilers.

From 1997-2000, Williams was promoted to Defensive Coordinator of the now Tennessee Titans after the Oilers moved out of Houston. As the Defensive Coordinator, the Titans led the league in total defense and only gave up 191 points, the third fewest in the NFL since the league adopted the 16-game schedule in 1978. The defense also helped lead the Titans to Super Bowl XXXIV where they lost to the St. Louis Rams.

In Washington, with Williams' aggressive defensive scheme, the Redskins' defense ranked 3rd in the NFL in 2004 and 9th in 2005.

On January 3, 2006, Williams signed a three year extension to remain with the Redskins, which made him the highest paid assistant coach in the NFL.

In 2006, however, his status as a great defensive coach was somewhat diminished due to his team's poor play. Specifically, following the sixteenth week of the season, the Redskins' defense was ranked last in the NFC and 30th overall in the league.

The 2007 season was a vast improvement for Williams. The defense ranked within the top 10 in the NFC, and the team finished 9-7, with a loss in the wildcard round to the Seattle Seahawks. Williams had established a particularly close relationship with 24-year-old free safety Sean Taylor, calling him "the best player [he'd] ever coached". When Taylor was killed mid-season on November 27, 2007, Williams was deeply affected. In tribute to Taylor, Williams called a defensive play with only 10 men for the first play of the Redskins' first game after the tragedy, a November 30, 2007 game against the Buffalo Bills.[1] For the remainder of the season, Williams ran an inspired defense which performed, along with the rest of the team, to honor Taylor's memory, highlighted by holding star running back Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings to 27 yards on December 23, 2007[2], and allowing a franchise-low one yard rushing to the Dallas Cowboys on December 30, 2007, sealing a playoff seed.[3]