heh, guess ya got me... anyway, I wonder how this might affect the Broncos draft day... foxworth is a good CB but idk if he's good enough to be #2
STATEMENT FROM ROSALIND WILLIAMS, MOTHER OF DARRENT WILLIAMS: “I would like to thank you all for the love and support that our family has received during this sad time. Dee lived his life to the fullest. To all the fans and friends that supported my son, I would like to take this moment to say, Thank You. I would also like to thank Pat Bowlen, Coach Shanahan, and everyone in the Broncos organization for your tremendous support. "I know from all of the public outpouring of sympathy, my son in his short time on this earth touched many lives. We rejoice in the knowledge that Dee is now with the Lord. He may be gone but he won’t be forgotten."
There is an excellent article by Thomas Lake on this tragedy in a recent SI. ____ Bad Nights In The NFL Early on Jan. 1, 2007, Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams was shot to death after a New Year's Eve party at a Denver nightclub. The police launched a massive investigation that included multiple interviews with two other Broncos who were at the same club that night. But years would pass before the full story came to light. Thomas Lake Champagne, Diamonds and Gunshots in the Dark There was a young millionaire in Denver whose white limousine came under gunfire on a snow-lined boulevard in the dark of a winter morning. When the shooting began he had about one minute to live, and he spent that minute surrounded by the tangible signs of his newfound wealth. The black leather seats held nine women in short dresses and fur-trimmed jackets, as well as four rappers from Texas whose T-shirts advertised their collective name: BILLION DOLLA SCHOLARS. But the most dazzling sight in the Hummer limousine was the young millionaire's gold chain. Dangling from it was a medallion about the size of a compact disc with a white crust of diamonds that spelled the name of his record label, RYNO ENTERTAINMENT; and his nickname, D WILL, short for Darrent Williams, starting right cornerback for the Broncos. The chain was worth about $50,000, and those who had worn it said it felt heavy around the neck. In the last 10 minutes the chain had been lost, then found, and the reasons for that brief disappearance would make the difference between life and death. Many theories have surfaced in the four years since the shooting, many prisms through which to view the events of New Year's Eve 2006. Most have some basis in fact. You would not be wrong to blame new money, unaccustomed celebrity, old-fashioned jealousy, Napoleonic insecurity or an airborne mist of champagne. You could even surmise, as a judge did, that the bullets were probably meant for a different Bronco in a different limousine. But Darrent Williams was no mere bystander in the sequence of events that led to his death. He chose to help a friend in distress—chose to take off the heavy gold chain to do so—and that choice cost him his life. You would not be wrong to say he died from the .40-caliber bullet that tore two jugular veins and opened his right carotid artery. Nor would you be wrong to say Darrent Williams died of loyalty. Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1184186/index.htm#ixzz1KLwgpfY5
