Joe Douglas is a man who always picks up the phone when other teams call about a player. He’s admitted that exact certainty a year ago when clubs expressed interest in Jamal Adams.
Ozzie Newsome taught him well, apparently. He also didn’t teach him to pull the trigger in every case.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, multiple teams expressed interest in defensive lineman Quinnen Williams prior to the league’s trade deadline last Tuesday. In the end, however, Douglas rejected all inquiries.
“Multiple teams expressed interest in trading for the former Alabama star, but New York told each of them that Williams plays too important a position and has too much talent to deal away,” Schefter wrote Sunday morning.