Pretty sure character concerns were his problem. Besides that, I think everyone thought he was talented. I was shocked we took him considering the choir boy approach we seemed to have towards drafting after Rice. Don't quote me on this, but think he beat up Marty's kid in college over sneakers... or something along those lines. Happy to have him here and hope he makes the most if it.
On topic. Need to start using guys to their strength instead of shelving them. I feel like we've held Bowser and Williams back by trying to turn them into pieces they're not. Finally seems Harbaugh is starting to realize this, though, it seems more forced in certain spots due to players leaving.
Even with those guys gone, we struggled generating a continuous pass rush. I really don't think we get much worse considering the secondary play as well. Henry being back should be a big help on the interior with McPhee. Timmy should be an improvement on the edge over Smith and I dont care what people think.
weve drafted plenty of character problem guys since rice - the only thing that 100% takes someone off our board in all cases is DV/sexual violence
and with willis i see him as a day 3 guy who went undrafted because of character concerns but he's not someone i would have generally expected to go in the first 2 days of the draft
lots of encouraging things in willis's game but also lots of things he'll have to work on if he wants to be a contributor in an nfl defence