Millen: No serious offers for Roy Williams; Marinelli has 'really good plan for him'
The Roy Williams trade talk was a bunch of baloney.
Lions president Matt Millen said Sunday he received no serious offers for the Pro Bowl wide receiver.
"In the world of trading," Millen said, "this is how it goes: 'Hey, you interested in moving Roy?' 'Yeah, we could. It depends.' 'OK, well, we'd give you a bologna sandwich.' It always starts with a bologna sandwich."
Dallas, Philadelphia and Washington reportedly were interested in Williams. Did it ever get up to, say, a party sub?
"You think I'm kidding with the bologna sandwich," Millen said. "They were talking, 'We'll give you such and such.' I mean, it's nothing. ...
"If they're really interested in doing something, they'll say something. But if they're not, they'll just kind of throw something out there. It never got past the introductory speech."
Millen said he listened to offers for Williams as any NFL executive would listen to offers for any player, except for maybe Tom Brady or Peyton Manning.
Coach Rod Marinelli had denied strongly and repeatedly over the past few weeks that the Lions would trade Williams. He wants a stronger running game to set up the pass for Williams and wide receiver Calvin Johnson.
Marinelli said Sunday the Lions would have received more interest in Williams had they shown interest in trading him.
"If you open the doors, obviously, no question, people would flood in on him because he's a special player," Marinelli said. "But I think we got really a good plan for him."
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