Williams Chastises Teammates for Lackluster Performances

Maybe it was the humiliation of losing to the winless Chargers. Or maybe it was frustration stemming from the Seahawks’ offensive futility--they’ve scored only 33 points in five games and dropped to 1-4 after Sunday’s 17-6 loss at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium.

Whatever, Seattle fullback John L. Williams was plenty mad after the game and he let his teammates know it.

Williams directed his anger mostly toward the younger Seahawks.

“We’ve got guys who’ve been in the league one, two and three years who don’t want to give it 110%,” said Williams, in his seventh season in Seattle. “It’s frustrating and it ain’t all right. It’ll never be all right.

“When I first came in this league, I was emotional. I was happy and I went out there and gave 110%. But now it doesn’t matter. They want to get paid and that’s what it’s all about, getting paid.

“They’re just out there and they’re happy to come in and get their paycheck. You have to do it every day in practice. It’s not there in practice. Somebody’s got to stand up. They don’t have a heart. We’ve got guys on this team that just don’t have it.”

Standing in his locker before a group of reporters, Williams went on with the scathing attack on his teammates for 15 minutes but never got specific.

“I’m saying this because these guys need to know,” Williams said. “If they read or hear about it, fine. If they think it’s them, fine. That’s their problem. I don’t care. This is a football game. It’s physical. You have to go out there and do what you’re supposed to do.”

Williams, who has been in the Pro Bowl the past two years, said he has seen signs of a lackluster effort before, but never more clearly than Sunday.

“I haven’t been on a ball club like this before,” he said. “We’re 1-4 and it’s like we’ve given up on a 16-game season. If the opposing team is ahead, it’s like we just give up.”

Seattle defensive end Rufus Porter didn’t dispute Williams.

“Maybe he’s right,” Porter said. “Call it like you see it.”