<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The revitalization of Mike Williams was interrupted by a pulled hamstring this weekend, which makes his first week with the Oakland Raiders as sideline-intensive as his past two seasons with the Detroit Lions.Williams limped from the locker room to the field for minicamp practice Saturday. Just when the going got physical, Williams hobbled back to the locker room for treatment for an injury incurred during his first practice with the Raiders on Friday.That's not the kick-start Raiders rookie coach Lane Kiffin had in mind when he set out on a rescue mission for his former college player with a draft-day trade. After all, Kiffin thought, if anyone could salvage Williams' career, he could."However you want to phrase it, he's blown a chance," Kiffin said. "I think that he would tell you the same thing. This is a situation that favors the Raiders because this is Mike's chance. I think he's going to come out fighting, but we'll see."Eventually, perhaps. As Williams rests on his tweaked right leg muscle, those interested in seeing how this works out must wait until the June minicamp to see what Williams can do after three years of sitting and more sitting.The hope is he'll be the USC star who inspired the Detroit Lions to pick him 10th overall in the 2005 draft. The fear is the Lions were right when they privately called Williams a lot of bad things before trading him to Oakland with backup quarterback Josh McCown for a fourth-round draft pick last week."For some reason, I was labeled fat, lazy or this, a pot smoker, or whatever else was said," Williams said. "And that was the farthest thing from it. I only know one level of playing football, and that's being on the right side of 'SportsCenter.'"It was a depressing time for me."Williams' downward spiral began when the NCAA ruled him ineligible for his senior season at USC. He accepted benefits from an agent after declaring for early entry into the NFL draft, then unsuccessfully tried to go back to college.</div>
