I was also surprised, but a friend mentioned to me this morning that 'it takes two to tango' and I have a suspicion that Williams' agent advised him to wait until next year when he has all the leverage - that being it will probably be prohibitive to utilize a second Franchise tag on him, thus almost guaranteeing that some other team will be able to way over pay vs the cap constricted Saints. My guess is that Loomis offered him a good contract which he believe he will be able to far surpass next year in the FA market.