A new voice spoke up today in the debate raging over Gregg Williams and the bounty system he instituted as defensive coordinator of the New Orleans Saints: Ken Williams, the general manager of baseball’s Chicago White Sox, whose son Kyle Williams was a Saints target with the San Francisco 49ers.

“As you have seen, Kyle Williams is a man’s man and has shown himself more than capable of answering on his own behalf,” Ken Williams said in a statement, according to the Chicago Tribune. “He has definite feelings on the subject but has chosen to remain committed to providing all his answers to any questions on the field next season. Knowing this young man’s intestinal fortitude, I doubt anyone will get him to waver from his position.”

In a pregame speech that was caught on tape by documentary filmmaker Sean Pamphilon, Gregg Williams can be heard asking the Saints’ players to “put a lick” on Kyle Williams to see if he had lingering effects of a concussion.

Ken Williams was happy to add in his statement that medically, his son was progressing nicely.

“As a father first and foremost, I am glad to report Kyle’s concussion tests have been extremely positive,” Williams said. “We are grateful he is ready and anxious to get back to competition.”

San Francisco 49ers punt returner Kyle Williams had two costly fumbles in the NFC Championship game and he has received his share of criticism — and threats — from the 49er faithful. A Los Angeles seven-year-old, however, was so upset after the San Francisco loss, that he decided to write Williams a letter — to make him feel better.

Owen Shure told his father after the game that he was upset about the loss, and his father asked him to think about how Kyle Williams felt. From that, the boy wrote Williams a letter.

Here’s the note, reprinted in full:

Dear Mr. Williams:

We just watched the Playoff game. I feel really bad for you but I wanted to tell you that you had a great season. you sould be very proud, so I wanted to say thank you.

I am your #1 FAN!

Owen Shure
Los Angeles, CA

p.s. your awsome

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Kyle Williams received death threats on Twitter following his crucial fumble of a punt late in overtime Sunday night, according to CBSsports.com.  

The fumble was recovered by the New York Giants who were able to then kick a short game winning field goal to clinch their second trip to the Super Bowl since 2007.

The Mercury News recorded several tweets by angry fans last night, some of which threatened the life of not only Williams for the on-field mistake, but also his wife and family. “@KyleWilliams_10. I hope you, youre wife, kids and family die, you deserve it,” one tweet read.

The 23-year-old was returning punts in place of injured wide receiver Ted Ginn. During the regular season he returned just two punts for the 49ers.

Williams finishes the season receiving 20 passes, running 241 yards, and scoring three touchdowns.