Roy Williams a Cowboy

by DC_fan on Oct 14, 2008 3:02 PM CDT

According to Adam Schefter on NFLN, we just aquired Roy W from the Lions. No link yet, but he did say that it was for a 1st rounder and something else, though the terms have not yet been disclosed.

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Here's the first link that I found, per PFT.

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I got wood!

I really do. We just have to ease him into the offense over the next 3 weeks, then maybe Romo comes back and teams pay for trying to double TO.

by stephen1 on Oct 14, 2008 3:31 PM CDT reply actions

+1

I would be happy for this trade if this can just help TO get open now. I’m not sure how effective RW will be the next few weeks, until he gets comfortable in the offense and with the playbook.

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by DC_fan on Oct 14, 2008 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions

just play sandlot, just get open baby

by WestTxHornFan on Oct 14, 2008 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions

I here ya, ten steps and cut inside or just run a post or flag

shit even I understand that!

by bad knees on Oct 14, 2008 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions

I think we paid way to much for him.

Granted, RW is a good player, but he’s not the elite receiver people make him out to be. His stats show that. I guess I’ll never understand how we trade more for a guy like that than a perennial All-Pro like Jason Taylor fetched. Leave it to Jerry to get greedy and overpay like usual.

by Mandmeisterx on Oct 14, 2008 4:50 PM CDT reply actions

I'm not saying Roy is all world,

but have you seen his QB’s lately?

by WestTxHornFan on Oct 14, 2008 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions

I get that,

but when the last few years you’ve been on a team throwing the ball 50 times a game, in a supposedly offensive genius’ system, you should be able to put up some kind of great numbers if you’re a great receiver. I just think we paid a steep price, especially when we could have added a player considering our wealth of mediocre receivers.

by Mandmeisterx on Oct 14, 2008 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions

mand...huh ??

I just think we paid a steep price, especially when we could have added a player considering our wealth of mediocre receivers.

huh ??? that makes ummm..no sense ?

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by BoyzRback on Oct 15, 2008 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions

I was saying

we could have dealt one of our 4 mediocre receivers to eliminate what it would cost us in the draft. It’s not as though we could possibly use all four of them, especially considering after this year at least one of them is going to have to go anyway.

by Mandmeisterx on Oct 16, 2008 8:25 AM CDT up reply actions

First of all, Jason taylor is old

Second, wasn’t Roy a Pro Bowler last year?

And no, I’m not a Longhorn fan.

by mhuff13 on Oct 14, 2008 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions

Because Jason Taylor is retiring after this year

Roy Williams is 26.

I agree that we paid too much, in terms of his circumstances, but now that he’s signed for 5 more years, it’s looking better. Might be too much in a vacuum but for this team with the week they’ve been having, I don’t know that it’s not a good deal.

by grapejoos on Oct 14, 2008 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions

It's worth it..

Are you serious? The guy is a beast.

Having a terrible QB is bad, but having a line who can’t block for terrible QB is nearly impossible.. Look at Chad and TJ this season. Carson is banged up and has no time..

It was worth price tag to keep him away from Philly!!

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by Wmillion on Oct 14, 2008 7:17 PM CDT up reply actions

The guy's a beast?

He wasn’t even the best receiver on his team in DET, and now we’re going to pay him as much as the 2 best receivers in the game (Moss, TO). It makes absolutely no sense. My only hope is that since he’s still fairly young, he hasn’t peaked yet. And I don’t buy the argument that he didn’t put up numbers. Kitna was decent still when he first came to DET. They threw the ball 50 times a game. If he’s truly a great receiver, he should be able to get it done. I get that a great QB and line make better numbers, but if you’re truly an elite player, you should still be able to produce great numbers. Great receivers can make average QB’s look great. See Randy Moss in MIN.

by Mandmeisterx on Oct 15, 2008 9:36 AM CDT up reply actions