Attention! Attention! Roy Williams Is Not a Bust!

by James Williamson on Nov 11, 2009 4:12 PM CST

I repeat: Roy Williams is not a bust!

Anyone who watched the Dallas Cowboys game on Sunday would see that Roy Williams is far from a bust, but rather an outstanding quality receiver.

He has not had a great year. He has 19 receptions for 324 yards and two touchdowns. He is the guy you don't want on your fantasy team, but he is the guy I want on our Cowboys roster.

Passing is all about timing. If you don't have it, you work on it and it takes time to get it right.

The Romo to Williams passing combination has not been as explosive as the Romo to Owens combination that just lit up the NFL for three years with 34 touchdowns.

However, it has just been a working progress that showed results to me last night.

Miles Austin was covered all night, and when that happened, Roy Williams had to step up and make plays to help win this critical ball game, and he did!

He had five catches for 75 yards and almost had a touchdown if he had not been interfered with by Asante Samuel, a penalty that was not called.

You hear how Roy Williams is all hype, no result, but that is far from the truth.

I know some of you who are reading this have had to have played wide receiver at some point in your life.

Those who have should know how hard it is to run the route just right and get in the position to where the quarterback can throw the ball at a angle, and your route intersects that angle at the exact point where you put your hands up to catch the ball and secure it before you get smashed into the turf by a tackler.

I played receiver at a lunchtime game during school, and only one quarterback that I really played with had a mutual sense of timing. From the day I walked onto the field and he (Sean) saw me open, he threw the ball exactly right and I made some amazing catches with him during those games.

We had such a trust that if I could find a soft spot in the coverage (which I did a lot) that he could zip that ball to me and I would catch it.

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C'mon man

How does your history of backyard football apply to Roy Williams’ disastrous Cowboy career?

Didn’t Jerry Jones call this his biggest blunder of all time? Maybe you should alleviate some of his concerns by letting him know exactly how you and Sean developed your chemistry.

by ilovethisgame on Nov 12, 2009 2:12 PM CST reply actions

no he didn't

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Nov 12, 2009 7:09 PM CST up reply actions

well...

When I played football in elementary school, there was a QB that I had chemistry with. We worked on our timing and I ran the perfect route, caught the winning TD pass, and then got stopped by the toughest defender on the field – the soccer goal post.

A pair of broken glasses and five stitches in my eyebrow later, my skills diminished and I was no longer the starting receiver.

I think this correlates to the RW story in absolutely no way. Just a silly anecdote.

by Damnsammit on Nov 17, 2009 10:28 AM CST up reply actions

Mostly Agree

He is being labeled a bust because of what the Cowboys gave up to get him and the big contract. The Cowboys would have traded the #1 for a #1 next year or just moved down. Based on the rest of the draft, the other picks were crap shoots.

I am a UT grad so I have been watching him closely for a long time. He has never been a great route runner and, surprisingly, seems not to use his large frame to establish position regularly. For some reason, he and Romo just can’t get on the same page, and there is no excuse for that. There is no doubt he is a disappointment based on numbers.

However, he is is still a weapon. He is the best blocker of the WR group. He seems to play hard every down and have a will to get better. He has been a good teammate and has the right attitude. If you step back away from lofty expectations like 80 catches, 1000 yards and 10 TD’s which people seem to have expected and just watch the guy play, I think you come away largely impressed.

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by WhatsUpPorkchop on Nov 12, 2009 3:57 PM CST reply actions

Yeeh he is a bust

One good season in all his years in the NFL makes him a bust. He has done absolutely nothing here in Dallas. Oh, yeah, he is a good blocker, but that is not exactly the primary job of a wide receiver. He can turn it around, but I would not bet on it

Lifetime Cowboys Fan from the Swamps of Jersey

by Seanrude on Nov 13, 2009 5:40 AM CST reply actions

Totally fair criticism

My point is that he is only a bust based on the expectations put on him in light of the trade value and contract. I still view him as a very important piece of the offense. Despite his struggles, defenses still respect him as a threat which makes things easier going for guys like Austin and Witten. I believe Roy will turn it around as well, but he may truly be a #2 WR. That’s all fine, except he is overpaid for that. So is Crayton albeit at a lower level. Would I have preferred Boldin, absolutely, but this was Jerry’s guy, and everyone acknowledged the need last year for a WR.

by WhatsUpPorkchop on Nov 13, 2009 10:17 AM CST reply actions

You can't say he's a bust or not yet

At the midway point in the season, I think everyone would agree that he’s not playing up to his price tag. But maybe Roy and Romo can get a chemistry going and if he comes up big in December then everyone will be happy. So until the season is over, I don’t think you can make the call yet. But I will say I have Roy rated pretty low on the totem pole in the receiver corp…. Using the body of work from pre-season to now:

1) Austin Miles
2) Kevin Ogletree
3) Sam Hurd
4) Patrick Crayton
5) Up for grabs between Roy and Holley ;P

by Ssark on Nov 13, 2009 2:17 PM CST reply actions