Thanks for this fanpost

I guess we want our entire WR corp to be undrafted free agents. It can be Austin, Hurd, and Ogletree.

and then he will start catching the ball again… but all seriousness WTF happened he used to catch the tough passes and now he can rarely get a grab on a ball, its very disappointing

Should be insulted by the comparison.

Key is what Roy Williams was supposed to be. A big guy who moved the chains, had dependable hands, and blocked well. Currently, Roy blocks well. I’m not saying Roy is chopped liver or anything, but look at the career Key had:

814 catches, 10,571 yards, 64 TDs.

No full season below 815 yards (his rookie year no less).

Four 1,000 yard seasons, two other 900+ yard seasons.

Roy currently had one 1,000 yard season in almost 6 years. Besides that, two 800+ years and then seasons totaling 687, and then about 400 last year and 400 so far this year.

Roy is also injury-prone, something Keyshawn never was. Keyshawn missed probably 5 games in his entire career.

I understand the comparison that Roy’s a faster Keyshawn, but honestly the amount of extra speed Roy has doesn’t make up for everything else that Keyshawn did better than Roy does.

Keyshawn did talk a lot and got himself deactivated. More of the T.O. type in that regard. But he was also more of a T.O. in a statistical regard to, in the fact that he actually did produce stats. So far, Roy has not. I’m not saying he can’t, but at this point, comparing Roy to Keyshawn is an insult to Keyshawn and what he did in his career. I’d much rather have Keyshawn in his prime than Roy (who is in his prime right now, sadly), and that’s not meant as an insult to Roy, but more as a compliment to Keyshawn. Keyshawn is one of the best possession WRs in recent history in my opinion. Roy has a long way to go to become that. Can he? Yes. Will he? We’ll see.

… I prefer to wait til the end of this season — and maybe next season, too.

Give the dude a break already. He played badly against Wash and GB and he knows it (along with everybody else). If Dallas makes Miles Austin the #1 and allows Roy to make plays in the redzone as well as catch some slants and smoke routes he will be just fine as a #2. Is that what we traded for? No it isn’t, but to go with Crayton instead would be just stupid considering how much more potential Williams has.

And I’d say he produces on par with most good #2 options in the NFL. Yes, he’s grossly overpaid, and yes we gave up way too much to get him. But if you look at his numbers compared to the vast majority or #2 receivers in the league, he’s doing pretty well.

He may be awfully expensive to keep around as the #2 guy, but Jerry was willing to pay him and TO big bucks to be the starting receivers here. I don’t see why he can’t do the same thing, except with Austin replacing TO.

He’s going to find you and slap you in the face.

Keyshawn was about the slowest receiver I’ve ever seen, and he just wouldn’t shut up, but he played hard and battled for the ball. Roy Uno Uno just seems indifferent – like the ball needs to come to him or it’s not his responsibility. I was a big supporter of bringing him here; I was very wrong.

until a certain popcorn lover left…with being the #1 as his inheritance…..yes it was a lot to give up for him and what he’s produced, but think for a minute about what this O was supposed to be this year..TO,RW, and Crayton as WRs..RW is the #2 and that’s what he was to be for 2yrs at least…..

When Meshawn was in Dallas, he had no problem going over the middle in traffic. Roy needs to stay outside the numbers. The CBS pregame breakdown pointed out his game is much better when he doesn’t go across the middle, and sure enough, he made a damn good catch up against the sideline.

I think Raf explained it perfectly when he said finally Garrett moved Miles Austin to split end and made him the focal point of the passing game, then put Roy back at flanker where he’s more of a possession WR working the outside. I think he probably could play the slot just as well. But I still don’t trust the guy to make critical 3rd downs.