Coyboys trade for Roy Williams

jeremyroyce · Post by **jeremyroyce** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:23 am

Do you guys think that this might actually help the Cowboys?

CanesSkins26 · Post by **CanesSkins26** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:56 am

VetSkinsFan wrote:If you look at Roy Williams (WR) numbers, he had one excellent year. The rest are not exceptional by any stretch. I'm not any more worried than I was before they got him.

Call me crazy but I would say that 817 yards and 8 td's as a rookie is pretty damn good. He was great in 2006 (as you mentioned) and was also very good last year, but missed some time with injuries in 07 which skewed his numbers. Don't forget that he had Kitna and Joey Harrington throwing to him.

As for how much he helps Dallas, I think that he helps them a decent amount in the future. The guy is only 27 years old and gives Dallas a guy that can take over after TO leaves Dallas. In terms of this season, it probably doesn't help them all that much. Maybe it frees Owens up a little more, but Williams recently complained about wanting more balls and so did TO. Add in Witten and that's a lot of guys that need the ball.

andyjens89 · Post by **andyjens89** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:30 am

The Lions made out really good, in my opinion. They stockpiled picks (a rebuilding must) and traded away a player who would've probably left in free agency after the season anyways.

DEHog · Post by **DEHog** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:29 am

I look at this trade and just smile…Jerry being Jerry!! The current Cowboys roster was built more by Parcells than Jones…now Jones is back to calling the shots. Would any of us wanted Snyder to trade our picks for Williams???

Stop worrying about us being able to cover them…we already played the best WR tandem in the league (Fitz and Q) how’d that work out??

Stupid me…I thought the Cowboys could of used a CB??

Hoss · Post by **Hoss** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:42 am

andyjens89 wrote:The Lions made out really good, in my opinion. They stockpiled picks (a rebuilding must) and traded away a player who would've probably left in free agency after the season anyways.

andy, that's my take on this also. when all is said and done, i feel the lions got the better deal.

redskingush · Post by **redskingush** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:48 am

I see the begining of some TO drama!!!

Deadskins · Post by **Deadskins** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:50 am

You know how this happened. Jerry Jones was playing fantasy football, and he picked the wrong Roy Williams. Happens all the time.

VetSkinsFan · Post by **VetSkinsFan** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:01 am

CanesSkins26 wrote:
VetSkinsFan wrote:If you look at Roy Williams (WR) numbers, he had one excellent year. The rest are not exceptional by any stretch. I'm not any more worried than I was before they got him.

Call me crazy but I would say that 817 yards and 8 td's as a rookie is pretty damn good. He was great in 2006 (as you mentioned) and was also very good last year, but missed some time with injuries in 07 which skewed his numbers. Don't forget that he had Kitna and Joey Harrington throwing to him.

As for how much he helps Dallas, I think that he helps them a decent amount in the future. The guy is only 27 years old and gives Dallas a guy that can take over after TO leaves Dallas. In terms of this season, it probably doesn't help them all that much. Maybe it frees Owens up a little more, but Williams recently complained about wanting more balls and so did TO. Add in Witten and that's a lot of guys that need the ball.

Never said the guy was a bum. In comparison to the WR corps we've had to deal with this year and years past, I'm no more worried about the Cowboys passing game than I was two weeks ago.

As mentioned previously by other posters, I think the team will implode before they gel.

Bob 0119 · Post by **Bob 0119** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:05 pm

Thundersloth wrote:
SkinsFreak wrote:
Thundersloth wrote:The deal was Roy Williams for a 1st, 3rd and 5th round pick. It sounds like a lopsided deal to me.

My bad, they're saying, a 1st, 3rd and a 6th.

I wonder how T.O. feels about this...

Edit

My apologies, I thought I heard a 5th. Sorry

You did.

Lions: Roy Williams and a 5th rounder

For

Cowgirls: 1st, 3rd, and 6th.

RayNAustin · Post by **RayNAustin** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:39 pm

I think that getting Williams would have benefited the Redskins more than the Cowboys had we went after him. RW will take balls away from TO and he'll be crying foul and causing problems, or, RW will be used as a decoy to make TO happy, and RW will be crying. Either way, it will probably inject a touch more tension in a locker room that doesn't need any more.

As for the price...it might seem high, but there are no guarantees with draft picks. RW, with a good QB is just as good or better than TO, and would have answered our need for a big WR opposite Moss who can not only stretch the field but catch in traffic too.

We missed an opportunity to upgrade our offense tremendously.

Irn-Bru · Post by **Irn-Bru** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:35 pm

My own view all along has been that Dallas is a gigantic powder-keg of a team.

I view this trade for Roy Williams as Jerry Jones duct-taping dynamite to the outside of the barrel. ROTFALMAO

MDSKINSFAN · Post by **MDSKINSFAN** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:24 am

now they will have two receivers crying for the ball all the time. this is just another step towards T.O. exploding like he did with his last two teams

gibbs4president · Post by **gibbs4president** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:43 am

RayNAustin wrote:As for the price...it might seem high, but there are no guarantees with draft picks. RW, with a good QB is just as good or better than TO, and would have answered our need for a big WR opposite Moss who can not only stretch the field but catch in traffic too.

We missed an opportunity to upgrade our offense tremendously.

Sorry, but I respectively disagree about Roy Williams being just as good as Terrell Owens. Williams is very talented, but he's not close to TO.

As for the idea of Williams being able to upgrade the Redskins offense, sure, I bet he would. There are a lot of players out there who would have done the same, but losing 1st, 3rd, and 5th round picks is a lot to give up for any wide receiver. Remember, the Patriots got Randy Moss for just a 4th rounder.