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Roy Williams looks like No. 3 receiver
November, 18, 2010 Nov 1810:04AM CT
Email Print Comments By Tim MacMahon
IRVING, Texas -- Roy Williams responded to an innocuous question about playing his old team by mentioning that he’d just have to make the most of his “two or three looks a game.”
That seemed to be a hint that Williams wasn’t happy with his decreased role in the offense. However, Williams didn’t bite when given the opportunity to really whine.
“I mean, you have to embrace your role, embrace your role whatever they may be, whatever it is for this football team to win,” Williams said when asked if he was satisfied with his role. “Just know when the ball comes my way, I have to make a play.
“If I get two or three looks a game, I have to capitalize on those two or three looks and hope that they can increase to four or five, six looks a game. But if not, just make the play and hopefully they're big plays like last week, the 3rd-and-22 first down, so that's something that's real small, but real big , and big in my eyes because nobody else sees it.”
Williams said he’s never had a bigger role in the Cowboys’ offense, but that simply isn’t true. He was thrown 28 passes in the first four games this season, when he caught 18 passes for 278 yards and three touchdowns.
In the last five games, Williams has been thrown 15 passes, catching seven balls for 88 yards and two touchdowns. It’s no coincidence that Dez Bryant has exploded during that span, catching 24 passes for 359 yards and five touchdowns.
“Kind of like the tables have turned,” Williams said. “I was scoring the touchdowns and all of a sudden I get swept up under the thing and here comes Dez scoring touchdowns. I just hope that we can, all three of us [receivers] can just do it.”
Williams said during training camp that it’d take a “baaaaad man” to beat him out of a starting job.
Bryant is clearly a bad man. He’s not officially a starter yet, but he’s bumped Williams down a spot in the Cowboys’ receiver pecking order.
November, 18, 2010 Nov 1810:04AM CT
Email Print Comments By Tim MacMahon
IRVING, Texas -- Roy Williams responded to an innocuous question about playing his old team by mentioning that he’d just have to make the most of his “two or three looks a game.”
That seemed to be a hint that Williams wasn’t happy with his decreased role in the offense. However, Williams didn’t bite when given the opportunity to really whine.
“I mean, you have to embrace your role, embrace your role whatever they may be, whatever it is for this football team to win,” Williams said when asked if he was satisfied with his role. “Just know when the ball comes my way, I have to make a play.
“If I get two or three looks a game, I have to capitalize on those two or three looks and hope that they can increase to four or five, six looks a game. But if not, just make the play and hopefully they're big plays like last week, the 3rd-and-22 first down, so that's something that's real small, but real big , and big in my eyes because nobody else sees it.”
Williams said he’s never had a bigger role in the Cowboys’ offense, but that simply isn’t true. He was thrown 28 passes in the first four games this season, when he caught 18 passes for 278 yards and three touchdowns.
In the last five games, Williams has been thrown 15 passes, catching seven balls for 88 yards and two touchdowns. It’s no coincidence that Dez Bryant has exploded during that span, catching 24 passes for 359 yards and five touchdowns.
“Kind of like the tables have turned,” Williams said. “I was scoring the touchdowns and all of a sudden I get swept up under the thing and here comes Dez scoring touchdowns. I just hope that we can, all three of us [receivers] can just do it.”
Williams said during training camp that it’d take a “baaaaad man” to beat him out of a starting job.
Bryant is clearly a bad man. He’s not officially a starter yet, but he’s bumped Williams down a spot in the Cowboys’ receiver pecking order.
