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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Cowboys wide receiver Roy Williams has not lived up to expectations since Dallas traded for him. (AP)

After cutting ties with Terrell Owens in the offseason, the question for the Cowboys became: Who would step up as the  No. 1 receiver?

After all, despite all the drama, T.O. had accounted for 38 touchdowns in three seasons in Dallas.

The projected No. 1 was Roy Williams. The Cowboys traded a first-round, third-round, sixth-round and seventh-round pick to the Lions to acquire the wide receiver last season.

But the results can be described as nothing short of disastrous.

Williams has just 14 catches for 249 yards and a pair of touchdowns in six games. In the past two weeks, Williams has just three receptions for 35 yards, and it appears his frustration is mounting.

"It's just not even close," Williams said of his chemistry with Tony Romo, per Tim MacMahon of ESPNDallas.com. "It's not even funny. Not even close."

While Williams hasn't been productive, wide receiver has not been a weakness for the Cowboys with the emergence of Miles Austin, who is third in the NFC with 563 receiving yards. He piled up 421 yards in a two-week stretch against the Chiefs and Falcons and has five touchdowns in his last three games.

According to Williams, part of the reason Austin is having more success than him is the way Romo delivers the ball.

"He gets the ball thrown correctly his way," Williams said of Austin. "I'm stretching and falling and doing everything. Everybody [else] who's been here's balls are there. Our footballs [from Romo to Williams] are everywhere right now."

Williams faced the Eagles once last year and had two catches for 4 yards.

Much more to come later.

Posted by Sheil Kapadia @ 10:01 AM  Permalink | 10 comments
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Posted 10:55 AM, 11/05/2009
Lemur
Love it
Posted 11:18 AM, 11/05/2009
dlscholt
Um, TO Jr anyone?
Posted 11:20 AM, 11/05/2009
stephen j.
Williams must have taken lessons from T.O. on "throwing your QB under the bus"
Posted 12:56 PM, 11/05/2009
ashemnat99
Williams and T.O. were all part of that little girl nonsense last year where they were complaining about Romo and Witten being too close and conspiring against the other receivers. What a loser. shouldnt Williams actually do something in the NFL before becoming a diva?? At least T.O. brought some skill to the field along with his voices in his head and his hanger-ons telling him you da man!!!
Posted 02:01 PM, 11/05/2009
SayHello2MyLittleFriend
Better them than the Eagles.
Posted 03:44 PM, 11/05/2009
gordy
Boy, was I wrong on Williams. What a waste of talent. I am glad that we didn't give up what Detroit wanted for him, even though at the time I was convinced he just needed a new venue. Any di-harmony in Dallas brings complete harmony to my world!
Posted 07:05 PM, 11/05/2009
Denali
What a whiny biznitch
Posted 08:09 PM, 11/05/2009
sore richard
wow
Posted 09:36 PM, 11/05/2009
Trifecta
Don't they check for "stupid" before they blow all of those picks, because this guy is just that, flat out stupid!
Posted 10:30 AM, 11/06/2009
philly499
Thank you, Eagles management, for doing things the right way and not the Jerry Jones way......those Cowturds are like a damn soap opera...
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