Cowboys DL Coach: Sam Williams Is Primed for '23

[TheMarathonContinues]

Psssst.......

You know all these young guys that all the coaches are talking up? You know, guys like Jalen Tolbert, Sam Williams and even Kelvin Joseph? That's right, they are even claiming to see vast improvement in him.

Well......

That's what you generally do with your potential trade bait.

Heyyy......I'm not saying.......but I'm just saying......

Nobody is trading for Tolbert and Joseph…Sam probably could be but he’s a cheap pass rusher.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I've said it before this offseason, but Williams is ready.

DE is usually a slow position for rookies to start producing. You're talking about 21 year kids going into hand-to-hand combat with 26, 28 year old men, with half a decade's worth of NFL "vitamins" in them.

When a young pass rusher runs out and immediately starts producing, that genie rarely goes back in the bottle except for injury. The learning curve can only plateau or go up from there.

Marcus Mosher recently tweeted that Williams will finish second on the Cowboys in sacks, behind the incomparable Parsons. And I totally buy that. You have to combine Williams's talent, with his second year improvement, with Parsons drawing extra blockers, and with Dan Quinn scheming favorable situations to attack. All together, 8-10 sacks doesn't just look doable to me, it looks likely.

It appears that the maturity concerns he had coming out were indeed redirected once his son was born.

 

[beware_d-ware]

It appears that the maturity concerns he had coming out were indeed redirected once his son was born.

I think Williams is just a really awesome, underrated talent. Ole Miss totally misused him as an inside 5 tech type, and he still had 22 sacks in the SEC.

You get an SEC sack master who put up those kind of stats while being miscast on a bad team. Then he runs a freaking 4.46 at 260 lbs. Dude has power, he has speed that his defense never even tapped, he has 3 years of proven production... that looks like a top 20 pick resume all day. The off the field issues obviously hurt his draft stock, but they called that guy a reach in the late second?

He's never received his due IMO, either in college or in the draft process. But he's about to.

 

[KeepinTime]

Correct.

If you judged Tom Landry by his demeanor during games then you made a grave error in judgement. Tom was anything but non-emotional. He just didn't display it very often. I think many people misunderstood the intensity of his focus on what was going on in the games.

Quite often, he wouldn't celebrate a big play or even TD. Why? Because his mind was already concentrated several plays coming up.

Tom Landry has received a huge amount of praise and credit for the work that he did, typical of leaders after they have led their team to success. They are often called "innovative" and "charismatic" by those they have led to success, after the fact. However, it's a different picture during the actual process. Before the success, leaders are often not appreciated. In fact, quite often, they are downright resented.

"Plasticman" wasn't the only derogatory label given to Tom Landry. His own assistant coaches used to call him "Coach Sliderule" in reference to an instrument that assisted in performing calculations long before the calculator was invented.

Why are leaders resented during the process leading up to success? It is because a good leader forces his team to give more than what they originally intended to give. It is that difference in effort that is often responsible for their success.

When a leader can bring his team to success, a conclusion that brings benefits to all involved, it sometimes allows the leader to adopt the derogatory term and transform it almost into a term of endearment.

"Mean" Joe Green?

Old "Blood and Guts"? (General George S. Patton)

I don't think Tom Landry was unemotional as a 19 year old co-pilot during World War II when they were once forced to crash land. Nor do i suspect he was unemotional when he received news that his brother Duane, had died during a training accident.

Before the 1963 season Landry was sure that the team would make a major step towards being a championship caliber team after going 0-11-1, 4-9-1 and 5-8-1 the first three seasons. They took a step backwards that season going 4-10. Landry expected to be fired. At the end of the season when Landry was addressing the team, he broke down and cried. He blamed himself and thanked everyone for their effort. Of course, we know today that he was given a ten year contract extension.

When Tom Landry's daughter, Lisa became pregnant and went to the doctor, they discovered that she had liver cancer. She was told that if she didn't have an abortion then there was a good chance the pregnancy would escalate her death from the cancer. She was deeply Christian, just like her father. She made the decision to go through with her pregnancy, giving birth to Tom Landry's grand daughter. They named her Christina. Lisa passed a short while later. It would be very difficult to think of Tom as a plastic man during this tragedy.

I honor Tom Landry by using the name Plasticman becasue i am fully aware of it's contradictory nature. You don't accomplish everything he had been able to without a profound passion for the game

Thank you for sharing this. Landry was such a good and decent man. Very cool of you to honor him in such a way.

 

[tyke1doe]

Correct.

If you judged Tom Landry by his demeanor during games then you made a grave error in judgement. Tom was anything but non-emotional. He just didn't display it very often. I think many people misunderstood the intensity of his focus on what was going on in the games.

Quite often, he wouldn't celebrate a big play or even TD. Why? Because his mind was already concentrated several plays coming up.

Tom Landry has received a huge amount of praise and credit for the work that he did, typical of leaders after they have led their team to success. They are often called "innovative" and "charismatic" by those they have led to success, after the fact. However, it's a different picture during the actual process. Before the success, leaders are often not appreciated. In fact, quite often, they are downright resented.

"Plasticman" wasn't the only derogatory label given to Tom Landry. His own assistant coaches used to call him "Coach Sliderule" in reference to an instrument that assisted in performing calculations long before the calculator was invented.

Why are leaders resented during the process leading up to success? It is because a good leader forces his team to give more than what they originally intended to give. It is that difference in effort that is often responsible for their success.

When a leader can bring his team to success, a conclusion that brings benefits to all involved, it sometimes allows the leader to adopt the derogatory term and transform it almost into a term of endearment.

"Mean" Joe Green?

Old "Blood and Guts"? (General George S. Patton)

I don't think Tom Landry was unemotional as a 19 year old co-pilot during World War II when they were once forced to crash land. Nor do i suspect he was unemotional when he received news that his brother Duane, had died during a training accident.

Before the 1963 season Landry was sure that the team would make a major step towards being a championship caliber team after going 0-11-1, 4-9-1 and 5-8-1 the first three seasons. They took a step backwards that season going 4-10. Landry expected to be fired. At the end of the season when Landry was addressing the team, he broke down and cried. He blamed himself and thanked everyone for their effort. Of course, we know today that he was given a ten year contract extension.

When Tom Landry's daughter, Lisa became pregnant and went to the doctor, they discovered that she had liver cancer. She was told that if she didn't have an abortion then there was a good chance the pregnancy would escalate her death from the cancer. She was deeply Christian, just like her father. She made the decision to go through with her pregnancy, giving birth to Tom Landry's grand daughter. They named her Christina. Lisa passed a short while later. It would be very difficult to think of Tom as a plastic man during this tragedy.

I honor Tom Landry by using the name Plasticman becasue i am fully aware of it's contradictory nature. You don't accomplish everything he had been able to without a profound passion for the game

One of my privileges as a reporter was to interview Tom Landry shortly before he died. And when I asked him questions about being ousted when Jerry Jones took over, he answered like a professional, but I could tell he was deeply hurt by the move.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

One of my privileges as a reporter was to interview Tom Landry shortly before he died. And when I asked him questions about being ousted when Jerry Jones took over, he answered like a professional, but I could tell he was deeply hurt by the move.

He did get a raw deal but it was the right time nonetheless.

 

[tyke1doe]

He did get a raw deal but it was the right time nonetheless.

I agree. As much as I respected and admired Tom Landry, the game was passing him by. It eventually happens to all of us at some point in our lives.
It was just so much a part of Landry, he didn't know how or when to let the game go. But the time had come.

 

[shabazz]

Sam is right on point where his progress should be. I have zero concerns about him continuing his evolution

 

[big dog cowboy]

It appears that the maturity concerns he had coming out were indeed redirected once his son was born.

 

[charron]

He was looking promising in spot duty last year. Let's see what this kid can do unleashed

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Sam is right on point where his progress should be. I have zero concerns about him continuing his evolution

With his natural ability the only thing that will hold him back is lack of focus and effort on and off the field.

 

[Buzzbait]

This defense will be the best since the early-mid 90's.
Hope the offense doesn't wear them down

It's been a long time since I've been this optimistic about our defense. Granted our recent additions of Overshown and Mazi may take a little time to blossom, but it's coming, and Sam Williams may be ready to really show what he can do.

 

[plasticman]

From the very beginning of Harvey Martin's career, we all knew there was something special about him.

Landry would sit Pat Toomay on 3rd and long and put in Martin. Things got exciting.

Again, during his rookie season, Martin played sparingly, mostly 3rd and long or 2nd and very long. Still, he racked up 9 sacks in part time play.

It generally takes a year or two for DE's to catch on with one exception. When they are good in their rookie season, they are very very good in the remainder of their careers.