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Posted by jellis at 11/16/2009 5:07 PM CST on truebluefanclub.com
It was good to see the Cowboys figure thing out with Roy Williams a bit. Even when the offense was humming right along, you would've liked your $45 million receiver to be able to contribute.
It finally happened on Sunday in Green Bay, though ironically in the worst offensive performance for the team all season. Williams' five catches matches his most as a Cowboy, and he also had his first 100-yard game since the trade to go along with a garbage time touchdown.
What most people will remember, though, is Williams' costly fumble on that 42-yard post route, which took the ball out of the Cowboys' hands when they were in scoring position. There was the dropped pass he had down the right sideline a little later on, when he said he lost the ball in the lights.
There was good and there was bad, which is only fitting given Williams' 13-month history with this team. Wade Phillips admitted he was both encouraged and frustrated.
“I think kind of both,” the coach said. “I mean, I didn’t want to fumble, he didn’t either. That could have been the big play that got us out of it, out of the kind of doldrums there. But it looked like the timing and stuff - the touchdown, even the touchdown at the end, the slant pass he had, the other slant passes he had over the middle - we’re getting a feel for what he can do. And you can smoke it out to him on a running play and he’s going to run over the defensive back, so we’re starting to get a feel for his physicality.”
Maybe Williams is getting closer to being the receiver the Cowboys hoped he would. Got to finish those plays, though.
It was good to see the Cowboys figure thing out with Roy Williams a bit. Even when the offense was humming right along, you would've liked your $45 million receiver to be able to contribute.
It finally happened on Sunday in Green Bay, though ironically in the worst offensive performance for the team all season. Williams' five catches matches his most as a Cowboy, and he also had his first 100-yard game since the trade to go along with a garbage time touchdown.
What most people will remember, though, is Williams' costly fumble on that 42-yard post route, which took the ball out of the Cowboys' hands when they were in scoring position. There was the dropped pass he had down the right sideline a little later on, when he said he lost the ball in the lights.
There was good and there was bad, which is only fitting given Williams' 13-month history with this team. Wade Phillips admitted he was both encouraged and frustrated.
“I think kind of both,” the coach said. “I mean, I didn’t want to fumble, he didn’t either. That could have been the big play that got us out of it, out of the kind of doldrums there. But it looked like the timing and stuff - the touchdown, even the touchdown at the end, the slant pass he had, the other slant passes he had over the middle - we’re getting a feel for what he can do. And you can smoke it out to him on a running play and he’s going to run over the defensive back, so we’re starting to get a feel for his physicality.”
Maybe Williams is getting closer to being the receiver the Cowboys hoped he would. Got to finish those plays, though.
