DC.COM Blog: Roy & T.O. Racing To Four Catches

[DallasEast]

Ive put the elite tag behind me as I think most fans have, Id settle for even average right now.

The typical average receiver doesn't have "big games". Good, very good or elite receivers do though.

Williams has had big games in the past. The odds favor that he will have big games in the future.

Should the latter take place, it creates a conundrum for only those who have deduced for themselves that the Roy Williams they have seen for themselves in a Dallas Cowboys uniform thus far is all that he is. The fundamental problem with that conclusion is that his performance as a Dallas Cowboy to date is atypical of how he has performed as a Detroit Lion while healthy.

This is a perception which only Williams himself can redefine. There isn't any logical reason to assume that he cannot. In other words, when he does have that "big game", some will be mildly or greatly shocked or fall somewhere within that range. Others will not be.

 

[casmith07]

Unless he's going over 100 yards each week, Madden-style, he's a bust.

 

[WoodysGirl]

T.O. Tweet

RT: Jus FYI: roy & I r friends & my comments were playful, tongue n cheek 4 those trying 2 make it more than wht it is! Tht's real talk!!

about 3 hours ago from UberTwitter

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I'm no fortune teller, but I'm willing to say that Roy Williams will have that "big game" this season. Perhaps several. After he does though, there will be various levels of shock posted on the forum.

Why? Who knows? It seems that there are those who believe that this particular 27-year old wide receiver skill set is restricted completely to what he has demonstrated thus far as a Dallas Cowboy.

This is supposedly "how high" he goes as a receiver.

Anything short of Owens-like expectations are disappointments (regardless of the team's actual win/loss record).

"Draft picks + contract = failure forever"

That's good stuff if the world actually had ended yesterday. It didn't. Nothing's written in stone.

The only real detriment of Williams' career prior to coming here were injuries. Injuries have once again impacted him yet again this seasons, even though he himself cannot blame some of his drops on his ribs injury.

He's not the best route runner to have ever played in the NFL. Neither is he average nor the worst. Average or worst route running won't have netted him as many receiving yards or catches as a Detroit Lion.

In the final analysis, Roy E. Williams is a very good receiver, not elite, but very good. All the shouting that he isn't or all the fingerpointing at 1/2 of '08 (as a #2 within a passing offense which rarely looked past it's either #1 wide receiver or #1 tight end) or his limited time in '09 will not change that. It'll just make those doing the shouting feel vindicated...

...six games into this season.

keep telling yourself that

 

[DallasEast]

keep telling yourself that

Don't be too surprised if I remind you of this sometime in the future.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Don't be too surprised if I remind you of this sometime in the future.

and I wouldn't expect anything less, just like I hope you guys didn't expect anything less than me making fun of the excuses for Roy

 

[Hoofbite]

And what point do you stop looking at the past and start looking at the present?

Julius Jones put up some pretty spectacular numbers when he 1st got to Dallas........anyone expect him to tear it up this weekend?

I have no doubt that Roy will have a good game or two.

I do however doubt that he can be counted on to do it week in and week out and I think anyone who expects it from him at this point is barking up the wrong tree.