What I wanted to do with this thread was show that, even though the offense lost a Hall of Fame bound number one wide receiver, his replacement is a very good wide receiver also. With the other weapons in this offense's arsenal, that's really all he has to be.
As shown in previous seasons, the only really legitimate concern to have about Roy Williams as a player and teammate is the greater likelihood that he will miss several games during to injury. That's it.
Regardless of what naysayers wish to imply or outright state, he didn't suddenly become a washed out bum overnight after his trade from Detroit. He had to become accustomed to a brand new playbook at midseason. At some point, he was playing with an injury and trying to compensate for it. He didn't get a lot of work in with his equally injured quarterback.
Are these all excuses? Of course they are. Are they valid ones? Yep, but only for 2008.
This season, he will have ample time to learn the playbook. There isn't any reason to believe that he won't, since he's already proven that he can in Detroit. Likewise, he should have plenty of time to get on the same page with his quarterback, so the timing will be much better between the two than last season when the opportunities for improvement between both players were more limited. Again, the only true question mark is an injury which takes him out of the lineup.
The bottom line? If Roy Williams is healthy, Dallas plugged the number one receiver position well-enough that offensive success will not drain out of that one hole. Or, in other words, good enough.
