Dez Hoping Teams Continue To Show Williams Disrespect

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IRVING, Texas – Part of being a leader is sticking up for your teammates, especially if they’re disrespected.

In this case, Dez Bryant hopes it continues.

In his eyes, if teams continue to play single coverage on Terrance Williams – opposite of Bryant – what we saw Sunday night will be a weekly occurrence.


If he’s singled, you have to take advantage of it,” Bryant said Tuesday at Valley Ranch. “That’s exactly what he’s doing. I think T-Dub (Williams) is doing a terrific job of that. I’m loving every bit of that because it’s just making my job that much easier.

“The more they disrespect him they more he’ll dominate. That’s what it is.”

And that’s what it was Sunday night against the Saints. Williams not only scored two touchdowns in the 38-17 win over New Orleans, but the second-year receiver from Baylor caught six passes on seven targets for 77 yards. On the opening drive, Williams had a pair of catches to set the tone for the Cowboys’ offense, which drove the ball 80 yards with Tony Romo completing seven passes and none to Bryant.


“That’s just the attitude we have with the wideouts,” Bryant said. “If we get the opportunity, we’re going to dominate. We want to be the upper echelon. We want to be the backbone of making plays.”

And Bryant knows that while he might see his share of double-teams now, the more plays Williams can make, orJason Witten, Cole Beasley,Dwayne Harris and anyone, defenses will have no choice but to back off some for Bryant.

Through four games, Bryant leads the Cowboys in both catches (23) and receiving yards (291) but has three touchdowns, one behind Williams, who has four, one short of his 16-game total as a rookie last year.

http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/a...respect-/20fc7765-6713-40a4-bc50-8f2478292163
 

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The comments by Dez are something special. he wants the ball, but he wants to win and will root for his teammates when they foolishly single up TWill.

This is a maturity the league didn't suspect. Jerry took a chance with all the rumors and crap about Dez-wan.

I whine about Jerry but this was a great pick.
 

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This is perhaps the most "pick your poison" offense in the league when healthy. Even more so than Denver.

Uh no.....not even close.

The only thing we have over Denver, Is a Better WR Dez vs Their Wr's(DT is super close though)

And a better RB, by a mile.

They have way more weapons, and a hall of fame QB. More Weapons+Better QB. Wins Every time

But we are deadly.
 
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I think this is Dez's way of saying.

"Please stop focusing on me! Look at Murray and T-Will. Leave me Alone, let me get my yards and TD's."

Teams are not dumb. There will be chances where they will get tired of Murray and his BS and stack the Box. For the most part most teams will treat Williams Like austin, when he had his break out year........ "Show me over and over again, I'll be stubborn." .......And they will try to trust their front 7 to stop Murray without much help.

Dez is the real killer, and Teams know this.

He will get chances, but very few.

Unlike Calvin..... teams would rather fall on their own sword then leave this guy 1 on 1.
 

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He knows if Twill... witten.. and beasley etc are making a defense squirm, he'll get more one on one and be able to make them pay with his long bomb to break the defenses backs
 

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Would anyone take T-Will over Keenan Allen? Just wondering considering we're comparing second year recievers
 

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Would anyone take T-Will over Keenan Allen? Just wondering considering we're comparing second year recievers

Love T-Will

But I'm taking Allen all day, him and Dez? Wow.

T-Will is finally starting to learn to "Kind of" catch with his hands, and not body. Still looks awkward Though.
 

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Terrance Williams had a bit of a sophomore slump last year, that is why people haven't started taking him seriously yet.

Romo and Williams have also failed to connect a few times in key situations, of which I blame Williams quite a bit given that he still likes to body catch balls.

Williams has a great opportunity this year to slash teams who want to focus on the running game and Bryant. I said early in the offseason that the key to our success on offense is mainly about what Williams is capable of doing this year. Imagine if teams start focusing on Williams. This will result in huge opportunities for Escobar and Beasley.

So right now we're in a phase where teams either don't fear Williams enough or fear him, but understandably can't game plan against him without giving away the whole field.
 

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Right now Terrance Williams is ranked 50th in the league in yards per game. The reality is, that isn't good enough.

We need him to take the top off the defense and have Romo start testing the field more.
 

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Right now Terrance Williams is ranked 50th in the league in yards per game. The reality is, that isn't good enough.

We need him to take the top off the defense and have Romo start testing the field more.

How's he ranking in yards/catch. Excluding all the tds that cut short his yardage when he crosses the goal line?

We're not going to lead the league in both rushing and receiving yards/game. Unless they let us start playing with more than one football per play.
 

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Terrance Williams had a bit of a sophomore slump last year, that is why people haven't started taking him seriously yet.

Romo and Williams have also failed to connect a few times in key situations, of which I blame Williams quite a bit given that he still likes to body catch balls.

Williams has a great opportunity this year to slash teams who want to focus on the running game and Bryant. I said early in the offseason that the key to our success on offense is mainly about what Williams is capable of doing this year. Imagine if teams start focusing on Williams. This will result in huge opportunities for Escobar and Beasley.

So right now we're in a phase where teams either don't fear Williams enough or fear him, but understandably can't game plan against him without giving away the whole field.

So he had a sophomore slump in his rookie year?
 

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This is perhaps the most "pick your poison" offense in the league when healthy. Even more so than Denver.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, this offense is STACKED.. There's no reason why it can't be a Top 5 Offense with all the weapons we have. Keep our offensive attack balanced with a slight lean more towards the run, limit turnovers to 1 or none per game, and we can put up 30 on just about anybody....
 

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Would anyone take T-Will over Keenan Allen? Just wondering considering we're comparing second year recievers
As good as Williams has been over the course of his still infant career imo Allen is the better WR right now.
 

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So he had a sophomore slump in his rookie year?

It's just a term. The point is he hit a wall in the second half of the season if you would like to be more literal.

In the first half of the season he had 26 receptions for 444 yards and 4 touchdowns.

In the second half of the season he has 18 receptions for 292 yards and 1 td.

So far through 4 games however he is on pace for a half season that looks like

28 receptions, 358 yards, 8 tds

the touchdowns look impressive, but we still need a lot more from him in terms of yards and receptions. Hopefully with Romo getting healthier we see that from him.

Williams should get about 100-120 targets for the season. Right now he is only on pace for 80... It's not enough.
 

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How's he ranking in yards/catch. Excluding all the tds that cut short his yardage when he crosses the goal line?

We're not going to lead the league in both rushing and receiving yards/game. Unless they let us start playing with more than one football per play.

He is way down in terms of yards per catch. We don't need to lead the league in receiving yards, but we do need to focus more on opening up our passing game. We're not going to beat a lot of good teams with what we're doing right now.
 
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