Roy Williams responds to LaRon Landry
November, 24, 2009 Nov 24 1:13PM CT
By Calvin Watkins
IRVING -- Following Sunday's Cowboys-Commanders game, Commanders safety LaRon Landry said Cowboys wide receiver Roy Williams played scared.
Well, Williams responded to those comments before Cowboys' practice on Wednesday.
"You get frustrated with yourself and your team and the way things are going and you envy others who are on winning ballclubs and are doing things they're supposed to do," Williams said. "So, I'm just going to continue to do my job. God bless the young man, him and his family and his football team. I don't buy into the comments, I don't do anything, just going to continue to play our game."
That seems to be a problem for the Cowboys of late. Coach Wade Phillips was questioned about Williams' playing status on Monday and dismissed any notion he would bench the wide receiver.
But Williams had zero catches on Sunday and for the most part has played inconsistent since the Cowboys traded for him last season.
"I was a little upset with the way [the passes] was coming to me a little bit," Williams said. "I did my best to stretch out, lean and fall and do all kinds of things to catch a ball, but you're going to have those types of games. I've never had a zero reception game where I've played the whole game, but we came out with the win, and that's what I told my teammates."
Williams said his ribs are fine and that he's not worried about going over the middle to catch a pass. There is this perception that Williams won't stretch out over the middle of the field to catch a pass. On Sunday against the Commanders, Williams failed to make three high balls, two of which with defenders near him.
"If that was the case, I'd have alligator arms going across the middle twice," Williams said regarding his bruised ribs. "But I'm not like that. I'm a guy that goes across the middle and catches the ball if I can, you know, and the one that they're giving me a drop on because it hit both my hands, it hit my fingertipes, but Im barely hanging onto the ball, that would have been a tough catch if I would have caught it."