are missing the big picture.
Roy Williams, even though he's already made a big impact anyways, was brought in for the long run, not just the short run. Alot of fans, and media people, are obtused when it comes to this things. They don't see what's in front of their face.
RW has been able to open up the offense. RW has giving the Cowboys an insurance policy that they didn't have before he got here. If you think that's silly, take a look at what happened last year when T.O. went down. There are very few teams who can claim they won't miss much of a beat if their #1 receiver goes down. The Dallas Cowboys are one of them. That's the immidiate impact. That's what alot of the critics fail to see. They think that immidiate impact means 1,000 yards and 10 TDs. No, the Cowboys already have one of those types of receiver ( heck, some might say 2 if Witten enters the argument ), and in order to have TWO of them, they would had have to change their offensive philosophy, basically becoming a run-n-shoot offense. That wasn't going to, nor will it ever, happen.
The big picture is that, unless something unfortunate happens ( like a career ending injury ), the Cowboys don't have to look at the WR position in the early part of the draft for the next several years. Same thing for the QB position. People understimate how valuable that is. They have a #1 receiver who they can count on until, roughly, 2015 and beyond. Think about that for a minute. How long did it take this franchise to replace Michael Irvin ? Well, now they have.
I've said this 1000 times and I'll say it 1000 more: this move was brilliant. It was forward thinking in that Jerrah basically paid 50 cents on the dollar to acquire an asset like RW. Had RW made it to the off season on the market, the price the Cowboys paid for him would have been THE starting point.
So just sit back and enjoy the fact that your team has not one, but TWO stud receivers for the short and long term.
Oh, and more thing:
As of right now, the Cowboys have a 9-5 record, tied with 7 other teams with the same record. That means that had they kept the #1 pick, THE best case scenario ( meaning all those 7 teams finish with a better record than Dallas ) would have been the 20th pick of the draft.
Any draft gurus in here would like to tell me which receiver that's in Roy Williams level is going to available ( in next year's draft ) withint 5 picks of the 20th selection, much less last all the way to #20 ?
:starspin
