DMN Blog: Williams Will Be Traded or Released

[Hostile]

No one we could sign as a Free Agent tonight and tomorrow morning would please me more than reworking his deal.

 

[Rampage]

No one we could sign as a Free Agent tonight and tomorrow morning would please me more than reworking his deal.

why? what do you like so much about him?

 

[EPL0c0]

Roy Williams news

6:10 PM Thu, Feb 26, 2009
Calvin Watkins The Cowboys are on the verge of doing something with safety Roy Williams. The team is seeking to trade Williams or cut him in the coming days.

If the Cowboys release Williams they create $2.18 million on the salary cap. Should they keep Williams his cap number for 2009 is $6.62 million.

Williams spoke to JJT this morning and we'll have more on the web in a few hours. Here's a snippet.

"I wanted to be known as the best safety to play in Dallas," Williams said.

"Forget the Pro Bowls. I wanted to win playoff games and play in Super Bowls. If I was to leave without doing that, I'd be unfulfilled like I should have done more. I never envisioned playing for another team. I've never been fired or released from a job."

Jordan Woy, Williams' agent said the safety wants to remain in Dallas, but is preparing for the end.

Didn't good ol' Calvin also "SPECULATE" that Terrell Owens' days were numbers in Big D?

psh...this guy has about as much credibility as PacMan Jones swearing on the Bible that he's never been inside a strip club...

 

[Hoofbite]

I'm sad by the news but you could see the writing on the wall. Roy should probably consider retiring. It'll be hard for a team to pick him up considering we are willing to part ways with him with no apparent replacement. That alone speaks volumes about his decline in play. Like somebody else said, he was never the same after the league banned the horseback tackle. That was his trademark and took away a big chunk of his game. Sorry to see him go.

Retiring?

You're talking like hes the worst safety in the league. Not bad but the absolute worst.

There will be a team that picks him up and I think they will get a pretty good player who will have been humbled enough that he may just realize he has to work at things.

And the horsecollar rule has nothing to do with his downfall.

 

[bayeslife]

why? what do you like so much about him?

I guess it's because he's one of those guys that really loves his team, really great person, been around for awhile.

I know how I really bashed him in the past but I really think it would just be a little stinging to see him play for another team. I know he hasn't done a whole lot since '05-'06, he's just one of those guys.

And maybe its because of all the fun times we've had with Roy on this site.

 

[Hostile]

why? what do you like so much about him?

To be quite truthful I don't care to discuss it with his detractors. My apologies if that offends, but I am tired of going round and round about him.

 

[juck]

why? what do you like so much about him?

I know he is terrible.Thats quite obvious.

 

[Rampage]

To be quite truthful I don't care to discuss it with his detractors. My apologies if that offends, but I am tired of going round and round about him.

i'm just wondering. you're harping on this as if we're losing a good player or something.

 

[Hoofbite]

Well if this move saves 2 million and from what I thought Adam said in another thread, cutting Ellis would save as much as 5.....might as well make a big splash in free agency Jerry.

Extra 7 million to work with if you tell Greg to whine somewhere else.

I wouldn't be all that hurt if they went for Ray Lewis with the extra change. Why not?

 

[juck]

i'm just wondering. you're harping on this as if we're losing a good player or something.

maybe its a religious thing.this guy lost it moons ago when they switched to 3-4 and they took his horsecollar away.he plays with no emotion.he cant cover himself.

 

[the fake norm hitzges]

i hated roy as a sooner,then loved him as a cowboy.

too bad darrin woodson couldnt have hung around a few more seasons to play side by side with roy.

 

[Rampage]

maybe its a religious thing.this guy lost it moons ago when they switched to 3-4 and they took his horsecollar away.he plays with no emotion.he cant cover himself.

i'm thinking it has to do with non football stuff and what you said.

 

[juck]

Well if this move saves 2 million and from what I thought Adam said in another thread, cutting Ellis would save as much as 5.....might as well make a big splash in free agency Jerry.

Extra 7 million to work with if you tell Greg to whine somewhere else.

I wouldn't be all that hurt if they went for Ray Lewis with the extra change. Why not?

I am eagerly awaiting the thread here stating we released or traded Ellis to.Hes a bum.

 

[silver]

Retiring?

You're talking like hes the worst safety in the league. Not bad but the absolute worst.

There will be a team that picks him up and I think they will get a pretty good player who will have been humbled enough that he may just realize he has to work at things.

And the horsecollar rule has nothing to do with his downfall.

well he said he wanted to end his career as a cowboy. but yes i honestly think he should just retire and don't tarnish his image even more. big safeties like him once they lose a step, which it seems the case, they lose a lot. and he didn't have that much wiggle room there, speedwise, to begin with. so yes IMO he should retire. the horsecollar rule coincides with his decline in play. it might be just a coincidence but it seems that he started being tentative after they passed the rule and that affected his play a whole lot. you can't have a timid strong safety. heck timid is not allowed in the NFL

 

[Hostile]

i'm thinking it has to do with non football stuff and what you said.

It doesn't and again, I do not wish to discuss it with his detractors.

 

[Oh_Canada]

I would consider this a very productive offseason if they dumped both Roy and Ellis.

 

[McCordsville Cowboy]

Roy is a cowboy and always should be... I hope he restrucutes for aboout 2 mil per. He represented this defense for a long time now and should be around when it turn around.

comE back ROY... WE NEED U

 

[juck]

Maybe he could play special teams.

 

[theebs]

well as much as he made me pull my hair out I still like the guy and what he is about.

Good guy and one of our guys. Its bittersweet.

 

[juck]

well as much as he made me pull my hair out I still like the guy and what he is about.

Good guy and one of our guys. Its bittersweet.

Its a business.These players are high paid robots.Fact is fact the guy cannot play safety in the 3-4,he cannot cover.I understand what u mean but thats the way it is.