Do we need a #1 WR? Forget that! What we need are several WRs (plural) to make this roster more competitive. After all, the NFL is a passing league and the Cowboys have a solid QB roster in place, a solid RB roster in place, and are adequate on the starting OL (but its depth needs addressing). But WR is the CLEAR question mark on offense, and all up-and-down the WR roster, because there are question marks at EVERY starting-WR spot, which only means the depth of that roster is that much worse.
#1 WR, Roy Williams: Came in last year without partaking in the offseason program, played on a bum foot and was never really written into the game plan. Has the injury healed? Can Garrett figure out how to work him in? Can he go beyond the flashes of greatness he has shown in his past and put a full season of top-notch WR-football together?
#2 WR, Miles Austin: Babe you've got to let me know...will you stay or will you go (will you stay or will you go now)? And if you stay, will you stay healthy? While Austin has posted a great yards-after-catch statistic, that's only by playing against defenses as a come-off-the-bench player. Many players post great stats when they have some ability but are not taken seriously by defenses when they come in for spot duty. But as a #2 WR, now that defenses will game plan for him, can he post those same kind of numbers, that is if he stays - and stays healthy if he stays?
#3 WR, Patrick Crayton: If this WR's play was as big as his mouth he'd be Terrell Owens. Crayton is the perfect example for why you should worry about Austin. As a #3 slot WR, Crayton had mad numbers in 2007; but when elevated to #2 WR in 2008, he flopped. In fact the higher he climbed the depth chart the more he talked, the more the media wanted his sound bites, and the worse he produced. So I don't see him as more than a #3 or #4 WR. In that role he will be less relevant and his sound bites will carry less weight. But can he worry more about playing better and less about speaking his mind?
#4 WR, Sam Hurd: Injuries really set him back in 2008. It's a shame because i see him as neck-and-neck with Austin. Both are similarly unproven players that have made plays in games, but only in spot duty. Like Crayton, he's a potential #3 or #4 WR. But can he put potential in the past and production in the future?
Everyone else we have at WR is a clear project still, so they're not worth commenting on. CLEAR PROJECT STILL is all that needs to be said. And the top 4 WRs listed above are question marks themselves; now imagine if any of them is lost to injury – and Dallas then needs to play clear projects to fill the void. Sorry but that's a problem. So Dallas DOES need WRs in the draft for any part of the WR roster they can get.
