cowboyed;2110478 said:
First of all Roy is 27 just entering into his prime. He was also a first round top ten draft pick. Most certainly he was more effective, even in coverage in the beginning of his Cowboys career several years ago.
Roy Williams is still a good safety, but not the great safety he once was. I think what irks most fans is that he is still young and at times exhibits a questionable attitude and a reputation for not preparing for opponents as diligently as some other key players.
A few years ago he received a hefty and extended contract and even back then I recall him reinforcing that he was getting back to old form. Those GM's if for real are more football knowledgeable than any fan no matter how critically impassioned or statistically oriented they are. That stated how much time have these GM's really spent in depth evaluating and researching Roy as none have gone on record stating Roy was offered to them in a trade.
I personally believe Roy can become the feared defensive weapon he once was if he rights himself and embraces the coaching and scheme. Also with an improved defensive supporting cast around him and one especially devoid of Jacques Reeves, he may have his coming out party again.
RW will be 28 in two months. That is 30ish. I wouldn't have used an -ish had I taken the time to go to nfl.com but for clarity's sake I have now.
The question remains: How many Dallas Cowboys players are worth a 2nd rounder or higher and how many of those players are talked about as needing to be gotten rid of by fans?
Part of the problem is here Roy has been asked to play uni-safety(i.e. interchangeable safeties as we have heard this system uses-- so did BP's) not Strong Safety. That's scheme preference and also a misuse of RW. I'd guess most GMs willing to pay a 2nd or 3rd for RW do not play that uni-safety scheme.
I think RW needs to play more weakside backer in this scheme because we do not have a true strong safety position for him to play. Putting him at LB changes matchups quite a lot and forces teams to play him more honestly not just trying to split him out on an elite pass catching TE if they have one(Wash/NYG) or on a great receiving running back(Philly).
RW destroyed these teams and their players earlier so of course as any decent coaching staff will do they started game-planning him. The plan as simply go right him in the passing game so he was playing back on his heels and not attacking. That playing on his heels thing started off with him chasing a lot of guys and using horse-collars. But the NFL stepped in there to stop that... even though the game is 100 years old and has never been illegal previously.
So now RW is stuck chasing guys and being forced to "think" about his tackle technique. That means all the instinctive plays he made goign forward are pretty much dead in the water.
Why dopes he still make Pro Bowls? Largely base don PLAYER votes. Other players still respect his game because he can knock a guy out with one blow and that carries major weight with NFL guys. Do SOME coaches and GMs take shots at him? Sure but they do not have to face his 240 pound tackles.
Does Burress talk noise? Yup but he talks noise about almost everyone. He is also one of the biggest WRs in football.
So it is imho easy to see why RW is playing less strongly. He is in a scheme less well suited to him, is being game-planned, has lost some confidence and is being targeted at the NFL level for tackling violations.
Excuses? No. They are simply the realistic issues facing RW and the sad truth is they are not going away. So the coaching staff needs to get him out of some of that hot water by making it much harder to game-plan him.
I think the balanced take on RW is:
A) He has been a huge difference maker.
B) He is currently not a huge difference maker.
C) We should as a team try to allow him to return to being a huge difference maker by not conceding match-ups to other coaching staffs.
D) Roy needs to stop being so thin-skinned and get his swagger back.
Now go back and say what you really mean so that we can respond to your actual meaning. 
