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By Paul Needell/The Star-Ledger
October 18, 2009, 6:30AM
Wide receiver Roy Williams has not provided the impact the Cowboys would have hoped for since they traded for him at the deadline last year.
http://www.nj.com/sports/ledger/needell/index.ssf/2009/10/needell_at_the_trade_deadline.html
The NFL trade deadline is 4 p.m. Tuesday. It’s always a “buyer beware” market for anyone hoping to strike it rich. See: Walker, Herschel.
You would think that the man who feasted on the riches the Dallas Cowboys collected from the Minnesota Vikings by shipping them Walker for a myriad of draft choices — which would become a large part of three Super Bowl titles in four seasons (1992-95) — would know better about how such tomfoolery works out for the buyer.
But Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is no ordinary man. Just ask him.
So there he was a year ago, believing that Detroit Lions wide receiver Roy Williams was the answer to his latest string of unanswered Super Bowl prayers. Off to Dallas went Williams, along with a seventh-round draft pick in 2009, in exchange for a first (TE Brandon Pettigrew), a third (WR Derrick Williams) and a sixth-rounder (RB Aaron Brown).
It's too soon to say how the picks are working out, but Roy Williams has been a huge disappointment, by any measure. In 14 games with the Cowboys, Williams has caught only 30 passes, three for TDs, and has yet to have 100 yards receiving in a game.
The Jets, of course, have every reason to hope their recent acquisition of former Cleveland Browns wide receiver Braylon Edwards pays more immediate dividends for them. All indications are he will.
Williams was added to the Cowboys last season to complement established diva wideout Terrell Owens. He wasn’t asked to be the man until this season, but thus far, former Monmouth University star Miles Austin has done more to seize the day than Williams has.
The coast is all clear for Edwards to become that rare in-season trade acquisition that reaps huge rewards. His partner in pass-catching crime will eventually be Jerricho Cotchery, an excellent Robin who needs a Batman.
Edwards can be that Batman.
As a member of the Buffalo Bills this afternoon at Giants Stadium, perhaps Owens will look longingly over at the Jets and think, “Maybe they can get it right.”
Playing fantasy football did not work out well this time around for Jones. Not with T.O. in the mix. He is poison for quarterbacks, as Tony Romo learned the hard way.
Edwards does not have to become another T.O. It’s not too late for him to change his stripes.
Maybe Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum has better luck playing the rotisserie game, putting Edwards and Cotchery together with rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez and second-year tight end Dustin Keller. These chemistry experiments are always fun to watch.
Volatile, too. Buyer beware, indeed.
NOTES ETC.
What did Saints coach Sean Payton do with ex-Giants TE Jeremy Shockey all week? How did he ever get the Shockster to take such a milquetoast stance before Sunday’s battle of undefeateds at the Superdome? Rest assured, the real Shockey moments will come in the locker room after the game — if we’re not treated to a few during it. ... As predicted, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones gave Wade Phillips another vote of confidence on his radio show the other day, this time committing to his head coach for the rest of the season. “Two years ago the Giants were seemingly not in disarray, but they were in trouble,” Jones said. “It was also absolutely expected that something was going to happen with the coach, [Tom] Coughlin. ... Well, that same year they won the Super Bowl. You’ve got to be mindful that this is a long, long journey. ... A lot can happen from the beginning to the end.”
No such endorsement for Commanders coach Jim Zorn from Danny Boy Snyder. Zorn’s almost certainly a goner if Washington loses Sunday to the winless Chiefs after already giving the Giants, Lions and Panthers their first Ws. ... More evidence of parity gone by: For the first time in NFL history, four teams are 5-0. And for the first time in more than 20 years, four teams are 0-5. ... Chiefs coach Todd Haley recently demoted former Jets WR Dedric Ward from WR coach and replaced him with ex-Jets RB Richie Anderson. ... The three teams that fired their offensive coordinators before the end of training camp — the Bills, Chiefs and Buccaneers — are 1-14. Just sayin’. Oh, and Buffalo’s win was over Tampa Bay. Should that even count?
Of the 27 players traded at the deadline in the previous 20 years, seven were WRs. Wideouts are among the players most easily acclimated into a team’s system. ... Remember when passing for 300 yards was once the kiss of death for teams? Not anymore: Clubs which passed for 300 yards or more are 23-8 thus far in those games, the most wins in history for the first five weeks of the season. ... The league’s leading rusher is Bengals RB Cedric Benson (487 yards). This bears repeating: The league’s leading rusher is Bengals RB Cedric Benson (487 yards). That has to pain fans of Da Bears, who picked him fourth overall in ’05. ... The Josh Johnson Era in Tampa Bay is two games old but already on borrowed time. Bucs coach Raheem Morris is inching closer to handing over the reins to No. 1 pick Josh Freeman after the team’s Week 8 bye, unless something unforeseen occurs — like the Bucs beating the Patriots in London Oct. 28. Yeah, right. Pencil in Freeman for Nov. 8 at home vs. the Packers. ... If Saints FS Darren Sharper picks off Eli Manning a time or three Sunday, per usual, isn’t it time for Giants GM Jerry Reese to get him over to the QB’s side?
October 18, 2009, 6:30AM
Wide receiver Roy Williams has not provided the impact the Cowboys would have hoped for since they traded for him at the deadline last year.
http://www.nj.com/sports/ledger/needell/index.ssf/2009/10/needell_at_the_trade_deadline.html
The NFL trade deadline is 4 p.m. Tuesday. It’s always a “buyer beware” market for anyone hoping to strike it rich. See: Walker, Herschel.
You would think that the man who feasted on the riches the Dallas Cowboys collected from the Minnesota Vikings by shipping them Walker for a myriad of draft choices — which would become a large part of three Super Bowl titles in four seasons (1992-95) — would know better about how such tomfoolery works out for the buyer.
But Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is no ordinary man. Just ask him.
So there he was a year ago, believing that Detroit Lions wide receiver Roy Williams was the answer to his latest string of unanswered Super Bowl prayers. Off to Dallas went Williams, along with a seventh-round draft pick in 2009, in exchange for a first (TE Brandon Pettigrew), a third (WR Derrick Williams) and a sixth-rounder (RB Aaron Brown).
It's too soon to say how the picks are working out, but Roy Williams has been a huge disappointment, by any measure. In 14 games with the Cowboys, Williams has caught only 30 passes, three for TDs, and has yet to have 100 yards receiving in a game.
The Jets, of course, have every reason to hope their recent acquisition of former Cleveland Browns wide receiver Braylon Edwards pays more immediate dividends for them. All indications are he will.
Williams was added to the Cowboys last season to complement established diva wideout Terrell Owens. He wasn’t asked to be the man until this season, but thus far, former Monmouth University star Miles Austin has done more to seize the day than Williams has.
The coast is all clear for Edwards to become that rare in-season trade acquisition that reaps huge rewards. His partner in pass-catching crime will eventually be Jerricho Cotchery, an excellent Robin who needs a Batman.
Edwards can be that Batman.
As a member of the Buffalo Bills this afternoon at Giants Stadium, perhaps Owens will look longingly over at the Jets and think, “Maybe they can get it right.”
Playing fantasy football did not work out well this time around for Jones. Not with T.O. in the mix. He is poison for quarterbacks, as Tony Romo learned the hard way.
Edwards does not have to become another T.O. It’s not too late for him to change his stripes.
Maybe Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum has better luck playing the rotisserie game, putting Edwards and Cotchery together with rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez and second-year tight end Dustin Keller. These chemistry experiments are always fun to watch.
Volatile, too. Buyer beware, indeed.
NOTES ETC.
What did Saints coach Sean Payton do with ex-Giants TE Jeremy Shockey all week? How did he ever get the Shockster to take such a milquetoast stance before Sunday’s battle of undefeateds at the Superdome? Rest assured, the real Shockey moments will come in the locker room after the game — if we’re not treated to a few during it. ... As predicted, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones gave Wade Phillips another vote of confidence on his radio show the other day, this time committing to his head coach for the rest of the season. “Two years ago the Giants were seemingly not in disarray, but they were in trouble,” Jones said. “It was also absolutely expected that something was going to happen with the coach, [Tom] Coughlin. ... Well, that same year they won the Super Bowl. You’ve got to be mindful that this is a long, long journey. ... A lot can happen from the beginning to the end.”
No such endorsement for Commanders coach Jim Zorn from Danny Boy Snyder. Zorn’s almost certainly a goner if Washington loses Sunday to the winless Chiefs after already giving the Giants, Lions and Panthers their first Ws. ... More evidence of parity gone by: For the first time in NFL history, four teams are 5-0. And for the first time in more than 20 years, four teams are 0-5. ... Chiefs coach Todd Haley recently demoted former Jets WR Dedric Ward from WR coach and replaced him with ex-Jets RB Richie Anderson. ... The three teams that fired their offensive coordinators before the end of training camp — the Bills, Chiefs and Buccaneers — are 1-14. Just sayin’. Oh, and Buffalo’s win was over Tampa Bay. Should that even count?
Of the 27 players traded at the deadline in the previous 20 years, seven were WRs. Wideouts are among the players most easily acclimated into a team’s system. ... Remember when passing for 300 yards was once the kiss of death for teams? Not anymore: Clubs which passed for 300 yards or more are 23-8 thus far in those games, the most wins in history for the first five weeks of the season. ... The league’s leading rusher is Bengals RB Cedric Benson (487 yards). This bears repeating: The league’s leading rusher is Bengals RB Cedric Benson (487 yards). That has to pain fans of Da Bears, who picked him fourth overall in ’05. ... The Josh Johnson Era in Tampa Bay is two games old but already on borrowed time. Bucs coach Raheem Morris is inching closer to handing over the reins to No. 1 pick Josh Freeman after the team’s Week 8 bye, unless something unforeseen occurs — like the Bucs beating the Patriots in London Oct. 28. Yeah, right. Pencil in Freeman for Nov. 8 at home vs. the Packers. ... If Saints FS Darren Sharper picks off Eli Manning a time or three Sunday, per usual, isn’t it time for Giants GM Jerry Reese to get him over to the QB’s side?
