Roy Williams is an upgrade for the Cowboys, considering how misfit Terrell Owens is playing.
As for Michael Irvin’s excuses about how Owens faces more physical cornerbacks than legendary Hall-of-Famer Jerry Rice did, forget it.
He needs to take a look at the tough secondaries Rice faced in an NFC composed of many of the best teams the NFL has ever seen.
While I like Irvin a lot, and respect him for the positive things he has accomplished after football, his excuse-making for Owens is preposterous.
Owens can’t even get off the line when met by no-name cornerbacks in single coverage.
Forget Wade Phillips’s excuses, too.
The fact is, Cowboy fans, that Owens is stinking up your stadium and he has cast a long shadow on your feeble star.
Let’s see how Williams, an Odessa, Texas native, looks.
(For Owens’s hilariously pitiful stats, please see my other Bleacher Report column on this sensitive fella.)
Williams has played with average—some might say less-than-average—quarterbacks, while Owens has played with some very good quarterbacks. (Oh, he’s predictably turned on them all. With Romo, though, he added a new layer by pathetically crying.)
In 2004, Williams played with Joey Harrington, who threw for 3,047 yards, 19 touchdowns, 12 interceptions, six fumbles (three lost), a 56 percent completion percentage, and a 77.5 quarterback rating.
In that year, Williams played 14 games, catching 54 passes for 817 yards for eight TDs.
In 2005, he played with Harrington and Jeff Garcia.
Here are Garcia’s numbers: 937 yards, 59 percent completion percentage, three TDs, six INTs, 65.1 rating, and one fumble (one lost).
Here are Harrington’s numbers: 2,021 yards, 57 percent, 12 TDs, 12 INTs, seven fumbles (four lost), and a 72 rating.
It’s obvious that 2005 wasn’t a good year in Detroit, and yet Williams caught 45 passes for 687 yards and eight touchdowns in 13 games.
In 2006, Jon Kitna quarterbacked for Detroit and threw for 4,208 yards, 62.4 percent, 21 TDs, 22 INTs, 11 fumbles (nine lost), and a 79.9 rating.
Kitna’s yardage total is deceptive, unless you consider his interceptions, fumbles lost, and quarterback rating. Those three stats make it difficult for receivers.
Despite those facts, Williams caught 82 passes for 1,310 yards and seven TDs in 16 games.
In 2007, Kitna threw for 4,068 yards, 63.3 percent, 18 TDs, 20 INTs, 17 fumbles (six lost), and an 80.9 rating.
Williams caught 64 passes in 12 games for 838 yards and five touchdowns.
Detroit has imploded this year, so I’m not even going to embarrass Williams with his stats.
Here are Tony Romo's stats:
In 2006, Romo threw for 2,903 yards, 19 TDs, 13 INTs, 65.3 percent, nine fumbles (3 lost), and a 95.1 QB rating in 10 starts.
In 2007, Romo hit his stride and threw for 4,211 yards, 36 TDs, 19 INTs, 64.4 percent, 10 fumbles (two lost), and a 97.4 rating.
Now the fun starts. We'll see how Owens reacts to having a better receiver on the same team.
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2 months ago
Alright...I've had it...I've read this and that about how Terrell Owens is doing this and Terrell Owens is going to do that because we got Roy Williams. Well, I say people including you need to get off this notion that Owens is going to do this or that. Williams' presence will draw all the double and triple coverage that he has encountered during the last few games. When Romo and Felix Jones get back and then when we get some guys back on defense..We're going to right the ship..you cant double everybody..but the one thing that I will agree with you on is that Williams' talents were being squandered in Detroit, and he will fill in nicely as the Cowboys #2 WR, and then of course people wont be able to double cover Owens or stop Witten over the middle..and then you have to account for Marion Barber and Jones out of the backfield. Get real and stop hating on the Cowboys..you sound like a sad Redskins, Eagles, or Giants fan, but I wouldnt blame you because the 'Boys are going to rebound and the NFC...wait the entire NFL better be on notice!!
from 2 months ago
Hey, Stephen, sorry the delay in responding. Thank you for reading and writing.
I hate the Cowboys. I admit it, although I admire your owner for building a new stadium, unlike our weak-kneed Yorkville Circus Train that can't even steer a caboose.
I also hate every other team in the NFL, but my Niners. I especially hate your Cowboys and hope you guys are clobbered every time you step on to the field. Your quarterback is Mr. Choke: fumbled snap (Seattle), interception (New York). He's not an Aikman, despite his records, and he'll never bel close to Montana.
I also hate the Rams, Redskins, Giants, and many more.
In football, "hate" has a different conntation than in the rest of society. It's OK to hate.
So in that spirit, I hope Owens continues to get manhandled, and to cry about it and his quarterback, and I hope your quarterback takes another stupid vacation to Mexico with the blonde blob he calls his girlfriend. I think my cat is more intelligent than she is.
I hope your coach continues to let the owner coach the team into oblivion, and I hope Garrett becomes your coach, because you guys are gonna stink up your new stadium as you sink into that oblivion I mentioned.
A pox on your house, my friend.
Don't sweat the small stuff. More people hate the UnAmerican team than like them.
Have fun missing the Super Bowl again, even if you make it to the playoffs and manage one victory. Romeo will still stink it up for you.
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