Cowboys Will Pay if Roy Williams Fails to Enter Class of Elite Receivers

The Dallas Cowboys feel like they have made a positive ‘addition-by-subtraction’ move in letting go veteran game-breaking wide receiver Terrell Owens. But NFL sports betting enthusiasts should know that the Cowboys made a move that could backfire on them in a big way if well-paid veteran wideout Roy Williams doesn’t step into the No. 1 wide receiver role they have put him in despite the fact that Williams has never shown No.1 wideout ability in his five-year career.

Don’t’ get me wrong, I’m not hating on Williams. I think he has shown throughout his career that he is an excellent No. 2 option that has the hands, height and strength to make all of the tough grabs in traffic, across the middle of the field and underneath zones.

What Williams isn’t however, is a blazing speedster that can get separation from defensive backs with sheer unadulterated speed and ‘take it to the house’ from anywhere on the field.

Again, Williams is a consistent possession receiver that can make plays in the middle of the field with his sheer height, brute strength and great hands.

In 2008, Williams had just 36 catches for 430 yards and a pedestrian average of 11.9 yards per catch. Williams’ longest catch was for just 38 yards and he had just two touchdowns in 15 games, missing one because of his trade to Dallas.

For his career, spanning five seasons and 61 starts, Williams has caught 281 passes for 4,082 yards and averaged a respectable 14.5 yards per catch with 30 career touchdowns, never catching more than eight in a single season.

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Should Williams fail to become the No.1 receiver the Cowboys think he can become Dallas could be in big trouble. The team’s most experienced receiver outside of Williams is veteran Patrick Clayton, a six-year pro that is also a possession receiver like Williams who will start opposite the former University of Texas star.

The Cowboys’ other wide receivers? Oh yeah, they’re a scary bunch. Let’s see, there’s the backup to Williams, Miles Austin, a fourth-year player that is imposing physically, standing 6-3, but one that caught all of 13 passes last season for 278 yards and three touchdowns and has a career 18 catches total.

Sam Hurd, the back up to Crayton on the other side, is another fourth-year player that played in just four games last season, not catching a single pass while suffering through a lingering ankle injury that he sustained during the preseason.

Isaiah Stanback a third-year pro that played quarterback in college but moved to wide receiver in the NFL and battled a season-long shoulder injury last season.

Maybe it’s me BetOnline NFL sports betting members, but I’m thinking the Dallas Cowboys’ addition-by-subtraction jettisoning of Owens is going to come back to haunt them as soon as they realize that Roy Williams is no T.O.