Roy Williams being shopped. Should Texans be interested?

Wait till they release him, then I'm fine picking him up assuming he passes a physical.

 

Can hit, but can't cover. I'll pass.

 

What happened to this dude? I don't follow pro football as much as college, but didnt he used to be a pro-bowler?

 

Like any all-star game, it's all about popularity and Roy was dishing out huge hits that made him a fan favorite. However, it wasn't long until everyone in the league figured out he couldn't cover worth anything.

We already have enough issues with our secondary IMO. The last thing we need on this team is a Safety who cannot cover.

 

No. As said before....lacks the coverage skills needed.

 

Only for a very low minimum. Old boy hasn't shown himself to be worth that much from what I have seen of him in the Cowboys line up.

 

It's kind of a shame how he's seemingly plateaud as a pro considering he was one of the best defensive players I have ever seen in college. He's been an okay pro but as others have eluded to he gets exposed on coverage plays fairly easily. He's basically a LB in a safety's body.

 

You haven't seen him play much have you? He cannot cover, it wasn't his m.o. coming out of college but he's really been exposed in the NFL. He's a good tackler and is good for a big hit every now and then, but that's about it.

 

Rather have C.C Brown over Roy Williams and thats not saying much...

 

I wouldnt trade a 7th round pick for him...I just dont want him on the field when my team is playing defense.

 

A serious question for Cowboys fans: What was the reasoning behind giving such a limited player like Williams the big contract? His limitations have been on full display since he's been in the NFL. Was it the highlight hits? Did the Cowboys think his intimidation factor would overcome his glaring lack of coverage skills? Is he a great lockerroom guy? Does he have a close relationship with Jerry Jones?

Like B4L said, Roy Williams was a great college player but since the NFL operates at a higher speed and skill level, his flaws were on display from the beginning. I don't think it was hard to see he was going to plateau early in his career.

 

Abso-freaking-lutely NO! He's a sooner, a cowboy, and, most importantly, he sucks. I'm not sure it actually gets worse than that.

 

Williams used to be pretty quick when he was younger, which made up for some of his terrible pass coverage skills.

Now that he's getting slower it's painfully obvious he can't find the ball.

He can still blow people up, but putting him in guarantees at least one home run ball per game on our D... no thanks

 

I don't really know too many SS's in the league who are great 1 on 1 cover men. It isn't their primary role. Their job is to flop between the tight end (their primary cover target) and assisting with stopping the running game.

Roy Williams in this capacity is great, and perhaps still one of the best in the league. He is NOT a shutdown corner. It seems you people are comparing apples to oranges in here. If you look at his position, consider his position, and compare him to others at his position, he's one of the top players. If you take him out of position and compare him to shutdown corners, he sucks (almost all safetys would). But that type of comparison makes no sense. This would be like evaluating free safeties on their ability to stop the run.

/shrug

 

I'm surprised the Boys never tried him at LB as that is the only position I would give a look.

 

Because he's one of the stop strong safeties in the game. If the Dallas secondary is healthy and Roy plays his natural position (SS), he's one of the tops in the game. However, when guys are injured and he's shifted to playing cover, it goes without saying that's a weakness to exploit.

In my opinion, there are only a handful of safeties in the league that I consider to be great cover men. The strange thing is, none of them line up on the strong side (typically). It simply isn't the role of a strong safety to be a cover man.

Most strong safeties get burned when forced into single coverage. It isn't just Roy or the Cowboys. Look around the league.

 

Samething I was thinking. Seems like he would be better off at OLB than SS this point of his career.

 

While I agree that sometimes sounds good because of his skill set, I think it would be doomed to fail. He isn't used to the pounding linebackers take. He wouldn't last for half a season let alone an entire one.