Friday

Roy E. Williams, and why he does not matter

     You ready for this?
     Because the Cowboys don't need him. And why?
     Get ready for this, because it may hurt a little.
     Because Tony Romo is turning out to a little bit like the feared Donovan McNabb.
     No! No, you say, it couldn't be! But its true. Romo is currently operating in a rarefied level; He alone decides how he plays. If he has a 300 yard game, its his success. If he has a 2 Int game, its on him. The emergence of Miles to go has coalesced the idea in my mind, I guess: it just doesn't matter who this guy throws to, he'll be good if hes good and bad if hes bad,  no matter the receiver.                                                   
     This is a fact, guys. Put it on the board.
     In all his years with the Eagles, McNabb has only had one year with an elite receiver (T.O.), and it was a good year. But he had an almost as good year with the spare Donte Stallworth, and hes currently making DeSean Jackson look like the second coming of Steve Smith. Anyone remember their speedy white receiver, Kevin Curtis? Or Reggie Brown? They have both fallen to off the depth chart to the fourth and fifth spots, respectively. And these have been some of his top receivers! The thing is, no one is surprised when three guys have 800 yards for the Eagles, because people expect it. Now that T.O. is gone, his marriage to Tony Romo's success will make it more apparent that the receivers in Dallas benefit from the system and from Romo, and that none of them are really essential to Tony's game (even Witten). 

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