It is April 2004, and Roy Williams has just been chosen by the Detroit Lions as the seventh pick in the NFL draft. It is the second year in a row that the Lions have taken a Wide Receiver as their first overall pick. Despite having a standout rookie season with 54 receptions for 8 touchdowns and 817 yards, the Lions have an awful season and go onto draft yet another wide receiver in the 2005 Draft.
Two years later, Williams has yet another standout season. By making 82 receptions throughout the season, he is voted to the Pro Bowl, the first Detroit receiver to do so since 1998.
Fast forward to 2008. The Lions traded Williams to the Cowboys for first, third and sixth round picks in the upcoming draft. Hoping to make the most out of the former first round pick, Dallas signs the high-profile receiver to a 6-year contract for $54 million, with $26 million guaranteed. During his first season with the cowboys, he started 7 games, making only 19 receptions and 1 touchdown.
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Hoping to make a larger impact on his team, he starts off with spirits high entering the 2009 season. The fates do not go as Williams had planned though, as his presence is overshadowed by breakout star Miles Austin, who quickly becomes team's top receiver with 81 receptions over the season. As Austin's season ended with a trip to the probowl, Williams was fighting to find his place on the team as he had now been pushed back to the #3 target, behind both Austin and Jason Witten.
You got lucky this time ball!
Despite the Cowboys drafting high profile wide receiver, Dez Bryant, as their first pick in the 2010 draft, Williams does not fear for his starting position. Rather, he is more optimistic about his performance and position on the team than ever before. In fact, he is so confident about the upcoming season that he recently claimed that he and Tony Romo would be, "Connecting like Montana and Rice." Now you don't have to be an expert to know that comparing yourself and your QB to the greatest QB/WR combination in the history of the league is probably not smart, especially when you have been as unproductive as Williams has been.
Some would call this typical Receiver antics, as they are usually the cockiest players in the league. However, when you are dense enough to compare Tony Romo to one of the greatest Quarterbacks of all time, there has to be something wrong with you. Clearly, Williams has gone off the deep-end knowing that he is sure to lose his starting job soon, or even be cut from the team in order to save a buck. Either way, the state of Roy's mental health is clear.
Clearly the next Joe Montana
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