Terrance Williams
The question about Terrance Williams isn’t if he belongs in the NFL, but can he be a No. 1 type of wide receiver option? In his first five seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, that has yet to be seen.
Williams is a solid wide receiver, and occasionally he is able to take over a game and have “the big game,” but on a consistent basis he’s not been the top wide receiver for the Cowboys in terms of being a game changer each and every week.
The 2015 season where Dez Bryant missed a lot of action due to a foot injury, Williams was looked at to be “the guy” as the No. 1 wide receiver that year. Even though the Cowboys had many quarterback issues that season with Tony Romo being injured, Williams never stood out as that top wide receiver on a roster. That season, Williams totaled 52 receptions on 93 targets for 840 yards and three touchdowns.
That season, and the ensuing 2016 season of 594 yards on 44 receptions (61 targets) and four touchdowns, were good enough to get Willams a contract extension before the start of the 2017 season, a season where he caught 53 passes (78 targets) for 568 yards and zero touchdowns.
It isn’t that Williams doesn’t belong with the Cowboys somewhere on their wide receiver depth chart, but they can’t rely on him to be “THE” replacement of Bryant for the 2018 season, and to be honest, there might not be a player on the current roster who is able to do that.