Dallas Cowboys: 3 worst trades in franchise history
By Randy Gurzi
Dallas Cowboys worst trade No. 1: Roy Williams, 2008
Jerry Jones and the Cowboys should have learned a lesson after the Joey Galloway fiasco. They did not, however, learn any lessons in the joey Galloway fiasco.
In fact, they went out and made another huge trade for a receiver in October of 2008 when they landed Roy Williams from the Detroit Lions. A former stand-out at Texas, Williams was the apple of Jerry’s eye for several years as he continually tried to trade for the big wideout.
Eventually, he struck a deal, giving the Lions a first, third, and sixth-round pick. While it wasn’t two firsts like the Galloway deal, they did turn right around and sign him to a six-year extension making him a very high-priced member of the team.
Williams got off to a slow start, catching just 19 passes for 198 yards and a touchdown in 10 games. Of course, we all chalked this up to him learning a new system and swore he would be better in 2009.
He was not better in 2009.
On 86 targets, Williams had just 38 receptions which was a putrid 44.2 percent catch rate. He did score seven touchdowns and had 596 yards but the effort to get him there was not worth it. Williams continued to decline from there and in two and a half seasons, he had 94 catches for 1,324 yards, with 13 touchdowns.
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Those numbers would have been great for a 16 game season, but getting that in 40 games from a player they invested so heavily in was disastrous.