3 worst trades in Dallas Cowboys franchise history

Cowboys worst trade No. 1: Roy Williams, 2008

Wide receivers have been the Achilles heel for the Cowboys — even though Jerry Jones still refuses to admit it’s a passing league and paid a running back. The Joey Galloway trade was bad, and while they looked brilliant for the Amari Cooper trade when they landed him, they messed that up by trading him for a fifth-rounder.

Having said all of that, there was still a much worse move made by Dallas involving a wideout, which happened in the middle of the 2008 season.

Looking to pair a younger wide receiver with Terrell Owens as they hoped to have an elite duo, with a player to take the reins when T.O. did leave, the Cowboys sent the Detroit Lions a first, third, and sixth-round pick for former Texas star receiver Roy Williams.

Jones had been reportedly trying to trade for Williams for a couple of seasons before making this move, and he didn’t hesitate to give him a six-year extension upon his arrival.

From day one, this looked like a bad move as Williams had just 19 receptions for 198 yards and a touchdown in his first 10 games with Dallas. He hardly improved from there, never even totaling 600 yards or 40 receptions in a single year for the Cowboys.

In all, he gave them 40 games and had 94 receptions for 1,324 yards and 13 touchdowns. For what was given up to acquire him, those numbers should have been from one year. Not three.