Roy Williams, Safety, Dallas Cowboys
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Interview
When I finish playing football, I would like to:
Work with kids
My hobbies and leisure activities include:
staying at home watching movies, bowling
My favorite NFL team as a child was:
Cowboys
My autobiography would be titled:
A man who cared more about his teammates than himself.
Who is your favorite musician or musical group?
i like r&b and rap, country, pretty much everything
My favorite quotation is:
are you alright "yes" your F'N right you you'll aright Coach Zimmer to me in the
eagles game @ home
The living person I most admire is:
Deion Sanders and Michael Jordan
What is your favorite food?
anything my mom or dad cooked
Growing up, my football hero was:
Deion Sanders
My greatest achievement is:
Playing with my teammates and still having good relationships with them
My motto is:
man balls to the wall, why not! jus go do it
What is your dream car?
really don't have one, i don't know how to drive a stick
The best advice I have ever received (and from whom) is:
Damian Mackey my boy from when we were little, " jus go do the damn thing"
What is your favorite movie?
I have so many, that's all i do is watch movies. the last dragon, bad boys, life,
above the rim, were we soldiers, remember the titans i'll stop because i can go 4
days
Few people know that:
I'm a homebody
Nickname
I've been called everything in the book
My pre-game superstitions/rituals are:
stay close to Darren Woodson
OXNARD, Calif. – For years, anger filled Roy Williams'
body every time he stepped on the football field.
Maybe it stemmed from the middle school kids who teased him about a
learning disability. Even he isn't exactly sure where it originated, but
it helped make him a terrific football player.
Jesus Christ took the anger away when Williams became a Christian.
"I was trying to please people of the world and trying to be seen on
SportsCenter. I was trying to get glory for all of the wrong reasons,"
Williams said. "I was trying to get glory for other reasons instead of
giving the glory to God. It's all part of the process of what I've been
going through."
Most of you don't really care about that.
You just want the Roy Williams who was one of the game's best safeties
back on the football field.
Don't be shocked if you get him.
Williams had 115 tackles last year but did not record a sack or tackle
for loss. He struggled in coverage, but he wasn't a bad player.
Average? Perhaps. Tentative? No doubt.
None of that really matters now. It's all about this season.
Williams will earn $3.72 million this season to be a Pro Bowl-caliber
player. If he is, Jerry Jones will continue making him one of the game's
highest-paid safeties. If he isn't, none of us should be surprised if
he's wearing another uniform in 2009.
You know it. I know it.
After Monday morning's practice, Williams said he's ready to be a force
again. He sounded confident when he spoke. He smiled often and talked
about having a good time at practice. He wasn't defensive.
Football, for him, is fun again. It hasn't been the past few seasons.
No one wants to hear year after year how he can't cover. No one wants to
hear how committing his life to God over the last few years has made him
a lesser player.
Every born-again Christian handles the conversion differently. It takes
some longer to find balance than others. Then there's the scrutiny from
folks who suddenly expect you to lead a perfect life.
"It's a transition. It's a constant battle to live right," Williams
said. "You kind of want to do the things you did in the past, but at the
end of the day if it's not giving glory to God, it's not worth it.
"I can't worry about what everyone else is saying. I'm not going to
respond to foolish things. I'm not going to question who I am and my
relationship with Christ for anybody."
The Cowboys drafted Williams to be a playmaker, and that's what he did
in his first three seasons with former assistant Mike Zimmer as the
defensive coordinator. Zimmer often played Williams 6 yards off the line
of scrimmage and let him create havoc.
The result: seven forced fumbles, 18 tackles for loss and too many
knockouts to count.
Bill Parcells wanted Williams to be more versatile, so he began playing
him 12 yards off the line more frequently. No safety can consistently
make plays in the backfield at that depth.
Last year, Wade Phillips moved Williams 10 yards off the line of
scrimmage, which is close enough to allow him to read the guards and
still make plays behind the line of scrimmage, but his alignment was
inconsistent.
It matters whether Williams lines up 10.5 yards off the ball or 11 yards
or 12 yards, especially since he has average speed.
"I probably missed 15 tackles last year because I wasn't lined up
right," Williams said. "I'm really focusing on it this year. It's hard
when the ball isn't on the hash mark, but that's what I've got to do."
He must also stop thinking about the horse-collar tackle. The NFL
suspended him for a game last December for frequently violating the rule
prohibiting horse-collar tackles.
"Last year, I really worried about it. This year, I'm not," Williams
said. "If it happens, it happens. I can't let that dictate my play on
the field.
"I just have a new attitude on everything – life and this season. It's
not about showing anybody anything. I'm not trying to prove myself to
anybody.
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