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The Dallas Cowboys are close to a deal to acquire wide receiver Roy Williams from the Detroit Lions, a source told ESPN.com Tuesday. The trade would involve multiple draft picks but would not involve the Cowboys' first-round pick.



The Cowboys are also trying to negotitate a long-term deal with Williams before completing the deal. Williams has expressed unhappiness playing for the winless Lions and can become a free agent after the season unless the team places the franchise tag on him.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones believes Williams is a game-breaker who provides an immediate boost to a faltering offense without quarterback Tony Romo and views him as a potential long-term solution as the eventual replacement for aging Terrell Owens, according to another high-ranking Cowboys source.

The source said the Cowboys are willing to make the deal, but the Lions seem hesitant because they are operating without a general manager. Former GM Matt Millen had discussed the possibility of trading Williams with the Cowboys frequently before he was fired.

The Lions had been demanding a first-round draft choice just to consider a deal. The Cowboys could offer a second- and third-round pick, since they have multiple choices in the third round.

ESPN's Chris Mortensen, attending the meeting of league owners, reported that the Cowboys' NFC East rivals the Philadelphia Eagles have also made inquiries about Williams' availability. However, Philadelphia is believed to be more interested in Kansas City Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez. The New York Giants and Green Bay Packers are also pursuing a deal with the Chiefs.

However, sources told ESPN's Michael Smith on Tuesday that it appeared very unlikely Gonzalez would be traded.

In Dallas, Jones is known for a failed deal in which he traded two No. 1 draft picks to the Seattle Seahawks for wide receiver Joey Galloway in an attempt to provide Troy Aikman one more chance at the Super Bowl.

The Cowboys would like to find a way to avoid the two- to three-season span it seems to take to develop a young receiver for that role. But the Cowboys are concerned about how Owens would react to the addition of another prominent receiver and the possibility it would diminish his role rather than provide him occasional single coverage. The potential negative effect on the overall offensive chemistry is also a concern and some in the organization prefer to wait until the offseason to make such a move.

Either way, Jones definitely wants him and there have been very few times in his two decades of ownership that the Cowboys have failed to acquire a player Jones covets like he does Williams.

Ed Werder covers the NFL for ESPN.

Either way, Jones definitely wants him and there have been very few times in his two decades of ownership that the Cowboys have failed to acquire a player Jones covets like he does Williams.


Jones will help the Lions make the deal...then fleece them..gooo get em Jones!

A second and third is a steep price for a guy they can acquire in the offseason for free.

Wow, He's a really good player ..... but that's a whole lot to give up for a guy you theoretically could only have for another 11 games.

How do they have the money????

for the next 4 weeks, how are they gonna get the ball to him? and it will be at least 3 or 4 weeks before he gets the hang of thier offense,, I don't think this was a very smart move.

I seem to remember that Jerry Jones signs guys to personal services contracts... At least that's what I think he did with Deion Sanders way back when.

the cowboys gave up too much for this guy...

If I remember correctly, it has no effect on the cap.

You sign a guy to a personal services contract. After his career comes to an end, the personal services money kicks in. He might receive that money over the next 25 years or so.

It's actually not a horrible deal considering the amount of dollars you are talking about..

But I'm almost positive that the league put a stop to that,

If they didn't, i would expect many other teams to do the same. Namely Snyder of the Redskins.

j/c

i just despise every move that team makes. their season is literally falling apart around them, and the best move they can make is a draft bust WR when they are thin at QB, corner, RB and many other places?

i'm glad i'm not a dallas fan...we have our problems, but at least we don't have jerry jones.

Say what you will about Jones,, the man bought the Cowboys in the late 80s and has since picked up 3 Lombardis... not bad for a guy that I don't care for.

Memory on the subject is very gray, but I seem to remember that the thing he did with Dion was really frowned upon by the league and thus outlawed by the NFL.

Personally, I don't find anything terribly wrong with it. It's pretty creative and let's face it, all of these owners are billionaires. If they want to spend thier money that way,, who are we to say they shouldn't.

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Personally, I don't find anything terribly wrong with it. It's pretty creative and let's face it, all of these owners are billionaires. If they want to spend thier money that way,, who are we to say they shouldn't.

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You know, I wrote that and then walked away and realized, I'm wrong.

The reason for the salary cap is to keep things on an even keel. In other words, one owner can't buy a bunch of guys unless he can fit everything under the cap.

Yeah, all the owners are Billionaires.. Randy Lerner is said to be worth 4 to 5 billion. Dan Snyder is supposedly worth more than that. Jerry Jones is in that ballpark also.

But look at the Rooneys in Pittsburgh, or Ralph Wilson in Buffalo or the Browns in Cinci. They may have net worths in excess of a billion or two, but not nearly the amounts available to Randy Lerner, Jerry Jones or Dan Snyder to name a few.

So the playing field isn't even. Those three for instance could afford to pay throught the nose over the next 25 years for a winning team today. But that doesn't make it fair to teams that don't have those kinda dollars behind them..

So I retract my thoughts on it being ok to do that..

A second and third is a steep price for a guy they can acquire in the offseason for free
Jones covets Williams too much to wait till the end of the year and risk losing him to someone else..
Sure those picks mean something but we're talking JJ-I-GET-THE-PLAYA -I-ALWAYS-WANT..

it was said that when al learner was still alive, that without a salary cap he wanted to turn the browns into the new york yankees of football.

Just a thought...but now the Cowboys have two Roy Williamsesses.

Makes me think back to '03 with all our Andre/a Davises lol

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Sure those picks mean something but we're talking JJ-I-GET-THE-PLAYA -I-ALWAYS-WANT..

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And as Sam Ritigliano said on the "Point After" show on STO, that man [Jones] falls in and out of love very quickly.