Roy Williams Says He's Better Safety In 4-3
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DALLAS - AUGUST 22: Safety Roy Williams #38 of the Dallas Cowboys during a preseason game against the Houston Texans at Texas Stadium on August 22, 2008 in Irving, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Nothing worse for a football player than playing in the wrong scheme. Cowboys safety Roy Williams says he was a better player in the 4-3 defense.
The team currently runs a 3-4 scheme. He missed most of the 2008 season with a arm injury he says has healed. He missed 13 games.
"Don't always put the spotlight on me talking about I can't cover. I've lost a step, all these things," Williams told me in a sit down interview at his Safety Net Foundation office in Dallas.
"I'm not playing in the position I played in my first three years when Mike Zimmer (former defensive coordinator) was here and ran the 4-3 OK? I got used in the defense. I don't make excuses."
Williams knows there is talk he may not be with the Cowboys in 2009 because of his high salary. The soon to be 29-year old may not have helped his chances when he said admitted he missed the old defense, "Yes, I'm better in a 4-3 scheme than a 3-4 because it's gap sound."
Watch clips from the interview here.
