Why does former Dallas Cowboys safety Roy Williams now play for the Bengals?
Looks like Williams and the Cowboys may not have been the perfect match for each other… In early August 2006 the Dallas Cowboys signed Williams to a four-year contract extension worth $25.2 million to keep him with the team through the 2010 season. On December 17, 2007, Williams was issued a one-game suspension without pay from Commissioner Roger Goodell. He received it for a repeat offense violating the league’s horse-collar tackle rule. During the season, Cowboys teammates Terrell Owens and Patrick Crayton criticized him for his continued use of the horse-collar tackle. Fellow teammate Greg Ellis when speaking on Sirius NFL Radio said that Williams told him he felt like he didn’t fit in head coach Wade Phillips’ defensive scheme. Ellis also said that he’s bothered by the way Williams has been isolating himself from other Cowboys, and Williams “just doesn’t fit what’s going on here in Dallas right now.” On March 5, 2009, the Cowboys released Williams, per his request. Williams signe
