Coaches Cover For Roy Williams

Here is one of the questions and responses from Mickey Spagnola's (Mick's Mail) about Roy:

Mike Ramos, Las Cruces, N.M.:
I'm not sure people out there understand Roy Williams' dilemma. Maybe you can help? My understanding from watching him play last year is that he has not lost his athleticism nor his hitting ability, although I did see him take a shot once that probably stunned him for a game or two. But really it's just been that he has lacked the mental aspect of the game. He usually does not play well in space, and mostly because it seems he doesn't know his assignment after the snap, and thus ends up taking really bad angles in pursuit of the ball-carrier. Yet in your mind, isn't it possible Dave Campo can get him back "in" the game "in" the classroom?

Mickey:
Absolutely. You are preaching to the choir on that one, and that is why over the past couple of years I've been so hard on the guy, and at first much to the annoyance of many of you. But that's it, and that is the key to playing safety: Knowing your assignments, your keys and being able to anticipate what's coming. Hey, a safety getting beat in one-on-one coverage is no biggie. That happens and will continue to happen. But turning down a tackle at the line of scrimmage or miss-stepping when playing zone coverage or covering the wrong guy is inexcusable. And that's mostly been Williams' problems. Prof. Dave will try to solve all this

The coaches cover for him, but they are making adjustments to accomodate his lack of ability to do certain things also, like covering a tight end.

Todd Archer from dallasnews.com had this to say about Anthony Henry, but we all know it's really about Roy:

Over the last two years, Anthony Henry has heard talk about him moving to safety. He said that talk has died down some this year, but he that doesn't mean he's playing only outside at cornerback.

He has spent the last few days working inside in the dime package, defending Jason Witten.

With NFC East rivals New York (Jeremy Shockey), Washington (Chris Cooley) and Philadelphia (L.J. Smith) having productive tight ends, the Cowboys want to bolster their coverage.

"They said what they want me to do is when we play like Washington or the Giants to go against their Pro Bowl tight ends," Henry said "I can do a better job covering those guys. It's like a package."

Henry said he would be OK with a move to safety, but hopes a decision can be made sooner rather than later so he can spend time learning the spot before getting to Oxnard, Calif., for training camp.