Williams suspended one game for tackle on McNabb</p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> NEW YORK -- Dallas Cowboys safety Roy Williams was suspended without pay for one game Monday by the NFL after his third illegal "horse collar" tackle of the season.</p> Williams, whose use of the tactic led to the league passing a rule making it a 15-yard penalty, did it against Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb in Sunday's 10-6 loss. He will miss Saturday night's game at Carolina, which will cost him $35,000 -- one week's salary.</p> Grabbing the inside collar of the back of the shoulder pads or jersey, or the inside collar of the side of the shoulder pads or jersey, and immediately pulling down a runner brings a 15-yard personal foul.</p> "He's real strong, especially with his hands. You go to your strength, so he's going to grab somebody with his hands," Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said Monday, before the punishment was announced. "And the way it is now, they tape those jerseys in the back, so you can't grab them, you can't hold on to them. The only thing you can grab is something behind him. And he's coming from behind, he has to learn to lay out. But what he's used to doing is grabbing them, because he's so strong with his hands. He hasn't been able to break that habit, obviously."</p> This was the fourth violation of the rule by Williams in the past two seasons. Williams was fined $12,500 for such a tackle against Chicago on Sept. 23, and $15,000 for the same violation against Buffalo on Oct. 8. He received a $10,000 fine for a "horse collar" tackle against the New York Giants on Oct. 23, 2006.</p> Phillips said Monday he didn't expect any league action.</p> "It wasn't against the rules until a couple years ago," Phillips said. "But that's the rule and we need to abide by it. He just going to have to learn to do it different. And he passed it up a couple times in that game."</p> </div></p>
Good. He should be. Some may think a one game suspension may be too harsh since it was just a tackle, but it's well deserved. The guy already got warned not once, not twice,but three times before this incident, and it was obvious he didn't learn from his punishment.Is he too stupid to comprehend the phrase, no horse collar tackles? McNabb was lucky he didn't get injured on that play,becausewhen I first saw the hit, I was almost certain he was going to be out again.</p> </p>
I thought the most ridiculous part was how he was whining about the call afterwards. They made the damn rule because of you, how don't you understand what's wrong with the play? That Hamlin dude deserved a fine.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Art_Gunner4life)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> Ouch, power hitter, best defensive player for dallas in my opinion.</p> </div></p> </p> No way is he the best defensive player for Dallas, he delivers big hits, but can't cover an ant with a bedsheet.</p> </p>
Does anyone else have more than two of those horse collar tackles in the league? It's getting kind of silly with Roy.</p>
He's certainly not the best player on Dallas's defense, hes a major liability in coverage which is why they walk him up so much....the more I ponder it, he might be that defenses worst player....if he was an OLB, he would be great, but hes a safety....</p>
It seems like that position is the easiest to play of all on d. When you are the 8th guy in the box, chances are you are not going to be targetted by pulling linemen like you are as an LB. You also don't face the linemen directly on every snap like the big boys do. The only think you really need to do is locate the runner, and avoid the pulling lineman. For small LB's and most safeties, that's not as hard to do. You get all the glory while the other 7 guys were busy scraping over, and holding gaps. Heck, pro bowl cornerbacks go play safety because their speed becomes a liability for them as they get old. For Williams to keep on horsecollar tackling means that he is getting BEAT on every one of those plays. Williams is no better than a washed up cornerback.</p> </p> </p>
This is actually somewhat good news; maybe Roy will learn to tackle like a normal person. Also, since Pat Watkins ankle sprain was pretty light he'll get some time at safety; he's better in coverage than Roy</p>
