The Cowboys made several key moves in the early stages of free agency, re-signing long snapper Trent Sieg and safety Markquese Bell. The biggest addition was running back Javonte Williams, will he help solve Dallas’ issues at RB position? Meanwhile, veteran cornerback Jourdan Lewis signed with Jacksonville, leaving a significant gap in the Cowboys' secondary. How will these changes shape Dallas' future?
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00:00But the deal yesterday, the name that you may know is Javante Williams. So the Cowboys
00:20get Broncos running back Javante Williams, which there's some things to like about this.
00:26And then there's some things to make you go, what are they doing? So Javante Williams
00:31was a second round pick early second round pick in 2021 had a great couple of first years
00:38in the NFL and then he tore his ACL and his knee has just not been the same ever since.
00:45If you look at who he was before the injury, he was averaging 4.4 yards per carry was around
00:5153 yards per game was a big pass catching threat, had three touchdowns receiving in
00:57his first season. And then you watch after the injury and he became about 3.6 yards per
01:02carry and can still catch the ball out of the backfield is still effective in that respect,
01:08but is not the prolific threat running the ball that he, he wants seemed to be physical
01:13runner.
01:14A guy who will catch the ball, a guy who'll do some different things for you. The youngest
01:18unrestricted free agent running back on the market by a full year. Yeah. So you're talking
01:22about young guy who's had some success, but has, has been limited in the last couple of
01:28years now has, has, as has been pointed out the 25 in April, there'll be 25 in April.
01:35So a couple of April 25th. So six weeks, the changeover to the, or the switch when he started
01:43having his struggles with the knee that also coincided with Sean Payton getting there.