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Williams Isn't Distraction for Cowboys

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This was going to be a story about how the Cowboys are succeeding this season, in part, because players are accepting their roles.

But then this Roy Williams thing happened. And by thing I mean not a big deal but it's the Cowboys and the perception becomes a team in turmoil.

If there was/is turmoil, I must have missed it.

I went in and out of Williams' interview a few times Wednesday and didn't conclude he was being overly dramatic. He called himself the No. 1 receiver. So what? He said the passes to him are off. Well, they are.

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