It’s amazing to see how some players repsond to pressure when another player at his position starts to excel.  Roy Williams has played his best football since coming to Dallas the last two weeks as he has caught 10 passes for 180 yards (18.0 avg) with a TD.  His recent performance shouldn’t surprise anyone because he’s a talented football player plus Miles Austin has been pushing him for targets due to his fine play.  The Cowboys need Williams to keep playing at a high level because it makes them very hard to defend because you can’t really double anyone.  Williams has now played in 8 games this season for the Cowboys and he has 24 catches for 429 yards (17.9 avg) with 3 TD grabs.  Look for Williams to finish the season strongly as long as he can stay healthy.

The running back corps of the Cowboys has been ransacked by injuries this season but somehow they are still averaging 153.3 yards rushing per game this year.  That’s because they have awesome depth at running back.  Marion Barber is the muscle man of this bunch as he loves to try to run over defenders.  He has carried the ball 72 times for 344 yards (4.8 ypc) with 3 TD runs and he has also caught 5 passes for 59 yards (11.8 avg).  Felix Jones is the speedster of this bunch as he can score from anywhere on the field.  He has carried the ball 29 times for 249 yards (8.6 ypc) and he has 1 TD run.  Jones has also caught 3 passes for 26 yards (8.7 avg) this year.  Jones is a tad injury prone but no one questions his talent.  Tashard Choice is a combination of Barber and Jones as he is the most complete running back that the Cowboys have.  He has carried the ball 44 times for 225 yards (5.1 ypc) with 2 TD runs and he has also caught 13 passes for 115 yards (8.8 avg) this year.  The Cowboys’ offense is purring right now as the running game has made things a lot easier for QB Tony Romo when he drops back to throw the ball.

Going into this season, the Dallas Cowboys had no idea how big of a weapon wide-receiver Miles Austin was.  Austin has now been in the league four years, but was used mostly on special teams and as a back-up receiver.  Austin had zero career starts and 18 career receptions heading into this season.  He made his first start against the Kansas City Chiefs, where he racked up a team-record 250 yards receiving on 10 catches and had two touchdowns.

In his second career start on Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons, Austin caught six passes for 171 yards and two touchdowns.  That means in two career starts, Austin has 421 yards on 16 catches and four touchdowns.  In six games this year, Austin has 21 catches for 502 yards (23.9 avg) and five touchdowns.  Ten of those catches have been for 20 yards or more.  What is even more impressive is that this guy was undrafted out of Monmouth College and seemingly came out of nowhere.

Patrick Crayton and Roy Williams are doing a good job of stretching defenses but they also need to start catching the ball over the middle on the shorter patters.  Patrick Crayton has caught 5 passes for 134 yards (26.8 avg) with 1 TD grab already this season and he has carried the ball 2 times for 25 yards (12.5 ypc).  Roy Williams has caught 4 passes for 104 yards (26.0 avg) with a TD grab this season.  I know I’m nitpicking a little bit with the WRs who are both on pace to have good seasons but the Cowboys expect excellence every year.