Dallas Cowboys WR Terrance Williams not worrying about potential suspension
Terrance Williams can’t talk about his potential suspension, because he has no idea whether he’ll actually be suspended.
The veteran Dallas Cowboys receiver spoke after his team’s 24-13 loss against the Seattle Seahawks, a game in which he did not have a single reception, or a ball thrown his way.
This is a frustrated man, for a variety of reasons, starting with the fact he has no idea if the NFL will suspend him for his arrest for public intoxication back in May. Reports surfaced last week that the NFL was going to suspend Williams for four games, but he said he does not know.
“I can’t worry about that,” he said.
That’s all he would say about that topic.
The fact that the NFL Player’s Union is so weak that an infraction that occurred in May could potentially be punished after the third week of the regular season is not a good statement about that organization’s leadership. The NFLPA should have forced the NFL to handle this issue in the summer, at least.
The frustration and disappointment of the season, however, are apparent in what Williams did say Sunday. With the Cowboys now carrying seven receivers, he has been the subject of a potential release to free up a roster spot.
“I can’t talk about that. I don’t know,” he said. “I just have to continue to control what I can control. I’m fine; at some point, my services will be needed. I can’t worry about the future. I have to worry about what’s going on right now.”
Quarterback Dak Prescott has barely looked Williams’ way in three games this season; Williams has two receptions for 18 yards in three games. Dak has thrown the ball three times all season at T-Will.
When asked if he wants to remain with the club, he paused before answering.
“Yeah. That’s the reason I signed to come back because I wanted to be here,” he said. “I didn’t sign that (contract) to come and just be. If (a release) happens, it happens. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t. I can’t worry about that.”
Since Dak replaced Tony Romo as the starting quarterback in the start of the 2016 season, Williams has seen his role dramatically reduced in the Cowboys’ offense.
He signed a four-year, $17 million extension with the Cowboys in the spring of 2017. He followed that up with 53 receptions for 568 yards, and no touchdowns, last season.
He’s 29, and at a tipping point of his career, or at least in his time with the Cowboys.
And he has no idea if he’s going to be suspended.