It sounds as if Williams and Parker are getting on famously in their short time together, and that bodes exceedingly well for a Cowboys’ defense that was one of the worst in franchise history last season, one Williams was dropped into and still went on to earn a fourth Pro Bowl nod.<\/p>\n
The former first-round pick’s ceiling is sky-high at the age of 28, and with a fresh-minded but accomplished young defensive coordinator at the helm, and with plenty of other firepower alongside him in the trenches (e.g., three-time Pro Bowler Kenny Clark).<\/p>\n
And, again, with his first full offseason in a Cowboys’ uniform approaching completion once training camp wraps in Oxnard, Williams believes he’ll be in a position to do things he might not have when he was learning on the fly; and from a coordinator that was on the way out the door.<\/p>\n
“[I want to] continue to learn and grow every single year,” he said. “I didn’t have my best year when it came down to it, statistically, as a pass rusher last year. I wanna be better. I wanna do better, and not for myself, but for this team.<\/p>\n
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