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According to Chris Mortensen of ESPN.com, the Dallas Cowboys have struck a deal with newly acquired WR Roy Williams on a five-year, $45 million contract extension. Williams will get $20 million guaranteed despite topping 850 yards once in his career.

As I noted yesterday when the Cowboys made the deal for Williams, they’re spending a lot of money on just one position. And an overrated position for that matter. Other teams (Patriots, Eagles, Bears) have made won or made Super Bowl appearances with significantly less offensive weapons than the Cowboys have now.

Last time I checked, Terrell Owens and his massive ego are still in Dallas. And with the NFL’s ridiculous rule of playing with only one football, Williams is going to cut into the amount of times T.O. gets opportunities to make plays in the passing game, which only spells disaster.

While the prospect of having Williams, Owens and Jason Witten in the same offense sounds exciting, there’s trouble brewing – I guarantee it. I guarantee it like the Cowboys guarantee $20 million to a receiver whose work ethic was often questioned in Detroit and not too mention doesn’t mind coming down with a case of the dropsies from time to time.

Adam Schefter of the NFL Network is reporting that the Detroit Lions have traded wide receiver Roy Williams to the Dallas Cowboys for a first, third and sixth round pick.

But ESPN.com’s Ed Werder reports that the deal will not include the Cowboys first round pick. The trade would involve multiple draft picks but would not involve the Cowboys’ first-round pick, a source told ESPN.com.

The Cowboys are also trying to negotiate a long-term deal with Williams before completing the deal. Williams has expressed unhappiness playing for the winless Lions and can become a free agent after the season unless the team places the franchise tag on him.

In the battle of media giants, I would have to say the NFL Network has the leg up on ESPN considering it’s a league-owned network. But my man Ed Werder eats, sleeps and breaths Dallas Cowboys football for ESPN so I wouldn’t necessarily shoot his information down.

Regardless of the pending compensation, this trade doesn’t make a ton of sense from the Cowboys’ standpoint. Fans will go crazy talking about an unstoppable offense that features Williams, Terrell Owens and Jason Witten, but the fact of the matter is that there’s only one ball to go around. Do you really think T.O. is going to be thrilled now that he has to share looks with another receiving target? Doubtful. And if the ‘Boys do sign Williams to a long term deal, they would have spent a ton of money at just one position (an overrated position to boot). Owens is already scheduled to make $8.9 million in 2009, $10.7 million in 2010 and $10.2 million in 2011.

This makes more sense for the Lions. They probably weren’t going to be able to re-sign Williams to a long-term deal, so why not get as much as they could for him now? And with Matt Millen gone, maybe now they’ll actually get some kind of value for the draft picks they acquired.