Are Cowboys Willing to Trade for Ravens Offensive Lineman?
FRISCO - Dallas Cowboys left guard Connor Williams' biggest problem is that he's not Dallas Cowboys right guard Zack Martin. That's the biggest reason we can come up with as to why so many Cowboys critics spend so much time seeking to displace Williams, with the latest idea being conjured up by our buddy John Owning of the Dallas Morning News, suggests Dallas acquire offensive guard Ben Powers from the Baltimore Ravens, shoring up what Owning labels a major liability  the interior offensive line  going into the 2021 NFL season. Owning raves about him, but then suggests Dallas surrender a late-round draft pick in exchange for him.  And wait: John says that Powers, 24, could be added as "premium depth'' behind starters Martin and Williams. Owning, in a sense, is thinking one chess move ahead here, as he points out that Williams is scheduled to become a free agent after this season, and that therefore Powers could then compete for the job in 2022. But Dallas already has Connor McGovern (and others) waiting in the wings for that starting position, should Williams indeed leave. Our sense is that Cowboys critics' searches for O-line help aren't really about the Ben Powerses of the world, but rather about the perceived shortcomings of Williams, the 2018 second-round pick out of Texas who to his credit has made himself substantially bigger and stronger and who is almost an ironman in the way he shows up for work every day. Connor Williams' biggest problem isn't that he's inferior to the likes of Ben Powers. It's that he's inferior to the likes of Zack Martin, which may simply mean he's like 99 percent of the guards who have ever played football. Which maybe isn't so bad.