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There is no doubt that there is a lot of pressure on Dallas Cowboys receiver Roy Williams.  Fans and media tend to put a lot of pressure on a guy that costs a team a first and third round selection in a draft.

Since he arrived in Dallas, Williams was supposed to be the number one guy.  At first, he was supposed to partner with Terrell Owens to form the most prolific receiver combination in the league.  That idea failed when Williams only caught 19 balls and only 1 touchdown in the seven games he played in 2008.  He rebounded a little bit in 2009 when he grabbed 38 balls and 7 touchdowns.

This April the Cowboys used their number one pick on receiver Dez Bryant.  Since that pick was made there has been a lot of talk around the Cowboys camp about the position.  Will the Cowboys use Bryant to push Williams?  Will they cut Crayton? What about the young guys?

While most of the attention has been on Patrick Crayton for skipping the voluntary OTA's so far this spring, some questions have come Williams' way.  This last week he responded.  This trip to Dallas, returning to the state of Texas, was supposed to be a dream come true for the former Texas Longhorns' star.  Instead Williams' word to describe it was "nightmare".

"It's been a nightmare," the native of Odessa, Texas, told Yahoo! Sports. "That's the truth. I'm not going to hide from it. I understand the business. … I thought this was going to be a dream. It's been a nightmare."  Williams was frank when speaking to Yahoo! Sports, but no one can argue this marriage between Williams and Jerry Jones had, and still has potential.

Williams is guaranteed at least one more year in Dallas because of his contract and how much the Cowboys gave up to get him.  If Williams does not improve it will likely be his last.  With youngsters like Ogletree, Hurd, and Bryant waiting in the wings, the Cowboys are unlikely to continue with the experiment after this year.

While he is searching for answers, Williams knows that the responsibility is on him. "What am I going to do? How am I going to turn this whole thing around?" Williams asked. "What's happened here, it's on me to figure it out. It's on me to fix it."

He will have at least one more season to get it going or it could be the end.

Good news for Chargers fans. Coach Norv Turner and his team seem to have a bit of a chip on their shoulders. After losing to the New York Jets in last year's playoffs after ending the regular season with a 13-3 record, the Chargers are bent on returning to the playoffs and redeeming themselves for losing such a crucial game that they easily could have won.

"That one is hard to take," Turner said while talking on XX Radio in San Diego. "That one won't leave until we get back into that position again. I think that's the way our guys feel. I think that is going to push and drive us, not only through the off-season, but it's going to push and drive us through the whole year."

With the 2010 playoffs behind him, he hopes that his team can take a good look at how they performed and how they can be better prepared come playoff time this upcoming season.

"We had a great year, but we didn't finish it the way we wanted to. To get the redemption we want, we need to get back to that spot and play the way we are capable of playing," said Turner.

The Chargers have struggled to find their rhythm in the playoffs in the past few years. Despite the third best record since 2004 (67-29), with only the Indianapolis Colts and the New England Patriots doing better, they have a dismal playoff record of 3-5 and are the only one of those three teams to have not won a Super Bowl in that period of time. As fans continue to grow more and more anxious and impatient to see at least a Super Bowl appearance, Turner has got to be feeling the pressure.

Well Turner's head seems to be in the right place, and so does his heart. Those two are a good start. Unfortunately, the only place that it truly matters in the NFL is on the field. So come next December, we'll see if that devastating loss really had as much of an effect as it appears to have had.

Geoff Hobson over at Bengals.com reports that the team has signed OG Isaac Sowells to the offseason roster:

In an effort to give their offensive line some numbers, the Bengals on Tuesday signed fourth-year guard-tackle Isaac Sowells.The 6-3, 320-pound Sowells was a fourth-round draft selection by Cleveland out of Indiana in 2006. He played 17 games with the Browns in three years before they waived him just before the start of last season, and he sat out '09.

Looks like fodder for the OTA's to me, but who knows?  The team has had recent success with cast-offs like OG Evan Mathis and OT Dennis Roland.

What is clear is that the team will need to pare the roster down before camp.  League rules stipulate that only 80 players can come to training camp, and the team presently has 89 under contract, plus 9 draft picks to sign.  Certianly many of the CFA's should be nervous. Early favorites on the veterans to get their walking papers soon are DB Keiwan Ratliff, DT Orien Harris, S Rico Murray, and WR Freddie Brown.

The Indianapolis Colts had a great run during the 2009-10 NFL season.

They had a 14-0 run and took a rest during the last two games of the season, which caused controversy.

Well, controversy no more!

Definitely.

The Colts made it to the Super Bowl, knocking off the Baltimore Ravens in the Divisional Round and then the New York Jets in the AFC Championship.

They sadly had a bad ending with a loss to the New Orleans, 31-17.

Now the Colts enter a new season with big changes.

So without a further ado, here are my expectations for the Indianapolis Colts as the 2010-11 NFL season comes up.

Enjoy!

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