Count Troy Aikman among those ready to pounce on Jerry Jones should Roy Williams continue to flop.
The Dallas Cowboys acquired Williams in a blockbuster deal last season that included sending 2009 draft picks in the first, third and sixth rounds to Detroit.
"If Roy Williams doesn't turn out to be the player they thought he would be when they made the trade, I think this would be one of the biggest busts in the history of the league,"Aikman told reporters Tuesday in Irving.
Williams, 27, caught just 19 passes for 198 yards and one touchdown in 10 games with the Cowboys last season. After Dallas released Terrell Owens last month, Jones said he made the move because he wanted Williams to be the No. 1 receiver.
Owens, who will play for Buffalo this year, caught 69 passes for a team-high 1,052 yards and 10 TDs last season.
The Hall of Fame quarterback turned Fox analyst suggested the Cowboys didn't do their homework before trading for Williams.
"I don't think you can give up what the Cowboys gave up for somebody and not make that's a sure bet," Aikman said. "This isn't like drafting a No. 1 receiver out of the college and then saying, "Well, we think he's got all the skills to be a great player for us." (Williams) has been in the NFL. He's caught balls in the NFL. They've got a lot of tape on him, and they had the ability to talk to a lot of people who had coached him, played against him, played with him."
In an interview with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Tuesday night, Williams respectfully disagreed.
"I have done this job before," Williams said. "I have been the No. 1 guy everywhere I have been - at Odessa Permian, at Texas and in Detroit, so I don't know what the difference is."
Also Tuesday, former Cowboys nose tackle Tank Johnson signed a free agent deal with Cincinnati.
The Dallas Morning News also reports the New York Jets have scheduled to meet with wide receiver Mike Austin, a restricted free agent. The Cowboys gave Austin a $1.545 million tender offer that would require a team to give up a second-round pick as compensation if the Cowboys did not match.
The Dallas Morning News contributed to this report.
