Javonte Williams: Good to give confidence to keep calling runs

Published October 27, 2026 06:49 AM Given the number of factors that go into determining winners and losers in NFL games, it’s hard to pin the Cowboys’ back-to-back losses solely on running back Javonte Williams carrying the ball 23 times in Weeks 5 and 6. Offensive balance is always a good thing, though, and it wasn’t hard to notice a difference in how the Cowboys were attacking the Eagles on Monday night. Williams kept getting the ball and it didn’t feel like a coincidence that they fed an effort that resulted in a convincing 38-21 road win. Williams ran 25 times for a career-high 155 yards and sealed the win with a fourth quarter touchdown. The Cowboys also gave the ball to Tyler Goodson 11 times while Dak Prescott was connecting with CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens for three touchdowns through the air. “It was good to give [head coach Brian Schottenheimer] the confidence to keep calling the runs,” Williams said, via the team’s website. “He made a big emphasis on that this week — to get at least 25 rushes in a game. . . . We were just trying to get back to a balanced offense, and I feel like we did a great job tonight. We’ve got a high-powered offense, and when you’ve got G.P., CeeDee, Jake Ferguson, those guys on the outside, I mean, it’s going to open up the running.”The Cowboys only managed 29 points in their losses to the Packers and Buccaneers in the previous two games and that’s not a recipe for success for a team that’s built around an ability to score points in bunches. Monday night was more like it and the Cowboys will be trying to stay in the groove they found in Philadelphia.