{"id":254959,"date":"2025-09-26T01:27:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T01:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/254959\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T01:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T01:27:14","slug":"dallas-cowboys-are-relishing-career-best-start-from-running-back-javonte-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/254959\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys are relishing career-best start from running back Javonte Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">FRISCO \u2014 One of the positives with the Cowboys\u2019 offense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/09\/21\/javonte-williams-miles-sanders-dallas-cowboys-chicago-bears-week-3\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/09\/21\/javonte-williams-miles-sanders-dallas-cowboys-chicago-bears-week-3\/\">is the running game.<\/a> The running attack is averaging 5.4 yards per carry, second in the NFL and 11th overall at 125 yards per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/03\/10\/who-is-javonte-williams-five-things-to-know-about-the-new-dallas-cowboys-rb\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/03\/10\/who-is-javonte-williams-five-things-to-know-about-the-new-dallas-cowboys-rb\/\">Lead running back Javonte Williams<\/a> is off to a career-best start. He\u2019s averaging 75.5 yards per game after the first three weeks of the season. Williams averages 46 yards per game in his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cI definitely feel like I\u2019m running like I was in my rookie year,\u201d Williams said, referring to 2021. \u201cI feel like I got a little bit more knowledge on the way the plays are blocked up, the scheme. I feel like it\u2019s really making the game slow down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Williams is almost three years removed from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/03\/10\/dallas-cowboys-agree-to-deal-with-former-broncos-rb-javonte-williams-reports-say\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/03\/10\/dallas-cowboys-agree-to-deal-with-former-broncos-rb-javonte-williams-reports-say\/\">a torn ACL suffered in the fourth game of the 2022 season.<\/a> He said it would take almost a year after surgery to feel completely normal. And in 2025, he\u2019s displaying that especially when it comes to contact.<\/p>\n<p>Cowboys<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Be the smartest Cowboys fan. Get the latest news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Williams isn\u2019t afraid to go against contact, something the Cowboys are relishing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cI just feel like if that\u2019s a last resort, that\u2019s what I got to do,\u201d Williams said of running through defenders. \u201cIf I can juke somebody, I really rather juke somebody. But I mean, sometimes it just happens. I don\u2019t have no other choice but go straight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Find more Cowboys coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRISCO \u2014 One of the positives with the Cowboys\u2019 offense is the running game. 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