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ROY WILLIAMS: Ignored on offense, mad at Martz?
November 23, 2007 FREE PRESS STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES The Lions aren't likely to win when when they continually feed the ball to one of their two big play-making receivers at the complete exclusion of the other. It was rookie Calvin Johnson who was the primary target in Thursday's loss to Green Bay, catching seven passes, and Roy Williams who assumed Johnson's previous role as The Invisible ...
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