IRVING, Texas – Officially, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrance Williams was targeted on three Tony Romo passes in Sunday’s win against the New York Giants.

Realistically, he was targeted just once, on a go route in the first quarter. He was just in the vicinity of a Romo throwaway for his second target. And on his third, which was his only catch, the play was not designed for him.

But it is what Williams does when he is not among the top reads for Romo that has the quarterback singing the praises of the second-year wide receiver.

For the third straight week, Williams made a play when Romo found himself in trouble while under pressure.

Against the Houston Texans, it came after Romo spun away from defensive end J.J. Watt and found Williams in the end zone for a 43-yard touchdown.

Against the Seattle Seahawks, it came after Romo spun away from pass rusher Bruce Irvin and then stepped through two tacklers to loft a third-and-20 pass to Williams, who not only caught the ball but was able to drag his feet for the completion, a 23-yard pickup on what turned out to be the game-winning touchdown drive.

Against the Giants, Romo once again spun away from trouble to his left. As Williams looked back at Romo, he saw the quarterback out of the pocket, pivoted to the far sideline to keep cornerback Zack Bowman on his hip and then came back to his left, where Romo found him in the back of the end zone through a sliver of space.

Williams has 19 catches for 338 yards and a team-best six receiving touchdowns this season. But his work when things go off script is similar to the way Laurent Robinson worked in 2011. Robinson caught 11 touchdown passes -- and 54 passes for 858 yards -- while mostly being able to find Romo’s plane of vision when plays broke down.

“Terrance works his butt off,” Romo said. “He is continually getting better and better. I have full trust in Terrance at this point. He is showing over and over again that he is going to do the right things.”