Dez Bryant released/Signed by Saints

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Corbin

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The guys we brought in have an edge but I’m not worried about them affecting the locker room. Bringing in Dez hypothetically? Fuck no! That guy is a cancer hands down!

I love this! I live in Cowboys nation and for years had to listen to how Dez Bryant is the best WR in the league.... suck it!!!
 

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Could be a little bit of both Dez and Dak.

This should be good for Dez. He is at that age where you need to stay in top shape. I expect him to be in great shape for camp wherever that is. Giants sound good.
 

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Dez lost a step. But unlike savvy players like Largent or Rice that worked hard and learned how to run precise routes to keep getting open, Dez became just a guy. Ordinary.

Maybe he works hard to resurrect his career. But I doubt it.
 

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'member when Dak is better than Goff and Wentz?
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Yes, Dez has lost a step or two; and last season had a bad case of the drops.

So, if you're an NFL team looking for a #2 or #3 receiver, have at it!

I vote HUGE no for the Rams. NO!
 

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https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2018/4/13/17234922/dez-bryant-released-dallas-cowboys

Releasing Dez Bryant Makes Sense for Both Sides
The star wideout has been a shadow of his former self, making a separation inevitable
By Danny Heifetz

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Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images

The Cowboys have released receiver Dez Bryant, ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Todd Archer reported Friday. Dallas will save roughly $8.5 million in cap space this season while eating $8 million in dead cap.

Dallas drafted Bryant 24th overall in 2010. He quickly established himself as one of the most dominant players in football and the premier non–Calvin Johnson red zone threat in the first few years of his career, gaining 5,424 yards and scoring 56 touchdowns in his first five seasons (roughly 1,085 yards and 11 touchdowns per season).

That elite production earned him a five-year contract with $45 million guaranteed that was worth as much as $70 million, and even three years later he had a top-five cap hit among wide receivers. But since signing that deal in 2015, Bryant has been a shadow of himself, gaining just 2,035 yards and 17 touchdowns in the three seasons after being sapped by foot and ankle injuries. Football Perspective’s Chase Stuart charted 89 receivers’ value in relation to their cap hit in 2017, and Bryant was 88th.

It didn’t make sense for the Cowboys to hang onto Bryant, especially with deals looming for guard Zack Martin and the franchise-tagged Demarcus Lawrence. The question of whether Bryant would take a paycut to reduce his $16.5 million cap hit has been lingering since last offseason; when asked reporters asked him about it in December, he responded, “Hell nah. I believe in me.”

Jerry Jones indicated that he wanted to keep Bryant on the team at the NFL combine, but Dallas’s director of player personnel (and Jerry’s son), Stephen Jones, was less committal in his answers in February. When Bryant and the Cowboys finally met Friday, Bryant wasn’t offered the option of taking a paycut to stay, according to Archer.

Wherever Bryant goes next, his performance will depend on whether he can evolve as a receiver as he nears age 30. As Steve Smith Sr. pointed out in November, Bryant relied on his immense physical gifts, but now he struggles with every route except push-off hitches, jump-ball gos, and slants. He’s been training with “route-running guru” David Robinson (not the Admiral) this offseason, and Cowboys receiver Cole Beasley said that Bryant has been working on his route-running more than ever before.


View: https://twitter.com/jonmachota/status/976601159174688768?tfw_site=ringer&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theringer.com%2Fnfl%2F2018%2F4%2F13%2F17234922%2Fdez-bryant-released-dallas-cowboys

It’s tough to be a 29-year-old receiver trying to learn the route tree. It’s also tough for the Cowboys to take a $16.5 million cap hit to watch a guy do that. As the player and team go their separate ways, both may find greener pastures.
 

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https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2018/4/13/17234922/dez-bryant-released-dallas-cowboys

Releasing Dez Bryant Makes Sense for Both Sides
The star wideout has been a shadow of his former self, making a separation inevitable
By Danny Heifetz

900084086.jpg.0.jpg

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images

The Cowboys have released receiver Dez Bryant, ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Todd Archer reported Friday. Dallas will save roughly $8.5 million in cap space this season while eating $8 million in dead cap.

Dallas drafted Bryant 24th overall in 2010. He quickly established himself as one of the most dominant players in football and the premier non–Calvin Johnson red zone threat in the first few years of his career, gaining 5,424 yards and scoring 56 touchdowns in his first five seasons (roughly 1,085 yards and 11 touchdowns per season).

That elite production earned him a five-year contract with $45 million guaranteed that was worth as much as $70 million, and even three years later he had a top-five cap hit among wide receivers. But since signing that deal in 2015, Bryant has been a shadow of himself, gaining just 2,035 yards and 17 touchdowns in the three seasons after being sapped by foot and ankle injuries. Football Perspective’s Chase Stuart charted 89 receivers’ value in relation to their cap hit in 2017, and Bryant was 88th.

It didn’t make sense for the Cowboys to hang onto Bryant, especially with deals looming for guard Zack Martin and the franchise-tagged Demarcus Lawrence. The question of whether Bryant would take a paycut to reduce his $16.5 million cap hit has been lingering since last offseason; when asked reporters asked him about it in December, he responded, “Hell nah. I believe in me.”

Jerry Jones indicated that he wanted to keep Bryant on the team at the NFL combine, but Dallas’s director of player personnel (and Jerry’s son), Stephen Jones, was less committal in his answers in February. When Bryant and the Cowboys finally met Friday, Bryant wasn’t offered the option of taking a paycut to stay, according to Archer.

Wherever Bryant goes next, his performance will depend on whether he can evolve as a receiver as he nears age 30. As Steve Smith Sr. pointed out in November, Bryant relied on his immense physical gifts, but now he struggles with every route except push-off hitches, jump-ball gos, and slants. He’s been training with “route-running guru” David Robinson (not the Admiral) this offseason, and Cowboys receiver Cole Beasley said that Bryant has been working on his route-running more than ever before.


View: https://twitter.com/jonmachota/status/976601159174688768?tfw_site=ringer&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theringer.com%2Fnfl%2F2018%2F4%2F13%2F17234922%2Fdez-bryant-released-dallas-cowboys

It’s tough to be a 29-year-old receiver trying to learn the route tree. It’s also tough for the Cowboys to take a $16.5 million cap hit to watch a guy do that. As the player and team go their separate ways, both may find greener pastures.


Cole Beasley sounds like Bryant's agent. I wouldn't count Bryant out just yet. Colts or Giants would be fine with me.

Who?
How much?
How good?

Another interesting subplot in the 2018 NFL season.
 

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Dez Bryant blames coaches, his former teammates who are “Garrett’s guys” for his release
Posted by Charean Williams on April 13, 2018

Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant said he would have taken a pay cut if it was offered, but it wasn’t. That just solidified his feeling that some coaches and some former teammates had it in for him.

“I’m not here to bash anybody, but they know, man,” Bryant told Jane Slater of NFL Network. “They know. They know. The way this whole situation got handled, I felt like I asked some of them to be a man about some of the situations a long time ago, and they couldn’t. I’m not talking about no players, because all the players we A1. That’s one thing that we did. We learned from one another. . . . I’m trying my best to sugarcoat it, but I can’t.”

Bryant clarified he was talking about “some of the coaches” and later did talk about some players.

The Cowboys have turned over their coaching staff, and receivers coach Derek Dooley is one of those who left in the offseason. Head coach Jason Garrett and offensive coordinator Scott Linehan remain.

“Hey, I’m a direct guy. I only know one way to be. I wake up, sleep, breathe football,” Bryant said. “If somebody don’t like me, I would love to know that. I think you’re supposed to go about it that way, learn how to respect and work with somebody even if you don’t like that person. I did it. . . . I’m not here to bash anybody, but I’ve got to keep it real.

I always kept it real. Jerry Jones, he loved me to death, and I loved him, too. I honestly did. I honestly believe in my heart this was a hard decision for him. When it’s five to six guys at a table against one guy, you’ve got to do it. Like Jerry told me in our meeting, he didn’t ask me to take a pay cut. He didn’t want that. That further lets me believe what I thought a long time ago.

“I don’t know. I don’t want to say it’s emotional. I’m not trying to call anybody out, but at the same time, this situation was very unfair to me. It was an unfair situation because if they did want to get rid of me, they could have told me that. They could have told me that, and I would have respected it. Just like I told Jerry in the meeting, I respect his decision.”

Bryant, who had a $12.5 million base salary and a $16.5 million cap number for 2018, was told Friday the Cowboys no longer wanted him. He blames some teammates for working against him, though he would not name names.

“I’ll say this right here: I believe that Garrett’s guys [worked against him]. I would say that,” Bryant said. “I believe that. I truly believe that. I won’t put no names out, but they know, and I want them to know on this air I know. I’ll shoot them a text message and let them know.

Little do they know is they can wear that ‘C’ [for captain] all they want to, but in that locker room, they know who they run and they talk to. They know who they communicate with. Everybody know where the real love is at, and I’m not throwing anybody under the bus, but that’s the difference between me and them.”

The Cowboys’ captains in 2017 were Jason Witten, Dak Prescott, Dan Bailey, Tyrone Crawford, Sean Lee and Orlando Scandrick. Scandrick also was released this offseason. He signed with Washington.

Bryant is hoping to sign with an NFC East team, too, so he can play against the Cowboys twice a year.

“It’s a new chapter for me,” Bryant said. “It’s a new chapter and I’m ready to play ball, and I think I got an extra boost to want to do good, to want to get my body right, to want to perform at the highest level. I got something to prove to those coaches. I think they done came up with too much talk about me already. I’m ready to just prove them wrong.”
 

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Sounds like Dez would like a chance for some payback to the Boys based on how they handled his release. Would be very interesting to see him go to NFC East Team.