Podcast: Dez Bryant Released By Cowboys

It's about three four months in the making, and it looked like the meeting between Jerry and Dez that was long awaited lasted. I don't know, maybe a half hour or something like that. Left the building, Mick, you saw him, Yes, that is goodbyes, got in his car, said, didn't sight too much to too many people. I think he went in the weight room, greeted a couple of guys who

greeted him when he first showed up. Had two I'm guessing buddies, a driver somebody else in the car with him, and I'm told he said, I'll see you guys twice this year, so let your imaginations wander with that one. Well, I think everyone kind of thought that he was if he does, you know, he's gonna sign with another team. When he does, he's gonna be somebody on this schedule. Maybe maybe he's already got something in the works there. Who knows. Of course, that would be tampering if it was.

But I think overall, I mean, we saw this coming for a while. It's still surprising though. It's still there's something about it that just when watching him and you know, we actually saw him drive off, it's you know, it was kind of a surprising thing. It just too many the timing of everything appeared that this was going to happen, just if you look at with the the OTAs, the workouts all starting on Monday, Jerry Jones, Stephen Jones, Jason Garret,

Will McLay. They waited till really the last possible minute to get this too done. You know, they had opportunities if they were going to bring him back, they had opportunities for that. They could have told him the plans, but des went a long time without hearing anything from the front office here, and so as you started to see things with the signings of the free agents, that they had with Hearns Thompson. Then you look at what they've done with the thirty visits, how they've worked guys out.

It just became very clear to me, and I said it on our round table that I just too many things were lining up for this day to happen. I just never felt like that they were going to to bring him back under these circumstances. And you know, it's

just you know, decisions made by the front office. You know, Jerry Jones talked about once again input from a lot of different voices and that's always been his style, and whether that's the coach, of the front office, members, maybe even some players there all had a hand in this one. Get the idea that there was a consensus on what they wanted to do, but the last person that had to sign off on it was Jerry Jones. I don't think Jerry Jones wanted to release Dees Bryant. Yeah, I don't.

This This goes back to very much the you know, Jerry Jones, his uh say what you want. I think the love he has for his players reminds me so much of what Al Davis. The love he has Al Davis would blame the coaches before he blamed the player. And I think Jerry Jones really does love does Bryant. And I think that some things just not think they lined up. There were people that lined up and said we cannot have him here anymore. And Jerry is a

very good listener. He is a very good listener, and you know, when you have a large number of people that are lining up against people, or a constant guy or whatever, he's going to make that decision, and this was one. I think it was very painful for him to have to make. Is this a good move? I'm still tarned by it because we got I guess we should read the release that the Cowboys put out. It was a statement from Jerry, but it doesn't say why. Yeah, I think you can go down a lot of avenues

on why. I think it takes a lot of nerve to do what they did. And I'll yeah, yeah, But at the same time, you're right. I mean, at the moment, if he were to have stayed, he would have been the best wide receiver on this football team, and certainly

in the most accomplished receiver. But you know what they did this in two thousand and nine, they got rid of an All Pro Pro Bowl wide out who was less than a year into a big time extension Tarall Owens, and I'm not directly comparing the two, but they did it. That was a chemistry move, and this was probably mostly a production move, but I bet there might be a little bit of locker room involvement here in terms of

helping the locker room out. Stephen Jones came out earlier in the offseason and said, first time I think I've heard anybody say this, some of his off sideline stuff could be a distraction. He's got to do a better job of handling his emotions. I think that probably was at least a little bit of a factor here. They didn't they didn't let them in, you know. I mean I see that. I mean, I hear what you're saying.

And I don't know exactly what side of the fence I'm on here, but I've heard them say that kind of stuff, like he needs to do better at this, and he needs to be better at that. But he didn't get He's not getting a chance here to do that, right. But I'll answer that first. I mean, I threw it out there and I wanted Brian stake. I think This won't be a good move unless they do something with this money. If they're gonna save money, then they need to spend the money. I don't they need to do

something else. They cut Daz because they are going to get this player or trade for this player, that better not be done because what are you saving money? I will say this, they needed to free up some money just to have money under the cap to get your draft picks done and all that kind of stuff. But I hear you. I mean there was other guys to cut for that could have done that you could have done.

So what you're saying if if are you excluding them using that money to extend Zach Martin, Because if you extend Zach Martin, it should cost less than his nine million dollars, right right, So there's got to be another rain pot at the end of the rainbow that you're looking for to use the eight million dollars a lot

in Seattle. Yeah, and the implier is doing his best right now to try and conduct I want them to go get Earl Thomas, That's what I wanted to do, or go get a safety that they can spend this money on. Yeah, I think that in in Cowboy Nation, eyes if if they sit here and and giving the money to Zach Martin is the right thing to do. But yeah, I think that the Cowboys, if they really really wanted to to say, Okay, we did this to try and as the last line help our football team

the best interests. We did this because exactly the best interests of our football team. I feel like though, that if you know, Seattle is sitting there without a second round pick, they don't have a third round pick either. But if you're sitting there and you say, Okay, we took Dez Bryant's money and we went and got one of the best safeties in the National Football League, you know, and said Seattle, and I think you I think Seattle is a little bit over a barrel right now, I

really really do. And I haven't talked to John about it at all, but I know that they don't have a second round pick. They don't have a third round pick, you know. And if you and John Snyder is well aware that he's gonna have a difficult time resigning this guy after next year, So John might be in the motive let's get something now and go. You know, you're right, Nick, you go make a move and you go get something like that because you release Dad's Bryant. Now you're that's

considered a good football move. They're gonna pay a safety fourteen million dollars a year. I think that's what he wants. Yeah, I think that you have to I think that you have to look at everything is negotiable. In my opinion, he wanted Seattle, wanted a one in a three, and you're gonna give him a two. And you're gonna tell him that's my best offer. Whether you could take the one in the two or you could you could try for one in the three. But I'm giving you the

fiftieth overall pick John Snyder. If you don't want that, then I'm gonna I'll go I'll go trade that fifty, go up and try and draft Irwin James. But I'm not taking him on a one year deal. No, you're not. But but that's what I'm saying, how bad does or if you're gonna make this trade, you want the opportunity to sign or to again we're talking about trade when

it's about Dez Bryant. Well but but but but yeah, it's got to be you should take that money and try and make your football team better agree and that And I hear what you're saying about one year deal if if you were to do that, and we're getting a little bit ahead of ourselves on that particular player. But he did chase down Jason Garrett before he went to the locker room and said come get me. So I'm just saying he may not be looking for one

year's one year deal anyways, he's not. But the thing about it is, it's you would not make this trade unless you said, I want the opportunity to talk to him first, ye give me permission to talk to the player and is representative. If they can hammer something out, then make the trade. If they can't. You know, like I said, you got the draft, You've brought in several guys to have that optunity. They're not Earl Thomas, but there's several guys that can help. We're just speculating now

on that player. But but but we're just talking about I am and I think Brian agrees. I mean, they're gonna cut him. It's got to be for for something, because he was fitting under the cap. I see what you're doing. You're trying to say, why would you let Dez Bryant go. We gotta be a reason because he was fitting under the cap. It was gonna work. Yeah, it was gonna work, but it would have been I think thirty million bucks under the cap committed to your

wide receivers in a run first offense. And we've been saying that on our shows. I know Dave was hitting this really hard, like something's got to give, right, I mean, you can't. You can't allocate that much resource, many resources, one of these guys, see, and that's where I was going to. Let me read this, this this guise could be there. Let me read this official statement from Jerry real quick,

because Mick, he's right about that. To that, he said, an organization, we hold Dez Bryan in the highest regard. We're grateful for his passion, spirit and contributions to this team for the past eight years. He will always be a valued member of our family. Does and I share a personal and professional relationship that's very strong, and he's one of just a handful of players with whom I have become close to over the past thirty years. This

was not an easy decision. It was made based upon doing what we believe is in the best interests of the Dallas Cowboys. We arrived at this crossroad collectively with input from several voices within the organization. Ultimately we determined it was time to go in a new direction, So a lot of input. As you said, there's not a clear cut reason why. And you guys are talking defensive side of the ball, maybe trying to get some help there. Offensively,

how does this receiver corps look? I mean, does this make the draft a huge need now? Or do you guys have confidence in Alan Hearns to step into that X spot. I think that there's several there's several options they have at nineteen if they want to go again. It depends on there's people that might have a Sudden from SMU ahead of more and Ridley. There might be

people to have more ahead of both those. I mean, you're going to have an option at nineteen to draft a guy, the guy that makes the most sense that what could play the X would be Sudden he would be the guy. Now again, with all that being said, uh, you know, Hearns could play the X for you if they draft Ridly, he could play the Z. And then you figure out what you want to do with with Terrence Williams, that's that's could be the route you gotta

get Cole Beasley going back on track two. But they will have an option at nineteen now which you have to worry about. You have to worry about Baltimore ahead of you at seventeen at at sixteen excuse me, and you have to worry about Seattle trading out of the pick. No, you got to worry about your decision being right. Yeah, that these guys can replace his production. They've they've they're made, they've made that bet, Mickey, Yeah, that's that's that's not

a sure bet. Yeah, this is this is one of those things where you again, as as an organism, they've they've put their head down, they're gonna go forward. You know, we can question everything they're gonna do. They honestly believe that they can get somebody to help them in this draft, whether it's in the nineteen at fifty, they believe that they can get somebody with what they currently have on the roster, that they could get somebody to replace dead.

Does Bryant soign No, I'm just I keep look at this Star magazine, which everybody in here contributed to and has done a lot of good work Brian, I know, did a ton of profiles, and I'm looking at the cover Sutton Kirk, James Washington, and I'm just thinking one of these guys, and it could be more. It could be oh yeah literally in DJ Moore, could be more guys than that. But between nineteen and fifty, is this going to be a situation where they're like, hey, just

take the best guy available at nineteen. If we don't get the receiver there, there's some good ones we like. Yeah, I don't want to turn us into the draft show again, but yeah, you're absolutely right, they're going to have an opportunity.

The problem is some of those guys like Sutton, if you know, if you want to trade back up in the second round, if you want to if you if you want to make a pick at nineteen where you take a linebacker and then you want to take fifty and go up, there's a possibility of ways of doing that. But I thought you already spent that. Yeah. Well, I'm just I'm just saying. I'm just saying if they didn't make that, yeah with you. But okay, that's a good point.

Let's say that is on the table. Let's say that the fifth the second and maybe the third or something in that range is going to the Northwest. If that, if you knew that, does nineteen have to be a receiver? I think you would have to say yes. And they hate doing that, they hate going in but yeah, but they but they protected themselves in a way where again, Hearns can play the X. You know, if you again you draft Ridley, he's a Z more could play the X or the Z. Sudden I think is going to

be an X. It's a six three guy. You know. That's a big man that you know, and we'll see how the development of him is. But I don't think they've pinned themselves accord because I feel like though, but again, I just want to say this, you have to worry about a couple of teams ahead of you, and I think you have to worry about the Ravens, and I

think you have to worry about the Seahawks. Not the Seahawks will take a guy that somebody knows now that Dallas is going to take one of these receivers at nineteen and all of a sudden, Seattle gets their second round pick back. Seattle gets a third round pick back because somebody knows Dallas Dallas did it to draft Dez Bryant. They did it to the Baltimore Ravens. Jerry Jones moved

up ahead of Ozzie Newsom to take Dez Bryant. I think you have to be concerned, but yeah, they probably feel like they protected themselves with the guys they currently have on the roster. Is it as good as Dez Bryant, No, it's not. Is it similar in some ways? Yes? Okay, that's great. That's great information. And all of a sudden, now looks like wide receiver, you're throwing line back, you're

throwing defensive line, I mean safety. There's a several spots now where they could go in certain directions, and we'll find out in a couple of weeks what they I think that all along they've kept this very open. I think if you if you think about the thirty visits and who they've visited, I think they've kept it open with receivers, with offensive linemen, with linebackers. I think they're very open to the possibility. Last year we saw them

visit defensive ends and corners. They really didn't telegraph anything what they're doing so far this year with the way they've kept their thirty visits really open. Let me let me ask you this, and this is hindsight at this point, but how would you evaluate where Dez was after the season and where you think he could have been in this offense going forward if they decided to keep. I mean,

we've seen them do this before as a franchise. They will part ways with a guy maybe a year early before it's a year too late, and had two years left on his deal. You know, they did it with I think Greg Ellis was a guy to Marcus ware. It doesn't always work out that way, right You think he could have worked it out with Dak Prescott on the field or do you think they the riding was on the wall? They were not a match together on the field. Yeah, I think that there is something to

be said for that. And I also want to say this about Dak. You know, I think it's high alert for him now too, Like, hey, you know you've and who's to say that this is exactly just them two couldn't get along. But but I think des was a great receiver for many years with Tony throwing him the ball, and now all of a sudden he forgot how to play. I mean, I don't. No one believes that. But this is Dak friendly. Maybe it isn't considered Dak friendly anymore.

That's fine, but they better find somebody that can be friendly to it. And Dak needs this is a this to me, Dak needs to step up and and and play better as well. I mean, is this isn't just about all of a sudden they don't mesh well, I mean, we could be doing an emergency show next year with a lot of changes. Well, you know that's that's that's possible. Does this move make this team better? I think that's a that's a fair question, because still I still need

They're not better on April thirteenth. I still need a lead receiver. I ain't got one. Yeah, all right. I still need an insurance policy at linebacker because I ain't got one. Right, I still need a backup offensive tackle. I don't think I have one unless they find a guard Fleming and Fleming and the Marl stays at right tackle. Right, Fleming's my backup. Right, So there's a lot of things they've got to figure out here now in July twenty third.

But you don't go buy a new house typically unless you, you know, sell the other one, so that that might got you, that might be what they're doing here. And but I'm totally with you. Right now they're not better. They're not a better team than they were yesterday. But if this move, this money makes them better down the road, we'll see, but as of right now, they're not. But

you didn't answer my question. What was it? Do you feel like the dak des marriage could have been fixed or do you think the organization just felt like, look, we're dancing around it. We're dancing around that. Because that that's that was the big question at the end of the season, Right, these two play together, I say no, I'll go no, and there wasn't dislike I'm not saying that on that one. I'll since we in the business of speculation, and I understand Mickey, I mean one, I'm

asking on the field chemistry, what happened? Why? Why did it? Mickey will argue at the end of the end of the playoff run that they were rolling along. What was wrong with what he did the year before? Yeah? Right, But but I all of a sudden, yeah, I think all of a sudden, I think team said, you know what, we're not letting letting you have that that's right. We're gonna you're not getting Beasley for seven yards over the middle,

and you're not getting Witten anymore. You Dak have to make that throw to Dez and des has to run the right route. I think Blast, I think you're right about all that time. And I don't think Dak is capable of doing that kind of stuff that Romo did at that point. At this point in his career, he's two years in. Yeah, but he did think more about the quarterback about the receiver. Yeah. But that's what I'm saying. But Robert Griffin did it his first year too, and

they figured him out too. I mean, I'm just like they figured him out. It wasn't that it was the wide receiver's fault. No. I think there are certain routes that are good for Dak, and I think that some of the stuff that does well, the stuff that Dak does well. After a couple of years of seeing that and the coordinators saying all right, let's let's take this away. I'm not saying that they couldn't do it in year three. Yeah, I mean they might have been able to kind of

mess some stuff. If Scott Lanahan, he's you know, he's highly talented around here. He's another man you need to put on black. He could have he you know, he can work that kind of stuff too. I'm just saying they decided after two years. One year was really good. Actually, you know, their years were about the same. Des his staff were about the same. They just weren't winning as many games. See, they're running the ball. Though he threw more balls, threw more balls this year than they did last.

The offense overall was more film okay, And that's why when you know the runner, the runner, the runner, and yet the runner in the left tackle. If you're a defensive coordinator, what would you worried about those six games? Yeah, it certainly wasn't Alfred Morris. It wasn't Easily, It wasn't Witten, obviously wasn't Williams. No, they said, I'm taking Dez out of this and see if you can beat me. And they couldn't. That's why I ask about the offensive coordinator

as well. But I say no because I feel like, though, again, could the offensive quarter could they scheme stuff up for him? They tried to, they said, you know, they tried to put him in the slot. They tried to move him around, you know, So what happened in twenty sixteen he had a rookie quarterback, a fourth round pick, and they won

thirteen games. Yeah, I think they again the running game to Mickey, which he talked about you all right, you've been you've been harping on that, and it's right, But but that was also that was also over a year ago, and and he's now approaching thirty years old. I mean, I guess the question needs to be asked from their mindset.

So did you feel like skills? Yeah, it was? Is that a factor that I feel like, Okay, he's reaching a point in his career where he's not as dynamic as he's been and for what he's making and it's not a fit. And I think teams played them differently last year than they didn't in twenty sixteen. I think that they let me ask you, this is this more about then the locker room stuff? Not off the field? But is it more about the locker room? Is it

more about what Stephen Jones was talking about? Is it more about is this is this more about not the ability as it is the personality? You know, if if that's the case, they're going to find out here in less than a week. Yeah, oh yeah, there's no doubt because if some team goes out there and grabs him, they don't know about that stuff, right, they just look at the talent. Sure, and if somebody swoops him up and pays them, yeah, yeah, I think you got your answer. Well.

But also teams need a splash too. You know, there could be a team out there that that maybe needs something like that and does Brian certainly would provide that, you know, and they have the money for it, and let's let's do it. But you know, was it somebody was telling me this about Brian? Was it Brian Billick? You used to always say that the reason they they Randy Moss. Yeah, the reason they hire you is the

reason they'll fire you. Yeah, exactly, And if that's kind of you know, Dez was a passionate and explosive player. It was all great when they're winning, and now it's kind of the same thing. I'll say this about Dez though, every single thing that we were told about him when he was drafted has been true. And he read my mind. I was just gonna go with what's his what's his legacy here in Dallas. But by the way, he retires with a career five hundred and thirty one catches and retire. Retire?

Did I say retire? His career with the Cowboys has ended with five hundred thirty one for now catches, seventy five hundred yards, seventy three touchdowns and what were those seventy three touchdowns the franchise record. Yeah, it's the best. Sorry, Nick, go ahead, No, I was just saying when we when he first got drafted, he was a guy that was the best player in the draft or the most explosive, athletic, dynamic receiver can make all these plays jump out of

the gym. And then but also you have to deal with some some off the field stuff. He's emotional, he's got always done. He doesn't he doesn't you know, he doesn't arrive on time. He's gonna miss you know, meetings here, he's gonna have run routes. Yeah. Well, OK, that was it that it never changed and all of it and everything that he was he was proven to be, but he was still he was still awesome. I mean, let's

not forget what Mickey just said. I mean, nobody's caught more touchdowns than him, So you know, it's part of one of the most famous plays, infamous plays in team history. I never go away. I just think this is more about personality conflict that it is. Which I brought that up because you hear things and Stephen said it publicly. You know, he's got to be able to control his emotions and it factors into what's his production level, Like at this point in his career, what can you deal with?

I love Dak Prescott, I do. I think he's really he's going to be a really, really good player. I think he already is there. But the honeymoon is definitely over now for a lot of folks. Ye, But now like when this happens, and I'm not saying, oh no, this is some big move. A lot of people they could be best friends. I'm not saying they are. They're not, but they obviously don't mesh well together as players on the field. And that's the Cowboys don't feel that way.

So now it's like spotlights on you. You got to find players that are Dack friendly and you've got to go out and perform. I mean, the stakes have been raised for him at this point in my opinion, and they when they let TiO go at the end of the O eight season, they didn't really have a replacement. Miles Austin emerged midway through that season, found the guy. He made a Pro Bowl the next year. They've got

to have somebody step up. Alan Hearn's a couple of years ago, thousand yards season, ten touchdowns, had some injuries the last two years. Maybe you're banking on the fact that he stays healthy. He maybe you know, realizes that hopefully they do a better job than when they release their previous three franchise players. Yeah, they released Troy Aikman, Quincy Carter took over. They released emmett Or his contract ran out, released him, rights Bill Parcels released him and

took over. Yeah, they release where Jeremy Mincy took over pretty much. No, you're better have a better answer for this one. Yeah, I think this is where released. Yeah, well that would work, but they needed to make playoffs. You know. Obviously they feel like, yeah, you're right, right. Obviously they feel like they they have guys in place that they can they'll be okay with. But again, you gotta be right. Nick talks about the draft and really

what it is. Yeah, and it and it I don't think it's I don't think it's saying, Okay, just go that route. But I think now with all the legwork that they've done, that is that is the consideration. So do you worry that I know that the rookie guy's not gonna be good the first year, make right, that's what you're gonna ask. And and they haven't been Those first round picks haven't been that good. Well, you back since Julio Jones, Yeah, fourteen, you could go back with

Odell Beckham and those guys. Yeah, three out of twenty five. Yeah, Julio, AJ Green and Beckham and then Amari Cooper. Yeah. Mark Cooper made it. He's the only one in the last few years that's made the Pro Bowl. And if you go back to twenty twelve, so six drafts, only those other three guys who have been to the Pro Bowl. It's a difficult position to draft, at least the first year.

The first year, Yes, it's absolutely because of the style of offenses they play in college and in addition to the quality of defensive backs you play against in college. You're a receiver at Oklahoma, you never play against press coverage in the Big twelve. Right, It's it's a track meet. The kid James Washington. That's why he's a downfield threat because nobody ever presses him or anything like. And in the NFL just yeah, you get you get knocked around.

You've got to figure out how to be a pro in the NFL early, and a lot of guys don't. And NFEL not early. You know, son Jay Lyle is not going to be sitting there with a card telling

his wide receiver Okay, there's your route. Yeah, you know, you got to figure it out on the run, right, And those guys are used to run into a spot and mostly stopping, and all of a sudden they get in here and go, oh, I got a route tree, and I got three alternatives here, and I got to figure out which one's the one I'm supposed to run. Is Calvin Ridley an exception because he played in a

pro style offense and his route running is well. Brian Dyeball, who is now the coordinator at Buffalo, Yeah, it means some route chies you look at. That's where Mariy Cooper came again, a different defensive a different offensive coordinator there. You know, I feel like the guy that has the least route experience is sudden he's the one at sim If you look at the scheme that they play in a lot of screens like quick passing game stuff. You know, there's guys in this in this draft though, that had

that have great. The kid Miller at Memphis can run routes, you know. I mean that's you're just pointing to him, pointing to Anthony Miller, because I'm looking at this this magazine and it has all these receivers, and I'm looking at their bench press that they did the combine. I see ten, I see fifteen, I see twenty, I see ten, I see sixteen, see twenty two. Anthony Miller. Yeah, that's a five eleven one nine. Yeah. And he's a playmaker too. He absolutely it makes some circus catches for you. And

that's what I'm saying. That's range his range. Probably I've mocked him to us at fifty before. I think he's somewhere between. Probably probably in that. We think just in the draft shore again not calling in it, but we think the run of the receivers is gonna start at the top of the second round, like Kirk and those guys. Exactly a lot of those guys. If if it's not late one it's gonna be the early two. I think people are gonna settle in and they're gonna say, just

start picking these guys one after the other. So if you're the Cowboys, you kind of no man's land unless you want to spend nineteen on a guy. Yeah, that's that's what you got to know. That's what you you have to know if you know at nineteen you might not get necessarily the best guy is that guy Smith, Steve Who, Anthony Miller, Anthony Miller, Steve Smith. Yes, No, I don't jo the guy that really this more that DJ Moore's that way with the way he's a little

bit thicker guy. Well that guy sounds thick. Ye yeah, no, no Millers, No, these are all comparison, and you know, Dane Brugler does a great job. His comparison Franthon Miller was Greg Jennings, the one that has me thrown off a little bit as DJ Shark or Shark. Yeah, comparison Ted gin If the quickness, the quickness that's the case

at six vertical six. Yeah, and he's at and the Cowboys went and worked him out the other again small Yes, guys, time I played his whole college career without a quarterback. The way he's The comparison then is with Gain. This comparison is though when you watch Gain play, the quarterback was a problem there. So the inconsistent, inconsistency of the player trust me as an lsu alum. I've seen plenty

of games where Shark, where he makes spectacular plays. He's a dynamic punt returner, but I've also seen the concentration problems with Lack. It's one of those things that you would worry about if he got into system like this and they're feeding him the ball, feeding him the ball and he's inconsistent catching the ball. That could wear on a guy. You want a guy that's got a lot of mental toughness to be that type of player. I think more with what we were talking about more from Maryland.

Makes a lot of sits. He's played with like, you know, eight different quarterbacks. You know, he's seen a lot of bad balls he's seeing. You know, he hasn't had a lot of success as as this with the wins and losses, but he's a tough kid that has production. That's why they brought him in because you watch him play and I feel like they're guys there again, I worry about I would worry about sudden not the physical traits. I would worry about, though, the scheme to which he played in.

Can he be consistent enough coming in here and making a difference initially? Can I ask you this? Does this team? Tell me? If this is a stupid question, does this team need a number one receiver the way they're constructed offensively? That's a good question. Is Zeke the deodorant for everything? If he's there for sixteen games and is pounding the rock and getting you five yards carry? I asked does Bryant this question one time about because I asked him

about the running game? And he says, you know, and I've said it before, I never minded the numbers being down. As long as we won, right with the numbers. That's I always gave him credit for that, because not all receivers all like that. And now the minute they stopped running the ball and stop winning, then and his numbers needed to go up. But sometimes in this system you have to you have to put your numbers aside and say, okay, you know what made Cole Beasley is such a good

player for them? Two years ago? Seven targets, six catches, you know, eight targets, seven catches. He doesn't misspasses when you got the opportunity to make catches. I think that's the problem with does Brian. I think that was the problem with Does Bryant. Does Bryant didn't have those one or two extra catches a game to get his numbers up. He had a high target, he'd have maybe ten targets, but four catches. You know. Let me tell you, Hearns is a little bit that way too. Hearns could be

a ten target, four catch guy Latch Jacksonville. That's that's exactly what he can need to come up with the news that well, I understand the time. I'm just saying, our targets quality targets. So nope, exactly the quarterback and I'm throwing it over my head. Yeah, I'm just talking about the announces a target. Where was Deslon drops? Though? Last year? Too many? You had too many? Yeah, that's I'm saying, Okay, let's call drops. Then you know Des

Brian doesn't normally drop the ball. It's just a bad It was a bad, bad campaign for him. He said he let things creep into his mind too much. Outside noise. He still had a better numbers than any wide receiver that was signed in free agency. Well, he was average. He wasn't bad. He was average. Yeah for him, unless you guys want to go in a different direction. I was thinking we wrap it up away. Where do you think we talked about where the Cowboys go next? What

what do you think's next for him? I mean he's available now free agent, got an opportunity to go somewhere else. What would you tweet out, Mick? He said, I'll see you guys twice this year. Well, there's three options maybe within the division, could be four A Houston Houston. You play him in preseason? How far as Houston and the love not far? Not far, It's probably closer to here.

It's not necessarily a good thing. No, would you guys be surprised if he latched on somewhere and picked up where he left off a couple of years ago, before before all the injuries. If he ended up with a quarterback that was accurate and can throw the ball like Tony Romo would throw the ball to him, he could be He could once again be Dez Bryant. That we knew absolutely he could. He needs he's now now, he's

got the bit between his teeth. Not that he always didn't work out hard, I mean or getting himself in physical condition. Now it's gonna be there's gonna be that passion you see about working out and getting ready to play. This would be tough, I think. I don't know. I just see him going to San Francisco, not sure why, playing with a good young quarterback. I had New Orleans on my mind, but yeah, I had New Orleans as a team that Oh they've got that kid from Ohio

State Award daddy, but they you know, Yeah, receivers or receivers. Yeah, if you get you can put a bunch of good ones. It's hard to cover them all. We kind of thought here, I think in your draft magazine, I think page forty eight and forty nine is going to hit hit your spot. It maybe Courtland Sutton. Oh yeah, there'll be a lot of guys check them out. Which, by the way, get yours today for only four ninety five exclusively. Got a lot of eyes. Shot shop dot Dallas Cowboys dot com.

We're by calling one eight seven seven NFC boys. There you go. Well, any final thoughts mix Scrolling through his tweets, I was just trying to see if dezit any final thoughts. He was tweeting a lot last night, Yeah, a lot. I think he was very nervous. I think I think that's very nervous about what was going to happen. Yeah,

I do well. I think the Cowboy fans are probably a lot of them are are upset um and because we talked about it, they are a They were a better team on April twelfth than they are in April thirteenth. Right now, however, you have to do this to open doors for something else, you might feel differently, but right now fans are frustrated. I don't blame why. I don't blame them because because this team doesn't have the talent on receiver that they did yesterday. That's true. We'll see

if they We'll see if it changes. It's a good way to end at Dez Bryant officially released by the Dallas Cowboys, the only team he's ever played for in state. Guy grew up just down the road. It's got to be disappointing for him, disappointing in for the Cowboys as well. I'm sure they would have liked to end his career. Go put your head into sand get out going. We'll find out where Dez lands next. You just put eight billion dollars into your salary cap for nothing. Let's see

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