Can we pursue Dez Bryant in the offseason?

[CarolinaNCSU]

I'd hate the move at first...and then love it.  And then probably hate it by mid-season of the next year.

 

Without question would be a roller coaster type acquisition where I'd be nervous week in week out. 

[Evengelion]

give me Dez any day. Cam is a bigger star than Dez will ever be so he can deal with Dez. Dez just doesn't have respect for Romo or his game. Dez and Cam would probably have too much fun putting up 40 every week.

[Mr. Scot]

give me Dez any day. Cam is a bigger star than Dez will ever be so he can deal with Dez. Dez just doesn't have respect for Romo or his game. Dez and Cam would probably have too much fun putting up 40 every week.

Until the day someone else has more catches than him...

Or he gets in trouble with the law again...

Or he goes apes--t over who knows what just because...

I always love it when people act like a guy who's a douchebag / problem child everywhere else will magically become a solid team player when he signs with us. It reminds of the people who date a serial cheater and say "oh, but they won't cheat on me!"

[ajax4132]

Until the day someone else has more catches than him...

Or he gets in trouble with the law again...

Or he goes apes--t over who knows what just because...

I always love it when people act like a guy who's a douchebag / problem child everywhere else will magically become a solid team player when he signs with us. It reminds of the people who date a serial cheater and say "oh, but they won't cheat on me!"

 

I think we have the locker room that can actually handle a guy like Dez, Cam is the perfect qb for Dez, same burning desire to win but cool and tough enough to head off any storm

 

Dez has been through a lot in life, lets not judge, he has improved greatly 

[Mr. Scot]

I think we have the locker room that can actually handle a guy like Dez, Cam is the perfect qb for Dez, same burning desire to win but cool and tough enough to head off any storm

 

Dez has been through a lot in life, lets not judge, he has improved greatly 

 

Pretty sure the Cowboys thought that too.

 

Like the Eagles thought TO would be fine with a great QB like McNabb...

 

Like the Patriots thought Randy Moss would be a perennial Pro Bowler with Tom Brady throwing to him...

 

Like the Dolphins and those same Patriots thought they could get production out of Chad 'Ochocinco' Johnson...

 

Everybody thinks "oh, they'd be fine if they played for us" but the way you keep a solid locker room is by knowing the difference between guys who just have a little attitude and guys who are true problem children.

 

He's free to live his life as he wishes, but this is a competitive football team, not a charity.  As such, they need people that they can count on when the chips are down.

 

A guy that walks out on his team for his own selfish reasons doesn't make that list.

 

[Evengelion]

Until the day someone else has more catches than him...

Or he gets in trouble with the law again...

Or he goes apes--t over who knows what just because...

I always love it when people act like a guy who's a douchebag / problem child everywhere else will magically become a solid team player when he signs with us. It reminds of the people who date a serial cheater and say "oh, but they won't cheat on me!"

But, you can't really say he's not on the field every sunday. I'd take what he brings to the table than what Lafell is giving.

[mav1234]

dez bryant is an immature douche but i'll be damned if he and cam wouldn't make each other GOATs

 

...pretty much this.

 

there's no way we can afford to pay Dez but ffs the damage he and Cam would do would be incredible

[mav1234]

Pretty sure the Cowboys thought that too.

 

Like the Eagles thought TO would be fine with a great QB like McNabb...

 

Like the Patriots thought Randy Moss would be a perennial Pro Bowler with Tom Brady throwing to him...

 

Like the Dolphins and those same Patriots thought they could get production out of Chad 'Ochocinco' Johnson...

 

Everybody thinks "oh, they'd be fine if they played for us" but the way you keep a solid locker room is by knowing the difference between guys who just have a little attitude and guys who are true problem children.

 

He's free to live his life as he wishes, but this is a competitive football team, not a charity.  As such, they need people that they can count on when the chips are down.

 

A guy that walks out on his team for his own selfish reasons doesn't make that list.

 

 

 

The Patriots weren't at all damaged by Chad OR Moss, and in fact, Moss is a major reason the Patriots went 18-1.  Now if you want to say we don't have a Brady or a Belichick in our locker room to handle guys like that, fine, but the Patriots were really undamaged by either of those guys.  

 

I think we have the locker room to handle it, personally, much moreso than Philly w/TO.

[RelaxImaPro]

Jeeze, Dez isn't half as bad as some of you are making him out.  He just has the serious misfortune for being a person that's messed up a couple of times, is highly quotable (just has one of those personalities in general), and plays for the largest fuging media market by far in the NFL.  Even if Dez does no wrong ESPN/etc. will find some way to spin up a story about him -- and if he DOES do something questionable it's harped on forever.

 

Was him leaving the field early when the game was over wrong (they were about to take a knee after Dez just played his heart out)?  Yeah it was.  Was it worse than attacking your own teammate?  Nope, not by any stretch of the imagination...  and I love Steve Smith to death.

 

Sorry, but I like the dude.  He's talented as all hell, one of those ultimate competitor types, and completely despises losing.  He's just a young dude that's going through the learning and maturation process in this league.

 

Y'all forget about our own highly-criticized quarterback from a year ago any time he sneezed the wrong way?  And we're one of the smallest market teams in the league FFS.

[RelaxImaPro]

Honestly, I couldn't think of a better person for Dez to have as a teammate than Steve.  Smitty would turn that dude into a complete fuging monster.

[TheRumGone]

Jeeze, Dez isn't half as bad as some of you are making him out.  He just has the serious misfortune for being a person that's messed up a couple of times, is highly quotable (just has one of those personalities in general), and plays for the largest fuging media market by far in the NFL.  Even if Dez does no wrong ESPN/etc. will find some way to spin up a story about him -- and if he DOES do something questionable it's harped on forever.

 

Was him leaving the field early when the game was over wrong (they were about to take a knee after Dez just played his heart out)?  Yeah it was.  Was it worse than attacking your own teammate?  Nope, not by any stretch of the imagination...  and I love Steve Smith to death.

 

Sorry, but I like the dude.  He's talented as all hell, one of those ultimate competitor types, and completely despises losing.  He's just a young dude that's going through the learning and maturation process in this league.

 

Y'all forget about our own highly-criticized quarterback from a year ago any time he sneezed the wrong way?  And we're one of the smallest market teams in the league FFS.

 

thank you.

 

im sitting here reading mr. scot's comments and i'm laughing my ass off when he says smitty is nothing like dez.

 

excuse me but is dez punching out his teammates? um...no. the dude is an extreme competitor but he is not on T.O's level of insanity.

 

i love smitty but smitty was a fuging douchey asshole most of his career (poo he still kind of is) but that's what makes him great. on the flip side hes also a great guy off the field.

 

seems like dez is headed down that path. everyone talks about how great of a guy dez is, how he is fun to be around but has a bit of an attitude problem ( a la smitty). he has a checkered past with off-field incidencts that he has gotten under wraps.  Our locker room is incredible. nobody would put up with bs, including Cam.

 

i would poo and piss my pants at the same time if we acquired dez.

 

[Darth Biscuit]

Athletically Dez is a beast.

 

Otherwise he's a whiny baby.

 

If he was on a winning team, no one would hear about (or care about) his attitude because it wouldn't show up.

[Darth Biscuit]

thank you.

 

im sitting here reading mr. scot's comments and i'm laughing my ass off when he says smitty is nothing like dez.

 

excuse me but is dez punching out his teammates? um...no. the dude is an extreme competitor but he is not on T.O's level of insanity.

 

i love smitty but smitty was a fuging douchey asshole most of his career (poo he still kind of is) but that's what makes him great. on the flip side hes also a great guy off the field.

 

seems like dez is headed down that path. everyone talks about how great of a guy dez is, how he is fun to be around but has a bit of an attitude problem ( a la smitty). he has a checkered past with off-field incidencts that he has gotten under wraps.  Our locker room is incredible. nobody would put up with bs, including Cam.

 

i would poo and piss my pants at the same time if we acquired dez.

 

 

 

Smitty's intensity comes across a lot differently than Dez's has.

 

Smitty's been on some really shitty teams... he hasn't walked off the field.  Yeah, he punched a teammate or two...  those were (correct me if I'm wrong) personal issues with those particular guys.  I'm not defending what he did, I'm just saying it wasn't a "team attitude" type issue like Dez seems to have.  Again, if Dez was on a winning team, we wouldn't even be seeing any of this... and I suspect Dez will grow up and grow out of it... maybe.

[Mr. Scot]

Smitty's intensity comes across a lot differently than Dez's has.

Smitty's been on some really shitty teams... he hasn't walked off the field. Yeah, he punched a teammate or two... those were (correct me if I'm wrong) personal issues with those particular guys. I'm not defending what he did, I'm just saying it wasn't a "team attitude" type issue like Dez seems to have. Again, if Dez was on a winning team, we wouldn't even be seeing any of this... and I suspect Dez will grow up and grow out of it... maybe.

I'm not real big on trading draft picks for or throwing big contracts at guys who 'maybe' might grow up.

im sitting here reading mr. scot's comments and i'm laughing my ass off when he says smitty is nothing like dez.

excuse me but is dez punching out his teammates? um...no. the dude is an extreme competitor but he is not on T.O's level of insanity.

i love smitty but smitty was a fuging douchey asshole most of his career (poo he still kind of is) but that's what makes him great. on the flip side hes also a great guy off the field.

seems like dez is headed down that path. everyone talks about how great of a guy dez is, how he is fun to be around but has a bit of an attitude problem ( a la smitty). he has a checkered past with off-field incidencts that he has gotten under wraps. Our locker room is incredible. nobody would put up with bs, including Cam.

i would poo and piss my pants at the same time if we acquired dez.

If you don't know the difference between getting into a fight with a teammate (something that happens a lot) and walking away from your teammates with a game still going on, I'd have to ask whether you played many team sports.