WoodysGirl
07-18-2012, 05:25 PM
Jul 18
2:20
PM CT
By Tim MacMahon (http://search.espn.go.com/macmahon_tim/) | ESPNDallas.com
Nobody at Valley Ranch should have been shocked at Dez Bryant’s arrest for allegedly assaulting his mom. Only disappointed.
Something like this happening with Bryant is a constant concern for the Cowboys. Those worries prompted other teams to pass on a top-10 talent in the 2010 draft, letting Bryant slide to the Cowboys late in the first round.
Those concerns, like Bryant’s emotional scars from a traumatic childhood, will never go away. Just look at Jerry Jones’ reaction in June, when asked whether Bryant’s incident-free stretch of several months was evidence that the 23-year-old is maturing.
“As soon as you note that,” Jerry said, “the next morning you’ve got one.”
As soon as Jerry said that, he started backpedaling like Brandon Carr (http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/11363/brandon-carr). Not just Dez, he insisted. Oh, he could be talking about any player. Sure, Jerry.
There’s no player on the Cowboys’ roster who merits more time and resources to keep on the straight and narrow than Bryant. But the Cowboys knew it would be a rocky ride on the Bryant bandwagon when they chose to hop aboard. No sense in whining about it when things go wrong.
Read more: http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4693945/cowboys-committed-to-dealing-with-dez-bryants-issues
2:20
PM CT
By Tim MacMahon (http://search.espn.go.com/macmahon_tim/) | ESPNDallas.com
Nobody at Valley Ranch should have been shocked at Dez Bryant’s arrest for allegedly assaulting his mom. Only disappointed.
Something like this happening with Bryant is a constant concern for the Cowboys. Those worries prompted other teams to pass on a top-10 talent in the 2010 draft, letting Bryant slide to the Cowboys late in the first round.
Those concerns, like Bryant’s emotional scars from a traumatic childhood, will never go away. Just look at Jerry Jones’ reaction in June, when asked whether Bryant’s incident-free stretch of several months was evidence that the 23-year-old is maturing.
“As soon as you note that,” Jerry said, “the next morning you’ve got one.”
As soon as Jerry said that, he started backpedaling like Brandon Carr (http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/11363/brandon-carr). Not just Dez, he insisted. Oh, he could be talking about any player. Sure, Jerry.
There’s no player on the Cowboys’ roster who merits more time and resources to keep on the straight and narrow than Bryant. But the Cowboys knew it would be a rocky ride on the Bryant bandwagon when they chose to hop aboard. No sense in whining about it when things go wrong.
Read more: http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4693945/cowboys-committed-to-dealing-with-dez-bryants-issues