David Moore Lowdown on Dez

[Ranching]

Are you aware of what this thread is about?

Yes.

 

[RS12]

Ask Jimmy about how many sets of rules he had for different players. Asked what he'd do if it was Troy sleeping in a meeting and not John Roper, he said 'ask if he wanted a pillow.' At the same time, he left Irvin to fly commercial home when he wasn't ready for the team plane.

Something like Dez not wanting to get an MRI and getting fined for it is going to have 0 effect on this locker room. This team loves Dez, and they get that he's wired a bit different from other players. This will be chalked up to 'Dez being Dez' and, other than the fine (which he deserves), it'll amount to nothing.

You and I have different opinions on Dez. I see a nice player not a dominant one. Dominant players are worth the trouble, nice ones arent.

 

[Alexander]

Not really wrong.

It is really wrong from a team culture perspective. It just shows that a player can march to the beat of his own drummer and let down the team.

This is the kind of thing that guys like you love to bellyache about, but at the end of the day, the fact that Dez didn't show for and MRI, got fined for it, and ended up missing a meeting amounts to him missing a meeting in the lead up to SF. A distraction, ok, but a minor one.

This team has enough built in, every day distractions. Any addition is unnecessary and damaging.

In two weeks, nobody will remember it. And if anybody asked the players about it now, they're not going to care. Dez comes with some personality issues, period. The team knew that when they signed him and they signed him anyway. Episodes like this are going to happen his entire career and, when they're said and done, they're not going to amount to anything but a bunch of hot hair on a Wednesday afternoon.

You don't think players care that an injured teammate refuses to cooperate and holds up the process?

If our players don't care about that, we don't have good leaders on the team.

We already know our owner and head coach are weak and don't hold people accountable.

This was a simple thing. Bryant needed to be a professional. Get diagnosis and treatment.

If he were as passionate to win, he should have made that a priority. He apparently did not.

If you think that it is not a big deal and people will forget about it, it is no wonder the culture in Dallas is what it is.

It is not about doing the right thing, every day, to get better as Garrett repeats over and over.

It is about covering up, enabling and apologizing.

 

[DoctorChicken]

If I went into this thread not knowing what it was about, I would think Dez Bryant was caught in a police chase driving a stolen Lamborghini filled with meth based on the responses.

 

[haleyrules]

wouldn't bother me a bit, I'm sick of the team being held hostage by guys like this and was why I was pissed they gave into his fits and didn't force him to play under the franchise tag last year. IMHO, his contract should have the illusion of longevity but the flexibility to allow the team to release him at the end of any year and PLEASE don't restructure his contract.

It appears they may have had similar thoughts when they did his contract because if I am understanding the terms correctly, he could be released at the end of 2017 and they'd have 8 million in dead money

Absolutley. This boy has been all sizzle and very little substance from the very start. Jerry loves this dope because he causes controversy and sells jerseys. Very little more than that. I would trade or dump him in a heartbeat.

 

[yimyammer]

Ask yourself what would Belichick do?

My money is on "he never would have resigned him"

and probably would have traded him and received decent picks in return

 

[Ranching]

Then where is the relevance?

Have we heard all sides of this story, why do we bail on one of our players without all the facts. Let's give him credit for playing injured and not bailing on his team. That's all, nothing more.

 

[SDCowboy]

You and I have different opinions on Dez. I see a nice player not a dominant one. Dominant players are worth the trouble, nice ones arent.

Couldn't agree more.

 

[Alexander]

Idgit is right. It's not really a major issue. People who hate Dez will use this to justify their hate.

No, that is just your simplistic view.

A lot of people have given Bryant the benefit of the doubt and have either stood by him, or even revised their opinion of him, over the years.

But he has proven he is not a true professional.

He is no Michael Irvin. He has proven that, no matter how much Jones likes to pretend otherwise.

He is just another diva WR. Hot. Cold. Distraction. And ultimately probably not worth it in the long run.

 

[Ranching]

If I went into this thread not knowing what it was about, I would think Dez Bryant was caught in a police chase driving a stolen Lamborghini filled with meth based on the responses.

Exactly!

 

[ConceptCoop]

None of us know what impact this has on the team. For all we know, this is a lot more common that we think, and it just doesn't get out. Or maybe it is a huge issue and a distraction for the team. We really don't know.

 

[robjay04]

You and I have different opinions on Dez. I see a nice player not a dominant one. Dominant players are worth the trouble, nice ones arent.

You can argue he has fell off due to injuries since the contract but he was the best redzone threat in the NFL before last season. Touchdowns=dominant.

As for this situation. It is unacceptable and I am starting to think the team should at least start listening if teams inquire about him in the off season. Regardless, I hope he publicly apologizes or explains himself.

 

[AzorAhai]

If I went into this thread not knowing what it was about, I would think Dez Bryant was caught in a police chase driving a stolen Lamborghini filled with meth based on the responses.

He was, but Florio lost the tape.

 

[Joe Realist]

Overpaid, Overrated and Over

 

[SDCowboy]

To the people who don't think this is a big deal (whether true or not), how do you think your employer would react if you no-showed for a couple of days? My guess is they'd likely be your former employer.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I smell monkey business.

 

[Idgit]

You and I have different opinions on Dez. I see a nice player not a dominant one. Dominant players are worth the trouble, nice ones arent.

I don't consider Dez an elite WR, for the record.

 

[ConceptCoop]

To the people who don't think this is a big deal, how do you think your employer would react if you no-showed for a couple of days? My guess is they'd likely be your former employer.

If I was worth millions to my employer and there were 29 other large companies willing to give me the chance - I'm sure they'd be pretty fine with it. There's a reason Dez can get away with more than the parking lot staff.

 

[haleyrules]

Hearing stuff like this about Dez and Beckham really makes appreciate guys like Julio Jones and AJ Green.

Tell you what. The club should have franchised his *** and if the team did'nt win in 2 years (now) let this overpaid, overhyped turkey walk (fly). The club gave him way too much money and he will never earn it. He has always been deeply flawed.

 

[Trouty]

Overpaid, Overrated and Over

He's no Agholor or Matthews, amirite?? /s