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That being said, we probably didn’t turn our backs on an entire team in doing so.
With over a minute left in the fourth quarter of the game between the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers, the Cowboys’ most talented player headed down the tunnel.
It wasn’t due to injury or fatigue. Bryant left the field because he was “emotional” and didn’t want to watch the final seconds tick off on a gut-churning loss.
Bryant’s decision to leave the game early is just the latest show of emotion for a young, ridiculously talented man with a tendency to let his passion get the better of him. His sideline tirades are well-documented, but this last move touched a nerve for NFL fans and critics.
Others supported Bryant.
NFL AM co-host Eric Davis (sort of) defended Bryant’s decision to leave the field, explaining that if the Cowboys don’t mind it, it’s not something he can have a problem with.
Via NFL.com:
I don’t have a problem with Dez Bryant. Me personally, I don’t have a problem with him walking to the locker room, It's sort of been established that that’s what he does...you know, he’s an emotional guy and he wears them on his sleeves.
This is why I don’t have a problem with it. Because obviously, the Dallas Cowboys don’t have a problem with it...I never would’ve done it, but Dez obviously is in a situation and a position where it’s okay with that organization for him to do something like that.
Talented, hotheaded players have walked off before a game’s end in the past. A similar situation occurred in 2005 when Randy Moss left the Vikings sideline before the end of a tough loss to the Washington Commanders.
The difference between these two situations, however, is that Vikings head coach Mike Tice admonished Moss to the media afterward, while Bryant leaving wasn't discussed in Sunday's postgame presser with Jason Garrett.
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