Dez Bryant admits he did not work hard enough last offseason

[Stash]

The biggest shame of it for me - wherever one chooses to place the blame or reasons why - is that one year of a 5-year, $70 million deal was essentially wasted, down the drain. For the player's career, for the team's record, and for the long-term salary cap. Same for Romo.

 

[Nightman]

it is like coaches that spend 20 hours at work daily.....if they lose they didn't do enough...if they win they it was because they outworked the other guy

we all saw Dez' workouts last year when he skipped OTAs in June.....he was in tremendous shape...then he signed his deal July 15h, a full 2 weeks before camp even opened...it is just athlete speak, like giving it 110% when we know that is not possible

idiots still want to blame the monkey

 

[BigD5]

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant was not himself in 2015, and now he's admitting there's more he could have done to avoid the down season.

Bryant acknowledged that he "didn't work hard enough" while holding out for a new contract last offseason, according to Clarence Hill of the Star-Telegram.

The Cowboys ultimately forked over a five-year, $70 million contract last July, but Bryant did little to pay the team back last season. The 6-foot-2, 220-pound pass-catcher fractured his foot in the first game of the season and missed the next fivegames. Upon his return, he was still bothered by his foot — as well as knee and ankle injuries — limiting him to a career-low 31 receptions for 401 yards and three touchdowns before finishing the year on injured reserve.

Bryant, 27, is determined to bounce back and is working much harder this offseason in order to make it happen.

"I believe in work," Bryant said, per the Star-Telegram. "I believe in what we do on the field and in the weight room. That’s how I get my results. If I don’t work hard, it’s going to show up. I felt that way last year. Not that I didn’t work hard, but I didn’t work hard enough. That’s why we have to turn it up a notch. I feel good. I feel real confident going into training camp."

http://dal.247sports.com/Bolt/Dez-Bryant-admits-he-did-not-work-hard-enough-last-offseason-45836794

How can you not go overboard in putting in work after that Green Bay game? That shows me Dez's mentality isn't there to be a champion. How can your season end the way it did and you just halfass it the following offseason? That boggles my mind.

I thought Jason Garrett and the team as a whole made a bad choice last offseason in not building off that Green Bay game. They kept saying this is a new year blah blah blah. They should've fed off of that catch. Watched it over and over. Thought about it and talked about on every rep in practice.

 

[BigD5]

it is like coaches that spend 20 hours at work daily.....if they lose they didn't do enough...if they win they it was because they outworked the other guy

we all saw Dez' workouts last year when he skipped OTAs in June.....he was in tremendous shape...then he signed his deal July 15h, a full 2 weeks before camp even opened...it is just athlete speak, like giving it 110% when we know that is not possible

idiots still want to blame the monkey

We also saw Dez cramp up and pretty much sit out week one vs nyg

 

[Nightman]

We also saw Dez cramp up and pretty much sit out week one vs nyg

that has absolutely nothing to do with being in shape.....


....it is funny that back in the day I remember all my coaches telling us not to drink too much water because it would give us cramps and that you were soft if you wanted to hydrate.....plus those open water jugs were everyone just dipped their dirty grassy hands in to fill the water bottles.....how did we ever make it....must've been the orange slices....

 

[JoeBoBBY]

Havent read the responses to the thread. But I like what Dez is saying, for many reasons................................standing up. putting blame and responsibility on himself, ...he is a leader of a team that went 4-12. even it if wasnt all his fault....


this is good....good good.

Cant wait until the season begins.

Go Dez, We need him.....we need Dez Bryant....ive beat up him up......but as Cowboys Fan.....Im rooting for him. Get that SB Dez. It will shut everybody up.....

 

[DallasDomination]

When I said it, everyone attacked me. When he mans up to it, everyone is heaping praise on him. I'm glad he takes responsibility but let's see him redeem himself this season.

Honestly this^

He looked completely gassed out there and looked slow. I mentioned it wasn't just his injury he was out of shape. I'm glad he owned it and hopefully he trains like an animal.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

What you are saying is factual. Once his foot was broken, he was in a down spiral out of his control. However, I had always suspected that fracture to his foot did not just happen out of freak curcumstance. I suspected he wasn't working out hard enough on his own during his hold out. Not being in the same physical shape as years past, he tried to do the freakishly athletic things that he had done in previous years and that contribued to the fracture in his foot. If you've ever been an athlete then you know, when you reach a certain level of fitness and peform at that level of fitness, you learn you can do things that you could not before. Run a little faster, jump a little higher... etc. If you ever lose that level of fitness and then try to do the things you could previously do at a higher level of fitness, your body will try to compensate for that lost level of fitness but will ultimately give/break/tear. This is what I belief happened to Dez. He has now admitted he did not workout hard enough.

I tend to disagree. The only thing I could see to your point is now they have bio-analytics that some professional organizations are using that can measure certain things like how a player's Center of Mass and Center of Pressure is moving when they jump, run, backpedal, etc. and it increases an understanding of the probability for injuries. So...there could be a point, but I'm still skeptical in his situation. I think he happened to break the foot and there's nothing he could do about it.




YR

 

[Section446]

I've always questioned his work ethic, the guy disappears for entire halves too much. Guy has a long way to go before he enters the top-tier of WR's.

 

[DandyDon52]

How can you not go overboard in putting in work after that Green Bay game? That shows me Dez's mentality isn't there to be a champion. How can your season end the way it did and you just halfass it the following offseason? That boggles my mind.

I thought Jason Garrett and the team as a whole made a bad choice last offseason in not building off that Green Bay game. They kept saying this is a new year blah blah blah. They should've fed off of that catch. Watched it over and over. Thought about it and talked about on every rep in practice.

that doesnt fit into jg's philosophy of watch the tape, get better and move on.
With him each year is a new year , they dont build off the previous year or years.

 

[DandyDon52]

What you are saying is factual. Once his foot was broken, he was in a down spiral out of his control. However, I had always suspected that fracture to his foot did not just happen out of freak curcumstance. I suspected he wasn't working out hard enough on his own during his hold out. Not being in the same physical shape as years past, he tried to do the freakishly athletic things that he had done in previous years and that contribued to the fracture in his foot. If you've ever been an athlete then you know, when you reach a certain level of fitness and peform at that level of fitness, you learn you can do things that you could not before. Run a little faster, jump a little higher... etc. If you ever lose that level of fitness and then try to do the things you could previously do at a higher level of fitness, your body will try to compensate for that lost level of fitness but will ultimately give/break/tear. This is what I belief happened to Dez. He has now admitted he did not workout hard enough.

I think he also showed up overweight, so add that into not being in the shape he was before, and it is a recipe for getting hurt.
Those early games are hot, so then the dehydration factors in.
They need to be in peak condition and hydrated to play normally in those early games.

The other thing is no one knows what exactly happened to hurt his foot. there is no video of it,
in the game he was off camera, or it was not obvious which play he was hurt on.

I remember he was dunking balls over goal post, in TC and pulled Hamstring, and I wonder if that is where
the foot got initially injured.

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[LocimusPrime]

Pickle juice

That's what I used to drink. Good stuff.

 

[rynochop]

That's what I used to drink. Good stuff.

I know, it is good. I was kinda referencing the infamous week 1 pickle juice game against the Eagles. That was an ugly loss.ha

 

[TwoDeep3]

While this will not go down well with some here, I believe this is a window into the character issues that allowed Dez to slip to the Cowboys.

There are some guys who would have empowered their agent to do the speaking, while they hired a trainer, and were in the best physical shape they could be to show the team they mean business. Think if this were Witten at odds with what Jerry offered and truly considered sitting out to get more money.

Does anyone here believe Witten would not have been in the best shape of his life when the dust settled?

I know there will be the usual hue and cry that come running to close ranks and tell me off for this. But there is maturity, and then there is ego.

Dez made a comment about Jerry not knowing him and that he would sit out. Instead of allowing that to be a back door communique delivered by his agent. it's this social media act he does which shows his immaturity. Along with jake-legging it in the off-season last year.

Would it of made a difference what condition he was in with Romo going down, some will ask. Makes a huge difference in the fact there always seems to be a storm brewing under the surface with this guy. From calling out the press in tweets, to making statements laced with anger and venom about the owner of the club who had lavished a fortune on the kid, and was merely playing the game because other teams with similar talent were seeing who would set the market price.

Dez running his mouth did nothing to bring both sides to the table. His laissez faire attitude to working out and being prepared, along with his antics on the sidelines indicate this is a child's mind in the body of a man.

Great talent, two cent head.

Makes me wonder just how dedicated he is.

Money talks and bullcrap walks

In this case for me, money is him posting his best season and becoming a top two wide receiver in the league. Delivering a great passing attack and not disappearing in games.

Be the guy every fan here wants. Which is more Irvin and less Dezzie the petulant child.

 

[Oh_Canada]

When I said it, everyone attacked me. When he mans up to it, everyone is heaping praise on him. I'm glad he takes responsibility but let's see him redeem himself this season.

I have zero idea what you said, but he didn't say he didn't work hard, he just said not hard enough. I'll bet his level of work offseason would still be more than 80% of his teammates last year.

 

[JoeKing]

I have zero idea what you said, but he didn't say he didn't work hard, he just said not hard enough. I'll bet his level of work offseason would still be more than 80% of his teammates last year.

He echoed what I said, "he didn't work hard enough".

 

[DallasDomination]

I've always questioned his work ethic, the guy disappears for entire halves too much. Guy has a long way to go before he enters the top-tier of WR's.

I've slightly questioned it myself just because he seems like he's often dehydrated or cramping up out there...not saying Dez isn't a beast but if he had half the work ethic of Owens he would be unstoppable.

 

[Jstopper]

While this will not go down well with some here, I believe this is a window into the character issues that allowed Dez to slip to the Cowboys.

There are some guys who would have empowered their agent to do the speaking, while they hired a trainer, and were in the best physical shape they could be to show the team they mean business. Think if this were Witten at odds with what Jerry offered and truly considered sitting out to get more money.

Does anyone here believe Witten would not have been in the best shape of his life when the dust settled?

I know there will be the usual hue and cry that come running to close ranks and tell me off for this. But there is maturity, and then there is ego.

Dez made a comment about Jerry not knowing him and that he would sit out. Instead of allowing that to be a back door communique delivered by his agent. it's this social media act he does which shows his immaturity. Along with jake-legging it in the off-season last year.

Would it of made a difference what condition he was in with Romo going down, some will ask. Makes a huge difference in the fact there always seems to be a storm brewing under the surface with this guy. From calling out the press in tweets, to making statements laced with anger and venom about the owner of the club who had lavished a fortune on the kid, and was merely playing the game because other teams with similar talent were seeing who would set the market price.

Dez running his mouth did nothing to bring both sides to the table. His laissez faire attitude to working out and being prepared, along with his antics on the sidelines indicate this is a child's mind in the body of a man.

Great talent, two cent head.

Makes me wonder just how dedicated he is.

Money talks and bullcrap walks

In this case for me, money is him posting his best season and becoming a top two wide receiver in the league. Delivering a great passing attack and not disappearing in games.

Be the guy every fan here wants. Which is more Irvin and less Dezzie the petulant child.

Absolute hog wash

 

[Alexander]

Pickle juice

Thank you for the horrific flashback.

That was back during my optimistic period. I thought Galloway was going to be a difference maker. Then Reid out coaches Campo (wasn't hard) and Galloway blew out his knee.

Worst. Opening. Day. Ever.

 

[rynochop]

Thank you for the horrific flashback.

That was back during my optimistic period. I thought Galloway was going to be a difference maker. Then Reid out coaches Campo (wasn't hard) and Galloway blew out his knee.

Worst. Opening. Day. Ever.

It was like the season was over after one game