I don’t see any downside to bringing him in and letting him show what he has left. It would have to be in a deal that allowed him to easily be cut.
The prime problem with Dez is it would be extra hard to for us to cut him or even just decline to sign him once we bring him in.
As a player, I think he'll have high upside relative to his likely cheapo price. Should be a good deal for some *other* team who could ruthlessly dump him if he doesn't pan out. But I don't think we're that team.
And even from Dez's perspective, just in terms of a fit on the field, he'd be better off with a veteran QB with better ball placement and touch.
But maybe Dez's goal is more marketing than playing football. Maybe he wants to mend fences with the org and the fans. Which may be the best thing he can do financially in football at this point.
If he came in and did more of the grunt work, never complained, got us some decent plays, that would be a better end to his career than what he's had, and better than going elsewhere and being meh. He can make being meh here a positive if he just works and contributes and stays positive about contributing. I think it would be great for him to *embrace* a Noah Brown plus some catches role.
I thought the Achilles tear would allow him to just bow out of football for injury reasons. That might have been best. But now that he's trying to come back, he's opened himself to the downsides of generating no interest, of getting cut, of playing poorly, of not delivering much value. Here, at least, he can get significant value even if he's legitimately a downroster player.