I however blame the coaching staff for all those years not making him hone his craft and become a better route runner and overall wr. He was in the league 8 years and had like a 4 route tree lol.
I sat in the stands during training camp the second year Dez was with the team. This was in San Antonio in the arena where the Spurs play. I concentrated on Dez because he was such a talent. They had him one on one with a coach. The coach had the playbook and they would look at a play and he would run the route. Obviously I was in the stands, and even though this was before they decided to play loud music, the place was a quiet as a tomb, I could not hear the dialog between player and coach. It appeared to me Dez was struggling with the routes.
Later I learned from reading about Dez that he had trouble understanding the route tree and his assignments. Seem,s there were several articles, especially when Dez was "learning" that Jerry Rice crossing route that never manifested.
So you are correct. He had maybe four routes. I don't believe the coaches were at fault there. Dez will never been seen as a Phi Beta Kappa.
