Guys, it really doesn't matter what any of us think or what any of us would do..........only what the team thinks or does.
From all indications, that includes comments by both Jerry and Stephen, it is crystal clear that the decision has been made that Dez will not be kept at his current salary for 2018. Otherwise, why is there a need to have a conversation? Why all of this talk about being accountable for your play as Stephen says? You don't make comments like this if you plan to keep a player at this current contract price. I don't hear anybody talking about needing to have a conversation with Crawford or that so-and-so needs to be accountable for his play. Only person on the roster they talk about like this is Dez.
So, it doesn't take a genius to know what is going on here. Jerry bluntly said it the other day, that with what they have on the team now, with the new WR free agent signings and "what we can work out with Dez" will make the WR core very good this year.
Ergo......a 5 yr old could tell what is going on by the way they have telegraphed this, Dez is going to be asked to take a pay cut, might be disguised as extension or something else to not embarrass him. If Dez says no, he is gone.