Dez Bryant: The Myth

Surely by now we all know what to expect come Sunday from Dez Bryant. That is about seven or eight catches for a hundred or so yards with zero touchdowns, and five dropped passes. We still rely on this guy to be our biggest playmaker at wide receiver for this team, and to be honest I love Dez. But I'm sick and tired of having to wonder which Dez is going to show up. He is SO inconsistent. This is year three and he got his first 100 yard game THIS year. How can you call him one of the most talented receivers in the league when it took him more than two full years in this league to achieve a 100 yard receiving game?

The worst thing about this kid, is that he'll make a play that will have you chanting his name and then ten minutes later he'll drop a pass that really matters and makes his previous play irrelevant. We need a guy who can make every play whenever he's called on. On ESPN Dallas Tim Macmahon wrote a piece about how Dez thinks this is the year where he is going to break out. He's had by far the his most successful season thus far, as of now if we estimate his numbers he is going to rack up about ninety-four catches and around 1,115 yards. Thats what he considers "breaking out"? I want Calvin Johnson like numbers from this guy and I think he's capable. They both have the same kind of athletic ability and Dez should be at least somewhere near this guy with all of the swag he appears to have on the field.

However, I think the Cowboys should've traded Dez this off-season. He hasn't made a game changing play to date in his career. He made the touchdown against the Ravens and then dropped the two-point conversion so it didn't matter, he made the catch Sunday against the Giant's but was out of bounds. If we would have traded him this past off-season I think it would've been EASY for Dallas to have gotten a second round draft pick for him. If we let him walk then we wouldn't have to worry if one of our supposed "best" players is going to hit his mom, get arrested in a mall for sagging his pants, or rack up a $100,000 jewelry store tab. All that I know is, is that if he wants to stay in Dallas, he needs to pick it up. His on-the-field production I don't think is enough to get him the contract he's going to want, and even if it was up to par, his off-the-field mental capabilities would drag his contract down due to the fact that we don't know if this kid is going to light a Ruth's Chris on fire for making his medium steak a little too medium-rare.

However, I do hope he breaks out. I think he has the talent to do so, mental capabilities.....maybe not. But, I can hope and I will hope that he continues to put up career numbers this season, because the Cowboys need someone like him. Like really bad.


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