ESPN Dallas: Should the Cowboys trade Dez Bryant?

[Califan007]

Something to stir the pot around here lol...

http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowbo...ade-dez-bryant

Bryan Broaddus, the official NFL scout of 103.3 FM and ESPNDallas.com, raised an interesting question today with Ben & Skin about wide receiver Dez Bryant:

If the Cowboys had a chance to get another first-round pick, should they trade Dez Bryant?

Many of you have gone crazy about this. The majority of you are saying, "NO WAY!!!!"

But when I asked someone in the front office if they'd consider such a trade they said, "I would think about it."

Bryant is a dynamic player. Before a season-ending leg injury, he led the team in touchdowns and explosive plays. If not for his injuries, he might have been the NFL Rookie of the Year.

He scored six receiving touchdowns and two special teams touchdowns. He was a force on the deep ball and has the ability to break tackles on shorter routes. Former wide receivers coach Ray Sherman called him a freak talent.

Quarterback Tony Romo said the receiver catches everything, and Romo still raves about a catch Bryant made vs. Houston in Week 3 that was out of bounds.

But former Cowboys wide receiver Patrick Crayton had this to say about Bryant on the Ben & Skin Show on Friday: "They let him get away with a lot of stuff. A lot of stuff. Hopefully whoever they bring in as receivers coach, and they say [Jason] Garrett is a disciplinarian, won't let him get away with so much stuff. He'll get locked down and hopefully be the next Michael Irvin."

Now to be fair, Crayton isn't a big fan of Garrett, and I'm sure the feeling is mutual. However, it should be noted Bryant was late to numerous meetings early in the season and didn't master the playbook like he should have.

This is an issue the Cowboys must address whenever they return to the field.

When Bryant went down with an injury, several players thought it would be a good time for Bryant to learn how to become an accomplished receiver with his time away from the game.

While the Cowboys lost his playmaking ability, they did finish the season 5-3 under Garrett and 2-2 without Bryant.

So if the Cowboys trade Bryant, what would they get in return?

They'd better get another Top 15 pick. And if that's the case, you can get a pass rusher and offensive lineman.

Is that more important than Bryant? Maybe. After all, you won 11 games without him in 2009. With him, you lost 10 games and had a receiver who was late to meetings, didn't know the playbook and had a few rants on the sidelines.

I don't believe you should trade Bryant, but if you get two elite players in the draft, should you at least explore the possibility?

[DWinzit]

Cowboys GM would never trade him because of his potential......it is however an intriguing question. Poor decision maker, poor route runner, lazy and who know perhaps durability wil become an issue.

Garrett needs to make him acountable for his actions yet sounds like he has not. Gotta love Patrick Crayton haha

[Hitman21ST]

I can't wait to see him make a rookie carry his pads. And no one in the media is going to call him on it.

[SkinsFTW]

This is a stupid article. Why would they have drafted him last year if they didn't want him? It's not like they didn't already know what kind of attitude he had.

[Texasaurus]

Cowboys GM would never trade him because of his potential......it is however an intriguing question. Poor decision maker, poor route runner, lazy and who know perhaps durability wil become an issue.

Garrett needs to make him acountable for his actions yet sounds like he has not. Gotta love Patrick Crayton haha

The same Crayton who's numbers as far yards and touchdowns have gone down since leaving Dallas???

[SWFLSkins]

Trade him to the Redskins, well make that two dumb ideas for them now.

[Texasaurus]

Jerruh would fire the rest of the team before he ever traded or out right released Bryant

[Paulie Walnuts]

Yes. Trading outstanding young talent for crap shoot draft picks is always a good idea in the NFL.

[Hitman21ST]

The same Crayton who's numbers as far yards and touchdowns have gone down since leaving Dallas???

Yeah, those 10 games really paint a picture...

[Texasaurus]

Yeah, those 10 games really paint a picture...

You really think it was just the last 10 games that tell the tale?

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/6975

These numbers don't lie and sure as heck don't say the slide started just in the last 10 games

[Hitman21ST]

You really think it was just the last 10 games that tell the tale?

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/6975

These numbers don't lie and sure as heck don't say the slide started just in the last 10 games

I see a receiver who, in 9 games with the Chargers, put up 36 and 108 yards less per season than with 16 games in a Cowboys uniform. He also posted a career high in yards per reception, at 18.4, which is 4.3 and 1.6 yards per reception better per season than with the Cowboys. That means that, if he had had two more receptions with the Chargers at his average, he is now higher than his worst year in Dallas, and if he has 6 more receptions, he has a career high in reception yards. Seeing as how he averaged 3 receptions per game, if he plays in two more games, he's now setting career numbers in yards.

I actually don't see a slide at all, to tell you the truth.

[tr1]

Perhaps all the posters here forgot that Jerruh called Dez out in the press about his 'attitude?'

The pukes will regret drafting this guy...

Oh, and it's good to know that my suspicions about Garrett were right: he's as big a cupcake as Wade was...and, letting a rookie walk all over him.

This is going to be a terrific 4+ years as a Skins' fan hating on the pukes.

Tremendous.

[BRAVEONAWARPATH]

Wow, what a dumb idea. 1. He was the best player on the offense. 2. There is no way they get a top 15 pick for him.

What makes you say that?

[HailToTheRedskins14]

But when I asked someone in the front office if they'd consider such a trade they said, "I would think about it."

Who did he talk to, a janitor cleaning up after hours?


I really, really need to switch professions. This guy gets paid to write articles like that.

Re-read it then remind yourself he got paid to write that. Ridiculous. As for Dez, his stats are garbage to me. Look at our first game, they forced him the ball on those little quick WR screens just to get his stats up. Who knows how many times they did that. They were padding his stats in the beginning of the season thinking they were cruising to the Superbowl then halfway through realized "Oh ****, this is serious!".

[GreenRiggins]

Crayton is still in the NFL ? NewsFlash