I posted in the other Dez thread. I'll summarize that here. Dez was emotionally a child when he was drafted. He's been growing up but he's obviously still got a long way to go. By all accounts, he worked hard this offseason. Probably for the first time in his life. He's learning what it means to work. What it means to face adversity and overcome it. But it takes more than one offseason for anyone to get there. I'm not sure people realize just how far he's had to come and needs to come to get where we want him to be.
The question is whether he will continue to work and try to improve. If the effort and will to improve are there, I don't think anyone would doubt that he'll continue to improve. If he checks out, then what you see is what you'll get.
I came across this link talking about his response to the adversity of Monday Night.
http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/2012/10/jason-garrett-dez-bryant-brings-a-great-attitude-during-practices-meetings-and-games.html/
Bryant didn’t seem to be frustrated as he and Romo calmly talked over the mistake on the sideline. The Cowboys scored a touchdown on their next possession and Bryant caught two passes on the drive.
“Dez has a great attitude,” Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said Wednesday. “He has a great attitude in practice and meetings and certainly during the game. He’s very passionate about the game and we love that, we love passion in our players, and we love passion in our team.
“But Dez is a guy who is learning the game, is understanding things. I thought the communication was really good in responding to what happened on that particular play, and I thought our team responded well.”
Despite appearing dejected, sitting at his locker with his head down after the majority of his teammates had already exited Cowboys Stadium Monday night, Bryant tried to keep a positive attitude.
“Everybody knows this is a long season,” Bryant said. “We’d be crazy if we continue to stress over this instead of just trying to get better and get past this. I feel like we are mentally tough and we’re going to get through it and we’re going to get ready for Baltimore.”
To me, this is a sign that he's trying. He's working on improving. If this is truly the case, then I believe the odds are better than not that the best is still ahead for him.