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Footballguy
This ought to be fun.
Coming off a night under the national spotlight where all anyone wants to talk about is how Dez messed up a route, dropped passes, and cost his team a penalty, and with the team going into a bye (and owners maybe needing another starter this week), it would appear that not a lot has changed with Dez Bryant: $million dollar talent, knuckle sandwhich head.
HOWEVER, something has changed with the Cowboys in the last two weeks and Dez bryant is getting ready to be the consistent beneficiary. It is time to buy Mr. Bryant.
Let's concede all the things talked about and say "Yes, all those things happened last night." But then let's step away from the emotional ledge and realize in order to get that much attention, your team must be giving YOU a lot of attention. Yes, Bryant dropped a big pass last night and everyone is buzzing about it and piling on. But you know what, I saw AJ, Megatron, and Wes welker do the same thing this last week or two too. All it means is THEY THREW TO HIM in the first place and that's what is important.
Yeah, Bryant sure did have an important foul called on him last night but you know what? I saw fitz cost Roberts a 70+ yard TD last week on a foul. Did Dez run the wrong route? He sure did. Brandon marshall and Eric Decker did too last week. The point being, nothing attracts a negative crowd like a crowd and this is piling on thick.
But here's the up side in all this. Bryant, over the past two weeks, has been targets 21 times. He had 8 catches last night for 100+. That's production. And it recently is becoming CONSISTENT TARGETS in the right direction. Romo is clearly and obviously looking at Bryant first on almost every single snap. go back and watch the replay if you didn't notice it already. On almost EVERY SINGLE snap, Romo does a quick look to Bryant first. If I own a player, I like that...a lot!
There has also been some recent articles discussing Big 12 WRs, in general that I think ties in exactly in what we are seeing in guys like Dez and Michael crabtree. Anyone else notice how crabtree, this year, is actually starting to come around and he's starting to get some of these quick slants and crossing routes thrown his way? Well, the articles have taken a look at how all these Big 12 kids really never see press coverage in college and how guys like Bryant, Crabs, and Blackmon, if you go back and look at them in college, always seemingly had 9 yards in front of them. So they come to the NFL and, of course, they struggle with it. Last year, with the lockout, there was essentially a year's training camp lost on teaching this. But this year, with a year in training camp, Crabs is coming around and Dez Bryant is looking better. Guess who is still struggling? The rookie Blackmon, who missed some reps in camp (and we've seen so far in games when the corners play up, he's almost a non-factor but in games where the corners lay off, he's getting catches).
So here we are, in the present and Romo is clearly starting to feed this matchup. Bryant IS responding and the talent and potential is obvious. Yes, he's not perfect, but keep in mind NONE of them are. Some are more consistent, sure, but all these guys start somewhere and, to me, its obvious that with Bryant, I'm seeing a phone booth opening with a man in a red cape coming out. This point in time is the time to get Dez Bryant.
Coming off a night under the national spotlight where all anyone wants to talk about is how Dez messed up a route, dropped passes, and cost his team a penalty, and with the team going into a bye (and owners maybe needing another starter this week), it would appear that not a lot has changed with Dez Bryant: $million dollar talent, knuckle sandwhich head.
HOWEVER, something has changed with the Cowboys in the last two weeks and Dez bryant is getting ready to be the consistent beneficiary. It is time to buy Mr. Bryant.
Let's concede all the things talked about and say "Yes, all those things happened last night." But then let's step away from the emotional ledge and realize in order to get that much attention, your team must be giving YOU a lot of attention. Yes, Bryant dropped a big pass last night and everyone is buzzing about it and piling on. But you know what, I saw AJ, Megatron, and Wes welker do the same thing this last week or two too. All it means is THEY THREW TO HIM in the first place and that's what is important.
Yeah, Bryant sure did have an important foul called on him last night but you know what? I saw fitz cost Roberts a 70+ yard TD last week on a foul. Did Dez run the wrong route? He sure did. Brandon marshall and Eric Decker did too last week. The point being, nothing attracts a negative crowd like a crowd and this is piling on thick.
But here's the up side in all this. Bryant, over the past two weeks, has been targets 21 times. He had 8 catches last night for 100+. That's production. And it recently is becoming CONSISTENT TARGETS in the right direction. Romo is clearly and obviously looking at Bryant first on almost every single snap. go back and watch the replay if you didn't notice it already. On almost EVERY SINGLE snap, Romo does a quick look to Bryant first. If I own a player, I like that...a lot!
There has also been some recent articles discussing Big 12 WRs, in general that I think ties in exactly in what we are seeing in guys like Dez and Michael crabtree. Anyone else notice how crabtree, this year, is actually starting to come around and he's starting to get some of these quick slants and crossing routes thrown his way? Well, the articles have taken a look at how all these Big 12 kids really never see press coverage in college and how guys like Bryant, Crabs, and Blackmon, if you go back and look at them in college, always seemingly had 9 yards in front of them. So they come to the NFL and, of course, they struggle with it. Last year, with the lockout, there was essentially a year's training camp lost on teaching this. But this year, with a year in training camp, Crabs is coming around and Dez Bryant is looking better. Guess who is still struggling? The rookie Blackmon, who missed some reps in camp (and we've seen so far in games when the corners play up, he's almost a non-factor but in games where the corners lay off, he's getting catches).
So here we are, in the present and Romo is clearly starting to feed this matchup. Bryant IS responding and the talent and potential is obvious. Yes, he's not perfect, but keep in mind NONE of them are. Some are more consistent, sure, but all these guys start somewhere and, to me, its obvious that with Bryant, I'm seeing a phone booth opening with a man in a red cape coming out. This point in time is the time to get Dez Bryant.
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