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Dez Bryant, WR, Dallas Cowboys (1 Viewer)

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Dez is an interesting case this year. His ADP is WR14, but he has the physical skills to produce as top5. This is the type of player that can win you a lot of games if he plays up to his potential.

I think Dez makes the jump to a WR1 this year, but not necessarily elite status due to having a smart QB that can distribute to multiple good receivers and Dallas presumably having a good running game with Felix and Demarco.

I'll go with 80 - 1120 - 10 as my somewhat conservative estimate.

 
People forget that Romo and Austin have some serious chemistry. If Romo, Bryant, and Austin are all 100% healthy, I think there is a greater than 50% chance that Austin > Bryant this year. I always hear about Bryant being a great red zone target, but he and Austin are both 6'2". Austin finished WR3 in 2009 on basically 12 games and WR12 with Kitna for most of the year in 2010.

There will absolutely be enough passes to spread around here as Dallas is pretty thin behind Bryant, Austin, and Witten so I'm not going to rule out Austin and Bryant both finishing as FF WR1s, but right now Bryant is a hard sell at WR14 while Austin is WR18. That being said, I'd be more than happy to wait and take them rather than take Welker, White, Green, Cruz, or Nelson a round or two earlier than these two.

FWIW, Dallas WRs accounted for 182/2698/27 and TEs put up 111/1187/6 last year. IF the running game improves, those numbers could see a decline, but Murray and Jones are far from stalwarts at the position.

 
80-1200-13

Probably will produce in spurts. Definately like him more than Austin.

 
3rd year.

Full off season with a top notch strength and conditioning coach.

Has stayed out of trouble this offseason.

Ran improved routes as last year progressed.

Hard to not like his upside.

1175 yards

12 tds

 
Talent wise, the sky is the limit for Bryant. Can he stay healthy and focused? Witten is getting older and DAL doesn't have much depth behind at WR, so Bryant (along with Austin) will have a lot of opportunities to post big numbers. I am with FF Ninja in that taking Bryant or Austin a round later than Welker/Nelson/Cruz is the money play. I really like Bryant this year, as well as Austin.

Currently his ADP is WR14, not cheap, but can he exceed his ADP? Absolutely.

82 rec, 1115 yds, 10 TD.

 
78 receptions 950 yd. 9 TDlearning disability keeps his route running "skills" at a standstill
so he gets almost 15 more catches, but his yards go down? i don't get it
They didn't go down...they went up 22 yards with the 15 catches. So he's not going to improve next year at all...he's just going to get an extra 15 catches for 1.5 yards each. Jerry Jones picked him so he can be Romo's new check down option.
 
65 rec, 750 yards, 7 Td's. If he does not get suspended. I think L. Robinson's production will go to Austin, Murray, and Whitten.

 

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