Dez Bryant Fires More Shots at Dallas Cowboys Coaches
By Erik Lambert
Dez Bryant is always one guided by emotions. So when he feels he’s under personal attack, he’s going to fire back no matter who it is.
It would appear the wide receiver has a growing resentment towards the Dallas Cowboys. Most people felt he hated the team in general after the team cut him loose. It turns out there is a deeper side to it. Bryant made it clear on Twitter that he’s still a big supporter of Dak Prescott and other offensive teammates. His beef instead rests with the men who are calling the shots in the building: the coaches.
While he’s been receiving lots of blame for why he struggled so much last season, Bryant appeared to reach his breaking point. He fired back with a tweet declaring that it was less him and more the bad job done by the coaches in making the offense more complex and unpredictable. Defenses knew exactly what the Cowboys were going to do and had a lot more success stopping it in 2017, especially after Ezekiel Elliott went out with his suspension.
The inability to adjust was evident, and Bryant was made to look like the reason everything went south to protect the coaches. At least that’s how he sees it.
Here we go with that scapegoat shit.. i charged everything to the game and went the other way.. y’all know what the real problem is .. don’t put it on me with that bullshit.. garbage ass play calling.. Everybody lined up in the same spot for 17 weeks.. 🛑 😂 https://t.co/YhG4cAPx6O
— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) July 27, 2018
Bryant is wrong for lashing out but right about the coaching issue
There’s a reason Dallas wants to run the ball as often as they do. Yes, it’s because they’re good at it but also because it’s to mask their mediocre ability to throw the ball. As a team, the Cowboys ranked 23rd in passing in 2016. This is when they went 13-3. So even when things were great, there were still problems with generating good production through the air. Last year it just looked a lot worse because Elliott wasn’t there to mask it at times.
Or could it just be that Bryant was never that good of a receiver and was simply masked by having Tony Romo as his quarterback for most of his career? It depends on who you ask. One thing is for sure. Bryant probably isn’t doing himself any favors in the eyes of other teams by calling out his former coaches. He was already considered a risk because of his high-maintenance personality. This situation will merely reinforce their concerns.