Dez Bryant: "Whoever passes up on me, it's over with"

he is a jackass

pass

 

Just to be a smart@$$ about it, you do need cleats to play football.

 

My exact thoughts

That's good enough for me. I really think Bryant will play with a hunger, in his first few years at least, to prove to people that he is better than they think. He has been dumped on a lot considering that he really hasn't done anything wrong. So he talks differently then most--that doesn't mean his suspension was for something like punching another guy in the face like Blount. He's not out getting arrested like players (who are adored, btw) who are actually in the NFL.

 

I couldn't pass up the opportunity, lol.

I wish a reporter would have told him that because I'd be interested in his response.

 

He certainly doesn't seem like the brightest crayon in the box, but if he's there at pick #12, I have a very, very, very, difficult time passing on him and picking someone else; unless that someone else is Eric Berry (which isn't likely).

 

zomg!



Red flag! Red flag!

 

Look at some of the best receivers in the league right now..
Andre Johnson, Larry Fitzgerald, Sidney Rice, Reggie Wayne, Steve Smith (NYG) etc...

These guys didn't have 40 times that made Mike Mayock's eyes fall out of his head either, but they are all incredible at playing the position of NFL wide receiver..

Look at the "fastest" receivers in the league...this list has several disappointing players...
Ginn, Heyward-Bey, Devin Thomas, DeSean Jackson..

DeSean Jackson is the only guy that is a pure "speed" guy I'd want on my team.

Granted...I picked names that would help my argument, but you see where I'm going with this

 

DeSean Jackson has definitely not been a disappointment

 

All those guys ran under a 4.5 with the exception of Sidney Rice.

 

Oh I know...I was just making a point that most guys are..guys taken as pure speed rarely pan out.. I think he's the exception

 

it would be a huge mistake to pass on him i really dont want to listen to fans if we dont draft him B**** and mone about how we passed on dez

 

If we pass on Dez Bryant, we deserve to eat crow for years.

Plain and simple.

 

Jackson hasnt been disappointing at all IMO

 

He falls to someone in he AFCE and we'll be eating more than crow

 

Fitz: 4.63 @ 2004 combine
Johnson: 4.43 (nice speed...but not OMG he'll run by EVERYONE)
Wayne: 4.48
Steve Smith: 4.44

So yes, these are all nice time, but not make you drop everything and take notice times like Bey, Ginn, etc...

My point is, there's a lot more to a WR than just a 40 time, and you can have marginal speed and still be pretty dominant...ask Jerry Rice, or Chris Carter, or Steve Largent, or Art Monk...

 

Practice,we talkin' about practice,Not a real game,practice.


Ahhhh, screw him anyway.Don't want im'.
Bring me a LB.....

 

Fitzgerald ran a 4.48 at his Pro Day IIRC.

I agree that there's more to a wide receiver than a 40 time, I was merely pointing out the players and their times.

 

I'm not saying he was, in fact I said I'd want him on my team. My point was that guys that are usually just all speed don't pan out. I think he's probably one of the exceptions...

 

If they think he's good enough draft him, I don't personally have a problem with it. But I always respect people a little less when they can't make the effort to speak English at higher than a kindergarten level in an interview that will be be printed all over.

I thought it might have been a typo but he did it twice so I doubt it.

I grew up in the country, I've definitely used my fair share of slang in my life, but I hate it when athletes speak like they dropped out of 2nd grade in an interview. Joey Porter did the same crap all the time. I just don't understand how grown men who went to college would talk that way in an interview.

 

The problem I have is Mayock said " he looked like he was giving up on a lot of drills" I am starting to have second thoughts on this guy. It is so important to this team to be right on this #12 pick. We can't afford to blow this pick.

 

Generation gap I think......it seems today that younger ppl talk that way on purpose.......as tho they are trying to create their own language based on poor grammar

 

I know some younger people might talk that way... like my six year old daughter. I correct her and tell her that learning proper english will be important in her adult life. I guess I was lying. It's sad to see this from grown men who are supposedly educated.

 

Exactly what I thought. These are college educated people were talking about here.

 

I actually have second thoughts on Mike Mayock......the guy looked ready to do a happy dance when we selected Pat White. Who appeared to be one of his favorite players in the draft.

 

Hmmm. Not a single hint of being childish, or a diva, or even uneducated there, now is there. Sounds like a young man who has his head exactly squared away and his attitude just right for someone who is about to be given millions of dollars to play a game after improving himself and learning about life at one of the great institutes of higher education a whole lot of people would give a lot of money to attend - if they had it. Fine, upstanding young man.

 

I get what you're saying......it just seems as tho ppl around his age, couldn't care less about proper grammar, sounding intelligent or not murdering the English language. In fact, it's as tho they seem hell bent on re-creating the language to fit their hip, MTV philosophy of life.

 

He's so dumb that he can't even realize that by saying this he is infact hurting himself more and creating a situation where more teams may actually pass on him. Hey at this rate he'll still be available in the second round.

 

Hopefully if we draft him he wont forget his best cleats when its gametime. Maybe we can have someone bring them for him?

 

I'm around his age and i care deeply about using correct grammar and how i sound when i talk. Just for the mere fact that it gives me an advantage over all of the incompetent people that will be my 'competition' in finding a future job.

 

Or maybe he just comes from a lower socioeconomic status than most of us and that is the reason his speech sounds so much worse. Growing up he didn't have anyone correcting him. You can be intelligent and still speak poorly.

 

You mean like an equipment manager?

Dude, great idea!

 

Very good point

 

Sorry, I don't buy it. What he didn't go to school? We know he went to college. He's had plenty of time to hear what english is supposed to sound like. I grew up in a poor family in a piece of crap trailer, my parents used food stamps plenty of times to get by, yet amazingly enough I somehow learned how to conjugate simple verbs in the English language. My dad is a high school dropout. He's the last person you'd ever see correcting somebody's grammar. Talk however you want around family and friends, but you want somebody to respect you in the real world then maybe you should try speaking to the national media like you've read a book or took an english class once or twice in your life. Being poor is a copout. You don't have to go to Harvard to learn to articulate better than that.

 

If we pass on him I can't wait to hear what you guys have to say after he torches us in the first meet.

But if anyone is questioning his character based on what's said in THAT article... what a shame. Parcells/Ireland/Sparano has you guys hypnotized.

 

Personally if he has the potential people are saying he does I want the Dolphins to take him. As much as I've been railing against adults who speak like kindergarteners in this thread, I do want the Dolphins to win and a big time receiver would certainly help their cause. Assuming he works hard and takes his job seriously. Do that and you can talk any way you want when it comes to football.

I tend to agree that statement isn't a big enough sample to completely judge him as a person. I think a lot of people appreciate a little more humility in a man though. If you want to declare yourself the next Randy Moss you better back it up or shut your mouth.

 

I hopped off the bandwagon because of character issues he supposedly had, but I'm back on. If we pass on him, we'll regret it forever.

 

When I played football, I couldn't imagin being at an away game trying to explain to my coach and teammates that I forgot my cleats. I would still be running laps, doing up n downs and bear crawls. Next year I would be doing wind sprints and 6 inch leglifts.

 

thats it dez if you scream loud enough that will make you a star in this league.
comparing himself to randy moss before the draft LOL
this guy has a lot to learn and already he is talking smack. imagine after he is in the league
wow he is going to have a target on his back every week.
why in the hell would we go anywhere near this guy?

 

Ted?