(03-30-2011 09:31 PM)The Falcon Jedi Wrote:  Ok so this David Wells apparently has done this before, with Michael Crabtree. Getting these college athletes lines of credit with the promise to repay once they get an NFL contract. That is absolutely illegal by NCAA standards. Although technically David Wells didnt actually purchase them anything himself, he provided the means for the athletes to do so themselves. But providing huge lines of credit is the same thing, just indirectly. I guess this is how agents and "sports managers" skirt the NCAA regulations these days.

Quote:Lockout preventing Cowboys from helping troubled Bryant

I don't know a thing about how Dez Bryant will emerge from the current lockout. And I don't think the Dallas Cowboys do either, which is a frightening prospect for a team looking at its 2010 first-round pick and wondering if his immense potential will ever come close to being reached.

Cowboys sources paint a picture of a team that fears the worst.

What's important to note first, though, is that to a man, you hear that Bryant is neither malicious nor mean-spirited in any way. He just doesn't know any better, in a lot of these cases, as the product of a rough upbringing that robbed him of the learning experience most children have growing up.

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"You have to be worried, based on the stuff he's been through and the history of having done it before, it's kind of a pattern with him," said one source. "It's not being able to take care of the things that you'd expect the normal 22 year old to be able to handle. Sometimes, it's the simplest things. And a lot of it is not his fault, it's because of the way he was brought up. He's got a good heart, and the best intentions, but all this stuff happens and it takes away from that."

It's easy to see, in both the recent incident at the mall and with the hundreds of thousands of dollars in jewelry he bought, where it might be difficult for Bryant to get normal common-sense concepts that many people have.

The Cowboys' concern is that things only get worse from here.

To be clear, between the lines of the football field Bryant was, for the most part, fine as a rookie. But in the classroom and around the building, aspects of the job as simple as punctuality were hard for him to grasp and got the stud receiver in plenty of trouble.

The larger issues here are that Bryant knows right from wrong and how easily he could be influenced to make the wrong decision.

Ultimately, the feeling at Valley Ranch is that the Cowboys will remain committed to Bryant, because owner Jerry Jones has built a bridge with him and is always interested in helping turn around the lives of wayward young players. But without current supervision, there are plenty of nerves regarding Bryant's ability to handle the freedom and lack of structure he's now been given.

On one hand, this is a player who would do things on the field to make Cowboys officials say, "I've never seen that before." On the other, he so clearly has what one source calls "a lack of life skills."

What's clear is that the organization wants to help him with that, and pave the way for a long career for Bryant with the team he grew up dreaming of playing for. The trouble is, for now, the Cowboys literally can offer him no help at all.

(04-01-2011 07:05 PM)atljbo Wrote:  I just dont want to hear Swift

(04-01-2011 07:05 PM)atljbo Wrote:  I just dont want to hear Swift bring up the Dez Bryant thing no more... I agree with him that having a talent like that on this team would have been HUGE... But at the end of the day i believe TD did the right thing,... Dude is not worth the headache or team chemistry risk because your head coach will have to have special rules for this guy...That goes bac to when Clayton said the guy comes to mettings late and this or that... They fired the WR coach because he was a yes man to Dez... Deion was on the radio today... He said Dez has done more stuff that will never see the light because the Cowboys and the state of texas is looking out for him... He was basically saying Dez dont need yes men... He needs a real mentor.

(04-02-2011 08:56 AM)Swift Is a Die Hard Wrote:  AT the end of the day we are a TALENTLESS FOOTBALL team

(04-02-2011 12:29 PM)Swift Is a Die Hard Wrote:  lol @ 6 out of the 10 guys on that list in from McKay era ...thanks BEEF ..

Lofton is solid but his talent level can only go so far . He is one of my fav Falcon players but his skill level /talent is lacking in pass coverage
Ryan while being a winner is not even in top 10 QBS on talent level .. we all know his short comings from avg to below avg arm , gets to much air under deep ball .

Decoud has talent ..he needs to be more consistent with his tackling but he has talent to be a top tier S

and the FA of Turner.. while Turner has been one of the key to our success his talent has been leveled off he is not the game breaker he once was as added weight to withstand the carry load he is not the explosive big game changer he was dating back ..

but thanks again BEEF for making it so easy to counter.