The future remains uncertain for star wide receiver Dez Bryant of the Dallas Cowboys. The veteran wideout is slated to make $12.5 million during the 2018 NFL season, and that might be more than Jerry Jones and company are willing to pay for a receiver whose production has fallen off over the past couple of seasons.
With the team still not having met with Bryant about his situation in Dallas, there's no telling what may happen as the possibility remains that he could be playing elsewhere next season. As the speculation continues about Dez's future, one of his on-field rivals, Josh Norman of the Washington Redskins, made some surprising comments about the Cowboys star on Fox Sports 1's Undisputed, via The Dallas Morning News.
“He has a lot left in the tank. It's what he gets out of it, that's the thing,” Norman said. “I mean he can be whatever he wants to be.
“I'm not here to down the man, I'm not gonna down him. He plays the game at the highest level. I think for him, it's all between here [points to brain]. Once he figures that out and once he feels that ‘When I step on the field I'm going to dominate whether it's Josh Norman or a rookie coming into the league [lined up against me].' … Everybody's got to figure that out. I'm still figuring it out.”
“It's about want-to.”
With their fair share of heated battles on the field, Norman knows Bryant's talent as well as anyone in the NFL today and clearly thinks he can continue to be a threat downfield for the Cowboys moving forward. The real question is whether the team's brass is willing to pay the high number he's owed next season to find out if he does have something “left in the tank” as the Redskins star suggests.
Recently, the Cowboys brought in Allen Hurns formerly of the Jacksonville Jaguars. This move has raised some eyebrows in Dallas with some believing it may mark the end of Bryant's time with the team, but head coach Jason Garrett recently downplayed that notion.
Whether the move to bring in Hurns is indeed an indicator of the team's plans with Bryant remains to be seen, but one thing is for sure, it can go either way at this point.
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