What Dez Bryant showed on the sidelines of the Lions game yesterday on two different occasions was disrespectful, unprofessional and uncalled for. It's understood that he felt he should have been targeted more in the game because he felt he could help the team more, but there is also a right and wrong way to go about things. Jason Witten, who has been a professional on and off the field for the Cowboys since the start of his career only caught two passes against the Lions, but yet he wasn't on the sidelines yelling and screaming at his teammates and coaches about it.
For all the talk about how Dez Bryant has matured and grown up over the last two seasons were destroyed against the Lions. He threw his temper tantrums like a two year old that didn't get the toy he wanted as he shopped with his parents. This is about right and wrong and Bryant needs to learn the right way to approach things when he feels the need to speak up. He needs to learn to go to his coaches and quarterback and explain what he is seeing on the field. The coaches and Tony Romo can't see everything on every play. Go and talk to them and explain things to them as a professional and get your message across that way. Bryant has shown what he can do on the field and how he can be a difference to the Cowboys offense, but to get in his coaches faces and his quarterback face the way he did is just plain wrong. The only message he is getting across to them is that he is unprofessional and immature.
And what is even more disturbing about Bryant's actions is that the team is supporting him, at least from the outside. The Cowboys are the way they are because no one is held accountable. Instead of Jason Garrett putting his hand gently against Bryant's stomach while continuing his conversation with Wade Wilson, he should have stopped right there. Garrett should have got in Bryant's face, made it clear that he is the Head Coach of this team and tell Bryant that how he was handling the situation was wrong and to stop. And if Bryant chose not to stop then Garrett should have sent him to the locker room. Bryant needs to be held accountable for his actions and doing nothing about Bryant's behavior against the Lions sends a message that it's alright to do what he did.
Then after the game it was Jerry Jones who supported Dez Bryant's behavior. I understand supporting your player's emotion and passion for the game, but at the same time there is a line that Bryant crossed as far as being disrespectful towards the entire team. And with crossing that line Jones should have sent a message to Bryant and the team that that kind of display towards coaches and teammates will not be tolerated. Bryant should have been fined by the team and I would even go as far as possibly sitting him for the first series or two next week against the Vikings. But that type of thing doesn't happen with this Cowboys organization because no one is held accountable for their actions.
What I saw on TV against the Lions was not a player trying to get his teammates up for the challenge of the game. I saw no rah, rah coming from Dez Bryant. What I saw was a player yelling and screaming out of control and getting in people's faces complaining about things. Then at the end of the game I once again saw no rah, rah as Jason Witten and DeMarcus Ware were visibly upset with Bryant as they both were yelling and screaming at him.
It was a disturbing display of unprofessionalism from Dez Bryant against the Lions. And because nothing was done about it from the owner and the head coach, all it did was show other players on the team that it's alright to show disrespect towards their teammates and coaches because instead of being held accountable for their actions, they'll just get support.
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