Dez Bryant
Rookie hazing is basically a time-honored tradition in the NFL. Every player experiences it and then moves on. That is, every player except Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant.
Bryant, who has shined in the first two days of Cowboys training camp, refused to carry the shoulder pads of fellow receiver Roy Williams. Bryant thinks every player can carry their own pads.
“I’m not doing it,” Bryant said. “I feel like I was drafted to play football, not carry another player’s pads.”
“If I was a free agent, it would still be the same thing. I just feel like I’m here to play football. I’m here to try to help win a championship, not carry someone’s pads. I’m saying that out of no disrespect to [anyone].”
Williams, who’s entering his seventh season (third with Cowboys), disagrees with Dallas’ 24th overall pick. In fact, he even threatened to go to “step-two”, meaning:
“We’ll find out. Definitely going to find out,” Williams said. “I don’t know. I’ve seen guys take people’s credit cards and go fill up their cards and wife’s cards and everything. There’s a lot of dirt that goes on in that locker room.”
Personally, I think Bryant should’ve just gone through with it. It’s a tradition that goes on in every NFL training camp year after year. This heap of press over something so minuscule won’t do him any favors in the locker room. Though I bet it’ll push him harder to try and beat out Williams for that starting spot opposite Miles Austin.
Nevertheless, the 21-year old Bryant didn’t need this distraction after getting off to such a hot start early on in Cowboys camp.
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