There have been those that have criticized Dez Bryant’s emotional style of play. There are those that believe he’s toxic to a locker room, that his vocal style of leadership is ineffective in a league that forces you to control your emotions and act conservatively with your feelings.
Dez Bryant has never been any of those things, and he never will. The Lufkin prospect has been a star since high school.
His highlights were insane, and his catches in the NFL are currently insane. However, that doesn’t encompass what Dez means to the Cowboys. He’s a different style of leader than Jason Witten or even rookie Dak Prescott, but that doesn’t make him any less valuable. The Cowboys are a complete team, a unit that’s made their wins happen this season by playing unified rather than playing as a team of superstars. They’ve survived the injury to Tony Romo together, they’ve survived breaking in a rookie quarterback and running back together, they’ve survived the death of Dez Bryant’s father together, and they’ll survive whatever the Redskins can throw at them together.
If Dallas is going to win today, they won’t just need big plays from their star wideout. They’ll need everything, they’ll need his skills as an emotional leader as well. Dez Bryant has been so much more to the Cowboys than the catches he’s made and the catches that should’ve counted. He’s a leader, at a time where leaders are hard to find in football.
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