Report: Bill Parcells and Miami Dolphins meet with WR Dez Bryant

Still a Spiller guy, but beginning to think more and more about Bryant.

Looking at Bryant makes no sense unless there is no chance to get Marshall.

we take him or trade it for b marshall

supposedly he is an expert………..

Dez walks into the office, Parcells is there, they share pleasant nice-to-meet-you bs, then Parcells goes “Well Dez, I think you’re just what we’re looking for! We’re even gunna trade up for you if we feel the need!”
Dez: “Really? Wow, that’s-that’s great!!”

“One more thing before you go, Dezzy my boy…”

“What’s that, coach?”

“April Fools, you fuckin’ diva! Get out of my office!”

But I’ve heard Bryant’s the best talent at WR to come out since Calvin Johnson. I wouldn’t mind havin him as long as he keeps his mouth shut (at least for the most part) and does his job, I think we should go for it.

Unless it’s a change of tactics.

I understand “shoe” was on the dinner menu….

It’d have been a shame if they dismissed what might be a fantastic player based on heresay.

With the 12th pick in the 2010 NFL Draft Miami picks——Dez Bryant….Here me out. What if we pick Dez and trade him and Smiley to Dallas for the 27th pick and Miles Austin? Then with the 27th pick we get T. Cody.

Brandon Marshall 4 our 1st pick would be awesome. If we do draft a WR i’d rather it be Dez than a project in the 3rd round. All the bad press this kid is getting is unfair.It’s not like he’s assaulting women in Georgia(allegedly)

i’m not sure i want him anymore, he doesn’t understand why people are talking about forgetting his cleats

but what do you guys call it…the “smokescreen”?

He raises a lot of questions.

What’s not in question is: That’s a $1 million body capable of excelling on a football field.

We’re still trying to nail down the $ value of his head..but right now it’s being measured in cents.

It’s rude to call people stupid but Dez seems to have …cognitive issues….the results of which are well documented and debated in this and other threads.

It seems to me, no matter what he done did on the Wonderlic test, he has been badly handled.

After his monster 2008 surely OSU has an interest in keeping him out of trouble and yet
He visits Deion Sanders in May last year. I’m running a college program I don’t let my best player hang with a guy who was involved in Micheal Crabtree’s leaving school early…who is basically an agent…who runs an academy to train guys for the NFL.

If I find out my guy did do that I immediately check with the NCAA to see if it was a violtiation …which hasn’t been determined…and I definitely advise my player not to lie about it because lying to the NCAA will get you suspended no matter what you did in the first place.

It seems to me OSU shares some blame for his suspension, which probably was avoidable.
Don’t they also share with Bryant’s agent some of the blame for Dez’s Pro day? How can he not know how to run drills that are standard? How can he not be in great shape – focused and ready to prove he’s a top five talent?

When they talk about Bradford and McCoy’s Pro days they use the phrase “perfectly orchestrated.” Is it Bryant’s fault his Pro Day wasn’t?

However smart he may or may not be it can’t have been a surprise to OSU or his agent, both of whom, it seems to me, haven’t stepped up to the degree you would thing they would in managing him.

If we pick him, can we manage him? His behavior doesn’t seem rebellious (Marshall) or arogant (TO) just….well dumb. Do the Dolphins have the people on staff to make sure he does the right thng and help him grow into that $1 million body?

Is it Dez-tiny?

Denver is having a hard time moving him. If no one decides to give the Broncos a first round pick for BM come April 22nd, would they take the next best offer? Say a seecond rounder and a player? IMO, if we draft Dez, Bill and Co. can get this kid on the right path from the beginning. BM is already set in his ways. Talented draftees who slip in the first round because of ‘issues’ usually have a chip on their shoulder and want to prove to all the teams that passed on them that they were wrong.

Bryants pro day was terrible. Plus he missed the combine due to a phantom hamstring injury. This guy is all distraction people.

How about Javon Walker remember him? He is with oakland now and hasnt played for years due to injury. I hear they are gonna let him go. He has #1 skills and ability if he can stay healthy.

Plus I like Golden Tate. He can block as well as catch balls and I sincerely feel if we can get some outside blocks our running game will dominate teams all year.

I think Marshall will get traded and in all likelihood the price is probably going to go down the closer we get to draft day.

Much like McNabb, while a trade hasn’t happened yet, it probably will as in the interim, teams explore their options, interview prospects, and make up their minds.

I have a hard time picturing Marshall in Denver given his contract and issues with McDaniels. It makes sense at this point for him to be moved.

I won’t speculate as to whether Miami will be involved in any Marshall trade.

However, Marshall >>>> Bryant is as easy as pie…

I am really excited to see that miami has at least talked to DEZ…PROPS to the Tuna and staff for at least looking him over in person… its their job, but I didint expect it…….Marshall is another great option for miami – and would be better if we could offer maybe a 2nd and 6th or maybe a player and a second… then i would prefer MARSHALL only because hs is a PROVEN NFL WR STAR…but DEZ is younger and would be our Franchise WR for a long time if he pans out…. I believe he will, but Marshall would bring a 1,000 yd WR right now..If you could trade a 2nd plus (player or addl. low round pick) then you could use the #12 overall and try to trade down in the 1st getting a 2nd rounder back… that would make a lot of sense…
PAT TURNER SUCKS….. come on people…He couldnt even crack the lineup last year on a average WR crew – and his fundamentals are still weak ? Really after a year ? CLASSIC USC underachiever in college, same in the Pros…

Thats class A BULLSHIT once upon a time Brandon Marshall was a unproven reciever coming into the leauge, EVERY damn player in the 2010 draft pool is unproven wtf is your point

You think the texans were going to pass on Andre Johnson to get a “Proven” receiver

You think the Cardinals were going to pass on Larry Fitz to get a “Proven” receiver

you think the lions(even after bust like mike williams and charles rodgers) were goin to pass on Calvin Johnson to take a "Proven receiver

i didnt think so and it bullshit that people want to question dez’s heart and him as a person because of a damn proday, who gives a damn. Sure the kid maybe immature but what 21 year old isnt?(with the discipline of this FO he’ll tighten up), now i would have had a problem if he was immature and smoking marrijuna, beating his girlfriend, getting in trouble with the law, but thats not the case at all.

One prospect I think could be our own Anquan Boldin is Dorin Dickerson. He should go 2nd – 3rd round. Killed the combine, has played multiple positions, is mature and has no baggage. The guy ran a 4.4! Dez who?

Not to mention everyone here has at least a few draft diamonds of their own….There are many options…….

Dez is all hype, and he may be good, but why risk it when they’re are so many prospects that a) COULD be better, b) WILL be cheaper, and c) WILL NOT be as risky??

Is his lackluster effort in the things that make you a good pro. You can be talented up the yingyang but if you don’t have a work ethic you will not make it in the pros. He’s a gamer on the college level, but his lack of conditioning will be his demise in the NFL.

If for some reason he fell and I mean FELL in the draft, then I could see taking him, as he is a risk……

another personal attack because I disagree with someone. This is at least the third time it happens while I’ve participated in phinsider discussions. It begs the question of exactly why do these individuals get their feathers so ruffled ? I know for sure the gender thing is a big one…

Remarkably what prompted those insults were not my view on say Shula, Marino, Zach (3 guys I hold in the highest esteem by the way). No rather they have been people mad about my critical views and points about 1) cam cameron, 2) john beck, and now 3) Dez Bryant.

You wouldn’t think such a threesome would inspire such zealous responses from people and prompting them to resort to ad hominem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7HmAPsCj-g

…the ones that think they can make it on talent alone. Do they not realize they need to work to be a pro. All these football players in college have talent it takes extra work to go pro it takes that extra effort to make it. So just because Dez has “talent” does not mean he is gonna be a good pro and that goes for any of the kids coming out of college, football, basketball or baseball and yes including Spiller and any other of our favorite college guys coming out now.

That’s what they done did with Dez.
If they pick him or don’t pick him it will now be (assuming he showed up) an informed decision.
Dez has generated a lot of passion here but we’re not really dealing with a lot of hard info. It’s good that the people who sign the cheques will have some.

,hope they’re right and that all ends well,sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn’t.

Al Davis didn’t care that JaMarcus Russell was lazy in College,only looked at his ability and it bit him in the ass,as is standard for Davis,and MIllen always seemed to look over poor work ethic and only saw talent and potential ability and it bit him as well..I did mention sensible though right?

Concerning Dez Bryant,I think he possesses more talent than most on this site do and if not for his issues would be a Top 5 pick IMO but he faces an uphill battle that will be VERY difficult for him to overcome but I hope he does for his own well being.

When his HS Coach says "I’ve taken him to probably six or seven different places he called home. It wasn’t an ideal family situation. He went from trailer to trailer and house to house." I see a high probability that ANYONE from that background would be undisciplined, very unorganized, etc.etc..

I doubt very seriously that he was sitting on the couch in his Dorm refusing to put down the XBox controller and then suddenly realize he had 36 minutes before gametime but I can see someone with his lack of grounding and focus taking his favorite cleats home from the locker room, to polish them or 10 other reasons, and then misplacing them and not being able to find them and as far as giving up on his bench and some routes,he may have had explosive diarrhea for all I know but all of that will be reseached by the FO.

He’s definetly not lazy on the field and I think it’s because he has structure and clearly knows what is expected of him there so he thrives but when the game is over his unstable past and all the baggage that comes with it takes over but I don’t think he’s lazy or a bad person I just think he’s as lacksidazical,absent minded and unfocused as it gets.

What he will do with fists full of cash is anyones guess..he might be lounging by the pool 10 minutes before kickoff with his buddies who just want a free ride until it runs out or he might realize that he finally has a chance to really do something with his life and the fear of losing that opportunity motivate him to improve his life skills and surround himself with better people,I hope the latter for him as a person and definetly if our FO chooses him.