Michael Irvin: "Dez Bryant will be the best receiver in the NFL.''

“When If Dez really locks it all in, understands it,…”

You’re welcome, Mike.

Physically he’s every bit as good as Fitzgerald, he doesn’t have Calvin’s height but there’s no reason that he can’t provide the same type of value. The way he sheds tackles and roughs up defenders. His first big catch against the Jets? Where it took like five guys to take him down? That’s how the dude plays. He’s struggled with injuries the past two years, and judging by his cramps and pulls he needs to improve his conditioning and judging by his Twitter feed he needs to work on his diet. He’s not one of us, he’s a pro athlete. I’d honestly love for Terrell Owens to train with him. Hell get the Playmaker himself to give him pointers on training and conditioning. So while, I’ll agree it’s unlikely he’s Fitzgerald or Megatron, it’s unlikely ANY WR is that good even AJ Green and Julio Jones, it’s still possible. So I’ll point you to an old song, a song that I hear that the Eagles listen to for motivation in the locker room:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z5-P9v3F8w&ob=av3e

i guess you saw the pro bowl

Better and proven to be top tier WRs:
Larry Fitzgerald – Some of the best hands and willingness to “go get it”
Calvin Johnson – Great all around WR and has amazing size
Andre Johnson – Takes a beating with all the catches, but amazing separation and hands
Brandon Marshall – MAJOR character concerns, but has the skills
Dwayne Bowe – Maturing every year even with Cassel throwing
Roddy White – Still getting it done, not the best but still top tier
Greg Jennings – High flying offense tends to make you forget how good he is (like Colston)
Reggie Wayne – Elite every year with Peyton. QB situation last year was not his fault.

Good but not great:
Hakeem Nicks – He is good, lets not forget how far he has come the past couple years
Miles Austin – He is good, needs to stay healthy.
Stevie Johnson – Out of nowhere this guy makes plays and has little help on the Bills
Wes Welker – Playing the slot with Brady throwing it is the only way this dude is relevant. He has heart and guts, but he isn’t elite and cannot do anything unless he is in the slot.
Mike Wallace – Speedy receiver is about all I would call him for now.
Vincent Jackson – Diva who blows up for certain games and disappears ALOT
Marques Colston – High flying offense but still very good
Steve Smith (CAR) – PURE HEART and finally got a QB this year and still going for undersized
DEZ BRYANT – Good WR who plays hard, but needs to keep his focus and play smart so he can stay on the field longer and earn the trust of his QB/Coach.

Sample Size is too small:
Jordy Nelson – Like Wallace but on a high octane offense means more YAC and TDs.
Victor Cruz – He has flourished playing the slot and burned alot of teams this year. I would consider him elite if he could do for another year and lineup outside
AJ Green – He should grow to be a great top-tier WR very soon
Julio Jones – Looking more like Vincent Jackson

We will have a great running game starting next year and into the future, so Dez’s chances will probably be about the same as this year’s total.

Fortunately, Brookings, Columbo and Terrance Newman all won’t be on the team in 2011. Good thing though that Whitten and Demarcus will stay. And I have great hopes for Lissimore, Fiamatta and Demarco next year.

You should quit your day job and start getting stand up gigs at comedy clubs.

when you use “Pro bowl” to validate your argument…you lose all credibility.

Dallas’ 2009 first, and 2010 first, second, third would’ve looked like this if not for Roy Williams trade:

2009
#20: Hakeem Nicks

2010
#27: Devin McCourtey
#55: Sean Lee
#90: Navorro Bowan

I hope Romo works with Dez on the fade and jump ball a little this off-season. It’s actually pretty amazing that Dez put up those kind of numbers last year considering Dez and Romo have yet to truly click the way Romo has with T.O., Witten, and Austin; even Robinson. The Romo/Bryant duo will be unstoppable once they get their timing down. I know some will say Romo doesn’t trust him to be where the ball is expected to be but Romo and Owens put up some prodigious numbers and for all his skills, T.O. was definitely not known for his precise route running.

Miles doesn’t have anywhere near Dez’s physical gifts; but Austin is a technician, and Dez could learn a lot by emulating him, except when it comes to dating.

He should get even better in year 3

… is even CLOSE to as good a WR as Bryant. The day teams actually game plan to stop Robinson, bracket him with their best cover guy on his hip at each snap of the ball (since he knows he has help over the top), and Robinson still get 10+ TDs a year, maybe then your laughable statement will be closer to the truth (but don’t hold your breath because there is no possibility of it happening).

Here’s what I think is the problem: Romo simply isn’t a good enough QB to take advantage of Bryant’s gift. His noodle of an arm can’t get the ball down the field on deep routes and Romo’s too busy eyeballing Witten like a lovestruck school girl from the huddle, to the line, to the snap of the ball, and through the whistle, that he never sees how wide open Dez is.

No, I don’t believe a word of what I wrote about Romo. I love the guy and am very happy Dallas has him. I just wanted to frame my post like you did with Dez to hopefully make you think a little harder when accessing Dez’s relative talent level. Had you compared him to Austin, that would have made a lot more sense.

Dez’s done the excuse-making fingertip-wave in front of that silly-ass helmet windshield indicating “lost in the glare/reflection”. This past season, in fact. Review game tape.

And before anyone jumps, gets bent outta shape, review the games and know it ain’t Dez alone that has the “difficulty”. Frikkin’ stadiums, lighting, fancy helmet sunglasses, etc. What a loadacrap.

Football’s a game to be played outdoors. On grass. In sunlight. Period.

Romo sees Dez doubled and Witten and Robinson facing single coverage. He had better throw it to the other guys. Teams gameplan to take certain players out of games, or at least contain them. Bryant has already forced teams to do this because they know its virtually impossible to cover him man-to-man. Remember what Dez was doing to Revis Island before he hurt his quad on the punt return? He was making Revis look silly on national TV. And the great thing is when teams bracket Dez, he has shown he’s no diva by not complaining, even though the media makes stupid comments about Dez disappearing in games and some fans are naive enough to buy it, and a handful even think Laurent Robinson is somehow a better player. Unlike T.O., who simply demanded the ball, regardless of coverage, which led to a slew of unnecessary Romo ints., Dez is unselfish and a consummate team player. Hopefully, Garrett designs more plays, other than stupid bubble screens, to get Bryant in better position to get away from all the doubles next season. Even putting him in motion every so often would be nice.

We are talking who to have over Dez right? Ill even say I wouldn’t trade Dez or Austin for anyone but

Andre
Calvin
Fitz
Wallace is a tie.

Is pretty preposterous.

But I agree with your main point of the rest of the rankings being a mess afterwards.

I don’t understand what Dez does for people to hate him or constantly bash him. Why do people want him to be the human being? He’s a damn good receiver and he’s only going to get better.

He should only eat vegetables and healthy foods. Also, he shouldn’t have a life or have fun at all because he plays for the Cowboys. Lastly, he shouldn’t spend his money on whatever he wants because if you’re in debt, you’re obviously a bad person.

Dez was second on the team with Receptions (to Witten) and 2nd in TDs (to Robinson)

What about that makes people think Romo doesn’t trust him?