Cowboy's Dez Bryant - Past His Prime

Dez is not washed-up.
He's just getting started as a great NFL receiver.
But he is past his "Prime" -- as in Prime Time.

It's been widely reported that Dez was recently kicked out of an upscale Texas mall.
Your typical media personalities (not reporters, personalities) were reporting that Dez was forced out of the mall because his pants were sagging and/or that Dez had been arrested for the transgression.

The facts are these:
Dez was not wearing sagging pants, someone in his group was.
Dez was not arrested for the incident, he was simply escorted out and disallowed from re-visiting the mall for a few months.

Actual footage of the Dez Bryant incident...sort of.

What Dez Bryant has confessed to is using profanity towards mall security after one of them shoved him in the back as they left the building.

Now, Bryant's one-time mentor Deion "Prime Time" Sanders has spoken out against Dez for being dishonest and for needing help beyond what Deion can give him.
Sanders even went so far as to call Dez "ignorant".

My problem with this?
What Sanders claims Dez is guilty of is exactly what Deion was guilty of in his NFL "prime".
If anyone can help Dez, it should be Deion.
Deion Sanders was the poster boy of selfish behavior, materialism,  and media-whoring when he played in the NFL.

Yet, Deion states he will not attempt to mentor Dez any longer because Dez represents a risk to the youth in Deion's youth program.
What?
Wouldn't Sanders' support of Dez in these matters and eventual success in helping Dez become a better-grounded man be the best thing to show his youth program participants just what all is possible with positive thinking and positive living?

It's a shame. But, Deion is using his youth program as an excuse.

The truth is, Deion's not talking to Dez because Dez quit on his Under Armour deal last summer.

The deal between Under Armour and Dez Bryant was put together by Deion Sanders, but fell apart after Dez decided to wear Nike shoes instead.
Somehow, Deion must have really stood to benefit from that deal.
In fact, according to Dez, Deion has not returned any message from him since that deal with Under Armour fell apart.

Sounds like someone was using Dez for personal gain to me.

No one but Deion will ever know what he missed out on when Dez walked away from Under Armour.
But, we all should admire Dez for walking when he did.
Bryant said he decided not wear Under Armour because the shoe's fit was not to his liking.
So he went with Nike instead.

I believe him. And here's why:
Dez walked away from a lot of money to wear Nike.
Nike does not endorse Dez and has no deal in the works.
So Dez Bryant simply wore Nike because it gave him the better fit, he didn't wear Nike for a better pay-day.

I don't think we could have expected the same sound judgment from Deion Sanders when he himself was in need of "help" and "ignorant" as an NFL superstar.
Deion would have limped his way through a full season wearing Speedo water shoes on the field if Speedo had forked over enough green.

So please Deion....give us a break already.
Dez Bryant is probably better off without you.
Any help he needs should be given by someone who actually cares about Dez.


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