On Wednesday, Dolphins owner Stephen Ross vowed to look into the pre-draft interview of Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant, who was asked by G.M. Jeff Ireland whether Bryant’s mother was a prostitute. On Friday, Ross declared the matter closed.
“We are going to take a hard look at our interview practices and we will
make improvements that will allow us to get the important information
we need about players in who we are making a major investment, but
without being insensitive,” Ross said in a statement, per Jorge Milian of the Palm Beach Post.
As to Ireland, Ross said that the third-year G.M. is “a man of great capability and integrity,” and that he deserves the franchise’s “continued confidence.”
Frankly, we’ve heard that same assessment from many league insiders. That said, we continue to believe that the team’s decision to leak a somewhat implausible version of the events was unfortunate, and misguided. In our view, Ross should be even more troubled by that development than by the original question.
The Dolphins leaked a complete garbage version of the truth. Ross should hold someone accountable as it was even more damaging than Ireland’s original comment. It completely negated Iteland’s apology, and made it seem insincere. Bryant never told Ireland that his father is a pimp.
Christ almighty Florio, let it go…..do you get this worked up about the thousands who have died in Darfur or the six-year-olds dying of AIDS in Botswana?
“Implausible” is in the eye of the beholder. I thought that the “leaked” version was much more plausible than the version coming from proven felons and hysterical hack journalists. I also think the evidence is out there on tape, and that Steven Ross, Roger Goodell, Eugene Parker, and Jerry Jones, have all been availed of that evidence.
Dez is catching a big break from gentlemen wiser and kinder than he, or any member of his entourage. Hopefully he takes it and runs with it.
“Dolphins close the book on Dez Bryant matter”
Maybe you should, too?
Uh oh. Florio does it again! By any chance are you going to cook up and feast on that dead horse you’ve been beating incessantly? I mean I can tell you’re just foaming at the mouth like a rabid dog …. I mean lawyer …..
It’s already been verified that the story of Dez’s dad being a pimp and his mother a prostitute had been running around the pre-draft from other GM’s. Try shining some light on publications which have brought this to light. I forgot though, it hurts your “plausibility” argument.
Why would Ross be upset? He knows the leaked version is the truth (as do many other around the league)… and that’s why he backed Ireland up, and said the matter is closed.
Florio and Silver hitched their wagon to a KNOWN liar in Dez Bryant – and when finally called on it, are being pissy. Surprise surprise.
If Ross was troubled by things like this, he wouldn’t have bought an NFL team. Stop being so sensitive, Florio.
How can someone who relies on scatalogical humor be so upset by the use of the word “prostitute”? All this story does is give opposing CBs more ammo when they face Bryant. He’s gonna hear a lot of, “Well, is she?!” this year. Hopefully he won’t whine about it.
thank god you are on top of this florio I know I can’t go to sleep untill I know the full truth! how much did she charge?wha services did she provide?who were the clents?come on the world needs to this stuff! I expect a full accounting of of all this before I can sleep tonite!shoudn’t the ncaa know about this?after all it seems he recieved illegal benifits if his parents gave him any money while at school since it was obtained illegaly!god only knows what benifits dieon gave him.come on florio don’t stop!
Wow Free Agent Pro. I had no idea you were in the interview with Bryant. Never is an absolute term.
So please site some sources on this data.
LET IT GO!!!! YOU ARE FREAKING NUTS ABOUT A INCREDIBLY DEAD STORY.
Free Agent Pro, you don’t know what was said, I don’t either. Go take a shower, something smells. Bill
Given the subject matter of this story, I can’t believe no one has made a Jennifer Lopez joke yet.
That’s not the issue if Miami dropped it or not, the issue is PFT FINALLY going to drop it. Rookie minicamps started today so hopefully you guys can quit talking about the same thing 10x a day and do some actual writing on NEW NEWS!!!!
Christ almighty Florio, let it go…..do you get this worked up about the thousands who have died in Darfur or the six-year-olds dying of AIDS in Botswana?
That’s because the NFL is more important. Please keep in mind I didn’t say the NFL was important, just more important than Darfur or Botswana.
Yes, but will you close the book on it and stop you’re hourly updates?
Let it go, on to another Tebow story which generates many more hits anyway. gotta think about the ad revenue.
DEZ,LIE ? NO WAY! It must be DOlphin Executives. By the way DEZ, how did it feel to abandon your Team after sleeping with Deon Sanders and then getting caught AND SUSEQUENTLY GETTING TOSSED OUT OF NCAA FOOTBALL? WHAT ? YOU SAY YOU NEVER WENT TO DEON’S HOUSE OR EVEN SPOKE TO HIM?OH WAIT, YOU LIED ABOUT THAT AS WELL. !!
flo…you need help
Is it me or does this Florio dude sound like a complete psychopath? I mean how many times do we have to be pounded over the head with this stupid “story”? Who gives a flying fu*k about what the Dolphins quizzed Dez Bryant about? If I’m paying the guy millions of dollars I’d probably ask him how big his turds are and if he likes listening to Wham! while cruising down the freeway. Florio wouldn’t let the Rothlisburger story go either. Florio should “write” for US Weekly or the Enquirer – all he is concerned with is gossip or sensationalism.
Florio how exactly do you know it is “completely implausible”, other than you simply choose not to believe it? you have NO FACTS, other than you believe one side over the other. pathetic
this witch hunt of yours against the Dolphins needs to stop
You are like a junior high girl Florio stop causing trouble you baby. This wouldn’t even be a story if you Main Stream Media girls didn’t talk about it so much.
Per Dolphins owner Stephen Ross
GM Jeff Ireland:
1: a man of great capability and integrity
Per Merriam-Webster:
integrity
1 : firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility
Yep….. Mr. Ireland is in rare Merriam-Webster for.
‘Nation!!!!
Trotter: According to [Dolphin] sources, Ireland began the meeting by asking Bryant, 21, about his upbringing and his relationship with his siblings. Then he asked what Bryant’s father did for a living when Bryant was growing up. The following exchange allegedly ensued:
[Bryant:] “My dad was a pimp.”
[Ireland] “What did your mom do [for a living]?”
[Bryant:] “She worked for my dad.”
[Ireland:] “Your mom was a prostitute?”
[Bryant:] “No, she wasn’t a prostitute.”
[O]ne GM, speaking on the condition his name not be used, [also said] “Do I think [Ireland] made a mistake asking that question? Yeah. Even if I knew it was true, I could never ask a kid that. But I have to tell you that the story going hard around the Combine — and everybody heard it whether it was true or not — was that his mother was a prostitute and his father was her pimp. That doesn’t make it right, but that stuff was out there.”
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If the above is true, just call him Dez Tawana-Brawley Crystal-Mangum Susan-Smith Bryant, a talented though troubled freak trolling for attention, gaslighting the media, jerking the outrage-chain of millions just because he can — with suckers like Florio all too willing to oblige.
Shorter: Bryant = fubar, scare apparent to Michael Irvin, prodigal scum of Jerry Jones.
Florio, I almost never make comments, however, you have done an exceptional job as a journalist on this matter. Catching Miami floating bogus, unverifyed, speaking points has been one of the best, who done its of the year. Have any of the writers that were used to spread Miami’s propaganda contacted you to respond?
How long will you continue to wag the dog florio?
thank god….now if Florio would close the book on this maybe it would go away…..i have a feeling we’re a long ways away from that happening though…nothing to see here folks
Ross needs to Keep writing checks and eat a dick
Florio can eat a dick too
Hey Florio,
Why don’t you go back and report the Jerry Jones bar incident one more time? I do recall some very nasty comments about Tebrow along with Bill Parcells, or is it that Jerry Jones gets a free pass because was white guys with good upbringings. Mike, are you affraid of Jerry Jones and his mega-million’s influence. Maybe, Jerry will call NBC to have you removed from their website.
Damn people.
You all keep telling Florio to let it go, but you all wont let that go.
Don’t you understand this is his job; to make the mundane into news. I’m sure he doesn’t enjoy beating the dead horse, but that’s his job.
Honestly if you don’t like the author, don’t read it.
don’t comment on it. As long as he gets comments, he is doing his job, and by commenting you are making him successful.
Yes, real journalism is dead, blah blah blah. Who cares? Are you a professional journalist? If so screw your pride, man-up, and sell out. Money is a great thing. I’m sure Mr. Florio doesn’t feel bad being richer.
I like this site because even if they are retreads, there are constant new updates. Its late April for christ sakes there isn’t a terrible amount of news in the NFL world. I appreciate not having to read about baseball and you should too.
This sure got a lot of hits to be a dead story
for the love of god, LET IT GO!
I know he may be biased, but I think Phishead’s comment makes a lot more sense than Florio’s article.
I don’t get how the leaked version is a “somewhat implausible version”. To me it makes more sense than a GM just asking the prostitute question out of the blue.
But I guess that will be Florio’s next article on the subject.
Perhaps it is part of a conspiracy to keep D. Culpepper from getting a QB job.
Ron In Charlotte says:
April 30, 2010 10:45 PM
Wow Free Agent Pro. I had no idea you were in the interview with Bryant. Never is an absolute term.
So please site some sources on this data.
Good point Ron. Flo, how bout it? ANY evidence at all?
FACT: Bryant has a history of lying to cover his own and others issues.
FACT: his mother was (is) a crack addict who did 1.5 years for selling crack
Flo just how many crack addicts you’ve dealt with lie? How many young women who are crack addicts AND crack dealers also prostitute themselves to maintain their habit (hint: its a majority). How many children lie to protect their mother?
you’ve really lost it on this one dude
shouldn’t the men who lead these football players be held to the same standards as the men that play the sport. With as much bad publicity as this has brought on the NFL shouldn’t Ireland be suspended?
“That said, we continue to believe that the team’s decision to leak a somewhat implausible version of the events was unfortunate, and misguided.”
Huh? Jeez try to act as if you bother to read the news. Another team’s GM CONFIRMED Bryant was going around telling people his dad was a pimp and his mom worked for him. Ireland didn’t just make up what Bryant said despite Bryants denials. I notice no one is backing Bryant up that he didn’t say he dad was a pimp and his mom a ho.
“As to Ireland, Ross said that the third-year G.M. is “a man of great capability and integrity,” and that he deserves the franchise’s “continued confidence.”
Which really means ” Did you guys forget Parcells can walk away whenever he wants and still get paid? I am not going to do anything to a man Parcells hand picked and who is possibily covering up for him. Why rock the boat and give this guy and excuse to walk away? Sorry guys its not going to happen not for something like this.”
Something tells me Florio has a soft spot for prostitutes…………………
Move on would ya? This story is BS
Let it go..We will never know the truth because Bryant is a known Liar and the Trifecta rarly tells you anything..It has nothing to do with football and funny how the Fish signed Brandon Marshall after the Bryant interview
“Ross should be even more troubled by that development than by the original question”.
Thats right. The entire DorkFin organization should be embarrassed by this fiasco. Ireland is pathetic and should be fired. Parcells has his hands in this too. Bush league. Classless. All should be fined by the NFL.
Al Sharpton should be mobilizing the troops. This is a reflection of an out of control bunch of morons. Oh well, DorkFans are upset. Why? The Miami Circus never ends…… Dave Wandstead, please come home. LMAO……………………….
The Trotter article in SI offers no sources for his ‘facts’ that Bryant told Ireland that his father is a pimp. If this was true, it’s more plausible that Ireland would have first cited this spin at the time he first apologized. Besides, what job applicant volunteers that his father is a pimp – that’s ridiculous. As far as others on this forum claiming that it was well known around NFL circles that Bryant’s father was a pimp, cite your sources rather than more rumors. What poster has any inside facts on this situation? No one. We can only judge on what seems most plausible, and the Dolphins belated effort to put a positive spin on their PR disaster seems vey susoicious. I agree that this whole issue is a joke, but there seems to be a decided effort here to discredit a black kid and support a couple of white executives. Even the Miami media is critical of the Dolphins for creating such a recent PR mess with this matter, and the disrespectful treatment of Zach Thomas and Jason Taylor. Disrespect seems to be the stamp of the Parcells regime.
So is his mom a Ho or not?
CASE CLOSED
Black & white case really.
Jeff Ireland is an idiot for bringing this up. He’s getting what he deserves.
Dez Bryant is going to fit in just fine with the Cowgirls. Ignorant player with an ass for an owner.
CASE RE-OPENED!
The DorkFin organization is a Joke. Classless. Just ask Jason Taylor. Pathetic, Stick it DorkFans…. LMAO
I saw the feed from wherever Dez Bryant was on draft day. That was a seedy crowd at best. I’ll be surprised if this guy is in the league in three years.
It seems like everybody has closed the book on the Dez matter BUT Florio.
What troubles me is that the Commissioner continues to talk about “The Shield” and protecting the reputation of the league…It appears he’s only concerned with disciplining the players though. His lack of attention in this matter clearly tell us it doesn’t apply to the leagues “suits.”
DorkFans are so stupid. The Miami Circus continues………………………… LMAO.
How the hell do you know Dez Bryant never told Ireland his dad wasn’t a pimp?Do you seriously think Ireland, Parcells, and Ross made that up? I mean really, is this middle school. Your A complete idiot. Why the hell would they do that? and how the hell would they even come up with those “made up questions and statements.” Fact of the matter is, his dad probably was a pimp and his mom probably was a drug addict prostitute, or she wouldn’t of had him when she was 15 and he was like 40? No one sees a problem there? And where is this alleged mother and father? Why doesn’t the media go out and talk to them? Ask them straight up if it’s true or not? O that’s right because he’s probably in jail and she would make a fool of herself and him because she is a low life junkie, yes I said it, get over it. Just because her son made it to the NFL doesnt’t make her a better person. If this was just some random guy we shun her and him and not believe a word he says, but since he’s on a football team you might like, or thats exciting, he’s telling the truth and 3 men with no history of lying, are making it all up. Yea like I said your an idiot.
How the hell do you know Dez Bryant never told Ireland his dad wasn’t a pimp?Do you seriously think Ireland, Parcells, and Ross made that up? I mean really, is this middle school. Your A complete idiot. Why the hell would they do that? and how the hell would they even come up with those “made up questions and statements.” Fact of the matter is, his dad probably was a pimp and his mom probably was a drug addict prostitute, or she wouldn’t of had him when she was 15 and he was like 40? No one sees a problem there? And where is this alleged mother and father? Why doesn’t the media go out and talk to them? Ask them straight up if it’s true or not? O that’s right because he’s probably in jail and she would make a fool of herself and him because she is a low life junkie, yes I said it, get over it. Just because her son made it to the NFL doesnt’t make her a better person. If this was just some random guy we shun her and him and not believe a word he says, but since he’s on a football team you might like, or thats exciting, he’s telling the truth and 3 men with no history of lying, are making it all up. Yea like I said your an idiot.
slide me a side of da porter…
Dez Bryant = Proven liar.
Jeff Ireland = man of respect.
This story is a non-story without Dez’s whining and embellishments. Should have never been this big of a deal.
Ur mommas still a hoebag shutup
“MiamiDorkFins – Repo City says:
May 1, 2010 7:36 AM
…… Dave Wandstead, please come home. LMAO……………………….”
Listen, you ignorant puke. It is spelled Wannstedt.
Jack Acid says:
May 1, 2010 1:14 PM
Dez Bryant = Proven liar.
Jeff Ireland = man of respect.
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You forgot to add: Florio = Complete and utter turd.