Comments on: Drew Pearson: Dez Bryant isn’t living up to No. 88 standards http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Sun, 19 May 2013 05:11:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: dallascowboysdishingthereal http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2046890 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:17:35 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2046890 Bryant million dollar talent with 10 cent brain.

]]> By: kinggw http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2044523 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 23:33:01 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2044523 Way to pile on Drew. The biggest problem with Pearson’s statement is that he is dead wrong. He’s not living up to no. 88 standards? Your right he has surpassed them. All the people calling Bryant a bust are misinformed. I’m a Skins fan so I could care less about the star and its followers, I’m tired of certain athletes being railroaded because of lazy journalism.

Keep in mind we are 4 weeks into Bryant’s third season. Through 3 seasons Pearson had 130 catches and 12 touchdowns. Through 3 seasons Michael Irvin had 78 catches and 12 touchdowns. Through 2 seasons and 4 games Bryant has 129 catches and 15 touchdowns. In Irvin’s best year he had 10 td catches, Bryant had 9 last season. Pearson never had a season where he had more than 8 touchdown catches. Want to recant that statement Drew?

Bryant is a lot of things, a bust isnt one of them. He is a convenient scapegoat for Cowboys fans. He isn’t the reason why they lost on Monday, but his reputation makes him an easy target. The next time Pearson decides to wax poetic he might want to check the numbers first.

]]> By: spankygreen http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2044514 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 23:23:24 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2044514 Here they come…..why is it so hard for seemingly reasonable people to put the blame where it squarely belongs…..TONY ROMO……I get it…. D Bryant due to off field issues make it easy to use him as a scapegoat for the cowboys being inept but clearly, the biggest problem right now is at the QB position…..there are other people Romo can target if Bryant is not catching the ball…….

But go ahead, if it makes u feel good to blame everyone but who you should blame then prepare for an at best 8-8 season………..

]]> By: starderup http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2044214 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:02:51 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2044214 Dez isn’t that great. Neither is Romo, or Jones. Cowboys got a lot of problems, but most of them will not go away until some major changes happen. First thing they need to do is stop predicting Super Bowl every year.

]]> By: purpleguy http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043961 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:09:21 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043961 The only thing I’ll ever associate the Cowboy’s number 88 with is pushing off a defender.

]]> By: gavriloprincip33 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043951 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:05:34 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043951 As others have posted, blame no one but the GM for this mess…

Alas, when Jerruh passes on, his idiot son Stephen is likely to continue the trend of incompetence…

]]> By: ninerdynasty http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043854 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:28:47 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043854 I still dont understand how Michael Irvin was a first ballot HOF… overhyped cowboy biased media.. so many other players out there that were better than irvin and kept their nose clean and are not in…. SMH!!

]]> By: mannyfresh209 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043840 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:23:55 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043840 Dez is LAZY. Plain and simple. Spends more time on Twitter bullsh*ttin than 90% of the league combined.

]]> By: derekleblanc http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043775 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:59:54 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043775 Another bust pick by GM, Coach, Owner Jerry Jones. Rember Quincy carter?? Exactly.

If Carter didn’t have drug problems he would have been better because he did lead the team to a 10-6 season and a playoof berth. Although being Canadian, I remember him also for his short stint in the CFL where he called the league a joke. Lets face it the CFL is a joke

]]> By: wagn0404 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043767 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:58:44 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043767 Not living up to the #88 standards set forth by Drew Pearson and Michael Irvin? How many cocaine-fueled pushoffs against the Vikings are needed before he does?

]]> By: bringbackkosar http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043757 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:55:12 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043757 so Jim Brown is not the only grumpy old man commenting on today’s players

]]> By: mungman69 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043748 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:52:50 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043748 A’s long as Jerry owns the team, well…

]]> By: randallflagg52 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043737 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:48:01 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043737 lbpackfan says:Oct 5, 2012 9:28 AM

Maybe Golden Tate should wear #88 and idolize Drew Pearson…

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Are you Packer fans still crying about this? Get over it. If you allow 8 sacks in a half and can’t even manage 14 points with a supposed “elite” QB and that WR corp you don’t deserve to win at all.

]]> By: cyraider http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043698 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:29:31 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043698 Right, he’s gettin arrested like he should, he’s just not snorting enough coke……

]]> By: markdamack http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043680 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:23:09 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043680 Let’s see here…

Only Jordy Nelson, Calvin Johnson, and Laurent Robinson were WR’s who had more TD’s than hem.

Only Witten, had more yards than him, on the team.

He had a bad game with some drops, he’s usually one of the more sure handed guys on the team.

He DOES read coverage wrong from time to time, but he has gotten better at it.

People said last year “Oh he dissapears in the second half”…well this year he has more 2nd half catches than first half catches.

So what’s the problem? Or are you just going to point out the he didn’t pay a bill, got in trouble for sagging his pants and allegedly slapped his mother (who is on probabtion for supplying false info to police) with a baseball hat?

Or is this another “The stats dont matter” type of argument?

]]> By: gammynomnom http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043604 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:50:27 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043604 knackstermyea says:
Oct 5, 2012 9:55 AM
Another bust pick by GM, Coach, Owner Jerry Jones. Rember Quincy carter?? Exactly.
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Remember when genius Parcells wanted to pick Merriman and Jerry demanded he pick Ware instead?

Yeah.

]]> By: gammynomnom http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043596 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:48:28 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043596 lbpackfan says:
Oct 5, 2012 9:28 AM
Maybe Golden Tate should wear #88 and idolize Drew Pearson…

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Maybe. I know he whipped that packer tail like Irvin used to whip that packer tail. So you do have a point.

]]> By: oraclepz1 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043556 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:39:40 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043556 Jeff Ireland looks better and better for passing up on this fool..

]]> By: ericn42000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043534 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:33:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043534 Dallas is not balanced at all we need another RB to complement Murrary. Felix Jones is not the guy. Another Jerry Jones busted draft pick. Jerry you need to step down. U have ran this organization into the ground move on Jerry you cant do it anymore you will not win anything with this garbage on the field. I’m been a cowboy fan for a long time and I’m sick of seeing the same horriable underachieving team year after year.

DALLAS COWBOYS……….ITS TIME TO MAN UP DO YOUR DAMN JOB!

]]> By: fwippel http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043531 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:32:00 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043531 Does living up to that standard include pushing off defensive backs and getting away with pass interference during playoff games?

If so, I can see why Pearson would say that.

]]> By: what da http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043512 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:26:36 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043512 Dez , get busted for coke a couple times and you’ll fit right in with the last clown who wore 88.

]]> By: mazblast http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043500 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:22:58 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043500 Barry Swisher
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Switzer. And at least back in my days in OKC, he was anything but a “Swisher”. He basically considered any female to be at his disposal, their marital status or wishes irrelevant.

]]> By: patriots61 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043460 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:11:18 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043460 why did you delete my last post?????

]]> By: thesmartestmanever http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043459 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:08:58 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043459 sometime in the future:

phone rings…

hello you have reached the Turners residence, I’m sorry I can’t take your call. Please leave a message.
beep..
yeah hello norv? this is Jerrah, heard you lost your job out there in San Diego, is that true? well my sock puppet of a coach out here can’t get it done. and i was think…
phone picks up..
yeah Mr. Jones sorry I was screening my calls, i get an awful lot of death threats. mostly from Philip Rivers.. I can be down there in twenty minutes i drive really fast

]]> By: capitaloffense http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043453 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:03:48 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043453 I don’t think Dez is at the point of no return yet. His off the field mistakes are hardly the worst that we have seen in the NFL. His on the field mistakes are correctable. I wouldn’t give up on someone who is so physically gifted so soon.

]]> By: orthomarine http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043449 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:02:15 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043449 I think in number of arrests he is living up to the number 88

]]> By: ham1 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043446 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:01:33 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043446 To live up to 88′s standard dont you have to stab a teamate with a pair of scissors and snort truck loads of coke? I will agree Dez is working on it.

]]> By: polegojim http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043436 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:56:00 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043436 Hate to say it Ed, but this is true.

Romo and Dez qualify for that statement.

But, it all starts with Jerry Jones revolving HC policy. He’s a meddling owner who can only be stomached by weak coaches who wouldn’t even be considered by 90% of the league. Jason is in WAY over his head as HC and Jerry was desperate.

That downward spiraling fact became evident with Jimmy Johnson and hasn’t gotten any better since bringing on Barry Swisher. It’s only gotten worse .

]]> By: ravenator http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043433 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:52:11 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043433 Disappointment would mean qualifying for the playoffs and losing, this team isn’t even relevant. Awful ownership and mangement would tarnish this team forever. Looking forward to watching Romo hit the turf in Baltimore.

]]> By: ncfloyd http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/05/drew-pearson-dez-bryant-isnt-living-up-to-no-88-standards/#comment-2043419 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:43:04 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1355110#comment-2043419 If the ‘Boys ever make the playoffs, Dez would easily do more tha Drew. Pearson #’s in the SBs were very poor.

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