Blue, White & Silver Forever #1: Urge to Buy Dez Bryant Jersey Rising

Bryan, being a native Texan, obviously loves following the game of football. A third generation fan of the Dallas Cowboys, “Blue, White & Silver Forever” is a feature concerning the Cowboys, a source of great joy as well as frustration for the author every Sunday (and the occasional Monday night…as well as Saturday or Thursday night) during football season.

Dez Bryant laughs at Roy Williams’ order for Bryant to carry his pads.

Cowboys first-round pick, WR Dez Bryant of Oklahoma State, a young man I typically refer to as the “Amar’e Stoudemire of football”, keeps doing things to make me like him more and more.

First, he goes out of his way to endear himself to QB Tony Romo, saying his job is to “make [Tony] Romo believe in me.” That certainly is a direct opposite of the actions that came from The Cancer Known as Terrell Owens. Better yet, he’s running precise routes and attempting to understand how Romo expects adjustments to be made. Roy Williams, who Bryant is competing with for a starting spot, hasn’t done that in two and a half years.

Second, bucking the trend of rookie hazing, Bryant refused to carry Williams’ pads. This just makes me love the kid more. Rookie hazing is the same kind of outdated crap as coaches beating up players or locking them in sheds, and the sooner it goes the way of the dinosaurs, the better.

Also, Roy Williams flat out sucks. Since October 14, 2008, when Dallas traded their first, third and sixth round picks in the 2009 NFL draft to Detroit for Williams (and a seventh round pick), he has caught a pedestrian 17 & 38 passes in his two seasons with Dallas. The sooner Dez replaces him as a starter, the better it will be for the ‘Boys and their fans.

I can’t speak for every Cowboys fan, but I certainly want a Dez Bryant jersey to join my collection of Cowboys jerseys very soon.

Tags: American football, Dallas Cowboys, Dez Bryant, Dr. Dog, Oklahoma State, Roy Williams, The Cancer Known as TO, Tony Romo