Report: Dez Bryant, Dallas Cowboys ‘less than 50-50’

By Kevin Parvizi | Jul 15, 2015

We’ve heard “50-50” thrown around as odds of a long-term contract getting done before, and the parties in question- Justin Houston and the Kansas City Chiefs- agreed to a massive six-year deal worth $101 million with $52.5 million in guaranteed money. It was a tremendous haul for an elite player, and Dez Bryant will be hoping that the Dallas Cowboys will also end up spending huge bucks on him, though it’s highly unlikely he’ll get the $16.8 million per year Houston could make (after all, that’s about $600,000 more than “Calvin Johnson money”, which is Bryant’s benchmark at this point).

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Bryant seems to be significantly closer to Denver Broncos star wideout Demaryius Thomas to netting a long-term deal before today’s 4 p.m. ET deadline. Because while Thomas and the Broncos are at an “impasse” with the Broncos reportedly unwilling to pay more than $13 million, Bryant has received an offer worth more than $13 million per year from the Cowboys.

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That offer from the Cowboys has made Bryant hopeful that he can get the type of deal he’s looking for, but Pro Football Talk reports that Bryan’t camp doesn’t think the proposal is “great”. As a matter of fact, PFT puts the odds of a contract at less than “50-50”, adding a “still” in there to indicate that the chances of a deal getting done have always been seen as unlikely.

It’s a tough blow for fans who would like to see Bryant signing a big contract, and I’m sure Thomas would like a deal to get done so that there’s more pressure on the Broncos, who seem more than willing to let him play out the 2015 season on the $12.8 million tag instead of paying him more than $13 million annually, to try and get a deal done.

Bryant has played his cards right to this point, but it’s unclear if his holdout threat will amount to a deal at least somewhat comparable to the massive amount of money he would command on the open market in 2017 as a mere 27-year-old. He’s caught over 1,200 receiving yards and ten touchdowns in each of the past thee seasons, so his production speaks for itself, as does his value to a Cowboys offense that relies on him.

We’ll see if a deal is reached today, but it sounds like more progress will have to be made. Dez Bryant has made it clear that he isn’t going to take a cheaper deal from the Dallas Cowboys, so it’s all a question of how low he’s willing to go to get something done. If he doesn’t take a deal, it seems like he’s understandably confident in his ability to stay healthy and get paid even more in 2016.

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