So long, Dez… enjoy your NFL millions
by Brandon Chatmon
bchatmon@opubco.com
I hate to say I told you so… so I won’t.
But if you’ve been following my coverage during Dez Bryant’s situation, you know how I thought it would turn out. Life experience had taught me not to hold my breath when it came to the NCAA showing Dez empathy in this situation.
So Dez moves on to the NFL and begins earning his millions in 2010, as he should.
One of my favorite sayings is “The play clock is running…” it’s a way to essentially say: “Look, we don’t have time to worry about what just happened, we have to focus on getting better and moving forward” so along that line of thinking lets look at how losing Dez will change OSU.
Not much, to be honest. They have played the last four games without the All-American so it’s not like the don’t know what they are dealing with. Hubert Anyiam has proven to be a playmaker, now he has to realize it is his time. He’s done great thus far but he could take it to another level and leave no doubt who the best receiver on the team is and force teams to start gameplanning to stop him.
That’s the silver lining of all of this… the competition to fill the void will make everyone better. Every OSU receiver from Anyiam to Tracy Moore to Justin Blackmon to whoever. They all know they have an opportunity to prove their worth and show they have the playmaking ability to impact games. I’m all about competition, I think it makes people better and strive to be better than they normally would and these guys will be competing to earn touches.
If I’m Hubert Anyiam, Justin Blackmon or Tracy Moore or any of those guys, my entire focus is to go out, every day in practice then also in games, and prove to the coaches they have to start game planning to get me the football. I would be wanting to force them to create opportunities for me to make plays.
Another potential result: True freshman receiver Michael Harrison may be pulled out of redshirt. The Cowboys depth at receiver is getting slim with Bryant now gone for the season and Josh Cooper out for at least two more weeks due to injury. Teammates talked about Harrison in glowing terms in the preseason and the 6-2, 190-pounder was on OSU’s travel roster at Texas A&M and Baylor.
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