Dez Bryant has been one of the best wide receivers in all of football since he joined the Dallas Cowboys.
Now that he’s set to be an unrestricted free agent, the Cowboys are leaning towards using the franchise tag on Dez. Stephen Jones, the Cowboys executive vice president, indicated as such on Tuesday.
“Right now we’re probably leaning that way,” Jones said of using it on Bryant, who is an unrestricted free agent. “But that doesn’t mean it won’t change.”
Despite it being likely that the Cowboys are going to franchise Bryant, it seems that Bryant isn’t too happy with the organization’s handling of his free agency status.
I wish They felt the same way but it's cool.. It's #business RT @FrankyGonzalez3: I love how dedicated @DezBryant is to the @dallascowboys
— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) February 17, 2015
The franchise tag is one of the more divisive tools that teams employ during free agency. On the one hand, it pays a player like one of the best at their position for a season. On the other hand, it doesn’t offer any sort of long-term commitment and that sure seems to be a sticking point of Dez’s judging by his Tweet.
Of course, the tag can also be used to buy a team enough time to work out a long term deal as well. NFL teams don’t know what the salary cap will be for next season yet and that will certainly factor into how dedicated the Cowboys are to Dez Bryant in the coming months.
