Are we really ignorant as to how much of a punk Dez Bryant is?

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The Dallas Cowboys were not going to pass on Dez Bryant in last year's draft. Just wasn't going to happen.

Why? Randy Moss. Way back in 1998, the Cowboys and 20-odd teams passed on the knuckleheaded receiver out of Marshall. The Cowboys and those 20-odd teams have regretted that decision ever sense.

So, Dez Bryant, he dropped out of the top 10, was going to be a Dallas Cowboy.

Everyone talked themselves into it. Bryant had just lied to the NCAA about hanging with Deion Sanders. He wasn't trading autographs for tattoos. He didn't get caught doing drugs, stealing or committing a felony. He lied. We can forgive lying because we lie all the time, and with professional athletes, you hope for misdemeanors.

Bryant dressed well. He called reporters "sir" and although he wasn't the most eloquent guy in the world, he came off as respectable and courteous.

Almost a week after getting cited at NorthPark Center for "bustin' a sag" (thanks to Ticker guy Sean Bass for that tidbit of street), we've, as a group, upgraded Bryant from "misunderstood" to "knucklehead."

Next stop: "Punk."

Yes, we regret skipping on Moss. But, remember, Moss has also talked and played himself through four teams and counting.

We're getting snowed under with the "sir" bullshit and the nice clothes. Soon, the headache won't outweigh the product on the field and Bryant's tenure with the Cowboys will end badly. Terrell Owens badly.

I think Deion Sanders' quotes are pretty telling. He's cut ties with Bryant. Which is saying something. Sanders has been the type in the media to side with the troubled player who is "keepin' it real" and goes out of his way to defend these types of players.

For him to come out publicly and say that the Cowboys need a babysitter for Bryant says volumes.

Rumors persist in spite of all this. That he was out of shape going into camp last year. That he didn't learn any of the playbook. That he's awful with money and is closer to being broke than anyone realizes.

Seriously, we should enjoy this ride. It'll be interesting in a train wreck sort of way. "Bustin' a sag" was just the beginning. An entry incident for bigger knuckleheadedness.