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Former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Drew Pearson was interviewed on KESN-FM on Wednesday to discuss Dez Bryant and his incident at Northpark Mall. Here are some highlights:
Dez Bryant has only had small incidents but they keep on piling up. What are your thoughts on his latest incident at the mall?
The first thing I think, as you said, the incidents keep piling up. The first thing I said, “Oh no, here we go again.” And then you read about what it is and you say, “Wow, that’s pretty trivial, pretty petty.” It’s something that could have been handled a little differently – maybe by Dez, maybe by the mall security – to not make this the issue that it has turned out to be.
And my question with Dez is somebody confronts you and your friends, you got to be bigger than that. I know you want to say something and I know that’s sometimes your nature to fight back, especially being a football player. But sometimes, you got to be bigger than that and walk away from things and let things go. There’s obviously a problem with mall security and you – meaning Dez – at the mall, so why do you even venture out to that mall in the first place? Why give them your money when they’re going to try and make life miserable for you?
So, that’s what bothers me about the situation; it’s not how big or small it is but it’s that here’s another situation associated with Dez that we say could have been avoided. And then we say when we find out about it, we say ‘here we go again’. But the magnitude of this thing is bigger than we’re making it out to be but at the same time, it should have never gotten to this point and Dez could have handled it a little better by just not saying anything and if they said something to his friends, let his friends deal with that. You’re not their guardian or security or anything of that nature so let them deal with that. You know if you say something, whatever you say – especially if it’s derogatory, especially if it’s filled with cuss words and that kind of thing – they’re going to come down on you, not your friends. Have we even heard who the friends are? We haven’t heard not one of their names. They don’t care about that. They care about Dez. So my advice to Dez would be to stay out of that mall. There’s plenty of malls around this area – around Texas, Dallas, Coppell, Irving, Frisco – go to one of those malls.
When you talk about this whole story, is this one of those things that you’re worried is going to constantly be a problem with Dez Bryant? Little things like this that could add up?
Well, that’s what your concern is. If I were the Cowboys organization or part of that, I’d be concerned with that but not so much concerned with Dez. It’s mainly how he reacts to these types of things. Yea, it’s so small, it’s very trivial and again, it’s something that could have been handled a lot differently by, number one, Dez. If he had warnings before about being in that mall that to me is a red flag that you don’t ever want to go there again. And if you do go there again, you know you got to be on your best p’s and q’s because they seem to have a chip on their shoulder in trying to bother you.
And the other thing is the security people. How sensitive baggy pants and all that…but that’s one of the styles kids wear nowadays and young adults wear nowadays. So, if you’re going to point people out for that, then maybe you’re being a little aggressive in trying to do something or provoke something in the negative way to get Dez to respond in a negative way. Dez, to me, fell right into that trap by responding in a negative. You got to be bigger than that; you’re a pro athlete; you’re a professional; you have to walk away from those situations, especially knowing who you are and what the ramifications of something like this might cause by you being a part of it. You come out negatively and saying negative things to the security guys; he needs to walk away from that situation and leave your friends there to deal with it. Now, after that, they want to know why you left them, you tell them, “I’m Dez Bryant. I can’t get into those types of situations, so I had to leave so that this thing wouldn’t escalate to where it is now.”
Do you get the feeling there is always going to be something with Dez Bryant? Is it immaturity? Will he grow out of it? Is he just one of those guys that trouble seems to find?
That could be the case but I think a lot of it is just because of who he is and how he came into the NFL and that type of thing with that somewhat negative track record. So, everything that he does – whether it’s good, bad or whatever – it’s going to be a story. So, he’s got to understand that. We think it’s a problem because it’s happened so many times and that’s what Dez has to understand.
He doesn’t want that association. He doesn’t want that to be associated with him, his legacy or whatever he’s trying to create as a member of the Dallas Cowboys, just as much as he doesn’t want to be part of his legacy that he’s injury prone; that he missed a lot of games last season because of injury. He missed training camp due to injury. We don’t want that negativity. He shouldn’t want that, as well as he shouldn’t want the other negative associated with his name. So, what does he do to try and make himself not be labeled as an injury prone player? Go out there and be in the best shape as possible and try and avoid the injury the best way that he can.
Well, not to be labeled as a troublemaker or a guy that is associated with trouble where he goes then he has to do all the right things to not let that happen either. And one of the things he could have done was just walk away from that incident. I know it’s hard sometimes; your manhood, your heritage, your ethnic background…some of that stuff is challenged by something like that because that’s part of the African-American culture now to wear your pants that way. And so, sometimes you take offense to that but even if you do, you got to be bigger than that. You can’t give these people what they’re looking for and that is for you to fall into the trap that they’re trying to set for you.
Former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Drew Pearson was interviewed on KESN-FM on Wednesday to discuss Dez Bryant and his incident at Northpark Mall. Here are some highlights:
Dez Bryant has only had small incidents but they keep on piling up. What are your thoughts on his latest incident at the mall?
The first thing I think, as you said, the incidents keep piling up. The first thing I said, “Oh no, here we go again.” And then you read about what it is and you say, “Wow, that’s pretty trivial, pretty petty.” It’s something that could have been handled a little differently – maybe by Dez, maybe by the mall security – to not make this the issue that it has turned out to be.
And my question with Dez is somebody confronts you and your friends, you got to be bigger than that. I know you want to say something and I know that’s sometimes your nature to fight back, especially being a football player. But sometimes, you got to be bigger than that and walk away from things and let things go. There’s obviously a problem with mall security and you – meaning Dez – at the mall, so why do you even venture out to that mall in the first place? Why give them your money when they’re going to try and make life miserable for you?
So, that’s what bothers me about the situation; it’s not how big or small it is but it’s that here’s another situation associated with Dez that we say could have been avoided. And then we say when we find out about it, we say ‘here we go again’. But the magnitude of this thing is bigger than we’re making it out to be but at the same time, it should have never gotten to this point and Dez could have handled it a little better by just not saying anything and if they said something to his friends, let his friends deal with that. You’re not their guardian or security or anything of that nature so let them deal with that. You know if you say something, whatever you say – especially if it’s derogatory, especially if it’s filled with cuss words and that kind of thing – they’re going to come down on you, not your friends. Have we even heard who the friends are? We haven’t heard not one of their names. They don’t care about that. They care about Dez. So my advice to Dez would be to stay out of that mall. There’s plenty of malls around this area – around Texas, Dallas, Coppell, Irving, Frisco – go to one of those malls.
When you talk about this whole story, is this one of those things that you’re worried is going to constantly be a problem with Dez Bryant? Little things like this that could add up?
Well, that’s what your concern is. If I were the Cowboys organization or part of that, I’d be concerned with that but not so much concerned with Dez. It’s mainly how he reacts to these types of things. Yea, it’s so small, it’s very trivial and again, it’s something that could have been handled a lot differently by, number one, Dez. If he had warnings before about being in that mall that to me is a red flag that you don’t ever want to go there again. And if you do go there again, you know you got to be on your best p’s and q’s because they seem to have a chip on their shoulder in trying to bother you.
And the other thing is the security people. How sensitive baggy pants and all that…but that’s one of the styles kids wear nowadays and young adults wear nowadays. So, if you’re going to point people out for that, then maybe you’re being a little aggressive in trying to do something or provoke something in the negative way to get Dez to respond in a negative way. Dez, to me, fell right into that trap by responding in a negative. You got to be bigger than that; you’re a pro athlete; you’re a professional; you have to walk away from those situations, especially knowing who you are and what the ramifications of something like this might cause by you being a part of it. You come out negatively and saying negative things to the security guys; he needs to walk away from that situation and leave your friends there to deal with it. Now, after that, they want to know why you left them, you tell them, “I’m Dez Bryant. I can’t get into those types of situations, so I had to leave so that this thing wouldn’t escalate to where it is now.”
Do you get the feeling there is always going to be something with Dez Bryant? Is it immaturity? Will he grow out of it? Is he just one of those guys that trouble seems to find?
That could be the case but I think a lot of it is just because of who he is and how he came into the NFL and that type of thing with that somewhat negative track record. So, everything that he does – whether it’s good, bad or whatever – it’s going to be a story. So, he’s got to understand that. We think it’s a problem because it’s happened so many times and that’s what Dez has to understand.
He doesn’t want that association. He doesn’t want that to be associated with him, his legacy or whatever he’s trying to create as a member of the Dallas Cowboys, just as much as he doesn’t want to be part of his legacy that he’s injury prone; that he missed a lot of games last season because of injury. He missed training camp due to injury. We don’t want that negativity. He shouldn’t want that, as well as he shouldn’t want the other negative associated with his name. So, what does he do to try and make himself not be labeled as an injury prone player? Go out there and be in the best shape as possible and try and avoid the injury the best way that he can.
Well, not to be labeled as a troublemaker or a guy that is associated with trouble where he goes then he has to do all the right things to not let that happen either. And one of the things he could have done was just walk away from that incident. I know it’s hard sometimes; your manhood, your heritage, your ethnic background…some of that stuff is challenged by something like that because that’s part of the African-American culture now to wear your pants that way. And so, sometimes you take offense to that but even if you do, you got to be bigger than that. You can’t give these people what they’re looking for and that is for you to fall into the trap that they’re trying to set for you.
