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Dez Bryant Pad Issue

Dez Bryant and Roy Williams work out their pads problem (7/27/2010 3:20 PM)
Dallas Cowboys rookie wide receiver Dez Bryant says he didn't know it was tradition for rookies to carry...

Rookie Bryant never expected pads issue to take on its own life (7/27/2010 2:58 PM)
Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant says he never expected his refusal to carry Roy Williams' shoulder pads to become such a big issue.

Cowboys' Bryant never expected pads to become an issue (7/27/2010 2:42 PM)
Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant says he never expected his refusal to carry Roy Williams' shoulder pads to become such a big issue. Dallas Cowboys - Roy Williams - Dez Bryant - NFL - Sports

Dallas Cowboys' Dez Bryant didn't know of rookie tradition (7/27/2010 1:42 PM)
Cowboys rookie Dez Bryant said that he didn't know it was tradition for rookies to carry veterans' equipment.

Cowboys' Bryant Never Expected Pads To Be An Issue (7/27/2010 1:40 PM)
Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant says he never expected his refusal to carry Roy Williams' shoulder pads to become such a big issue. And the Cowboys' first-round pick says he didn't know that rookies carrying the pads of veterans after practice was a long-standing ritual.

Cowboys' Dez Bryant: Media trying to pit him and Roy Williams against each other (7/27/2010 1:23 PM)
Dallas Cowboys WR Dez Bryant said Tuesday that he didn't realize it was a rookie's responsibility to carry the shoulder pads of veteran players ...

Bryant pleads ignorance in pads brouhaha (7/27/2010 1:22 PM)
SAN ANTONIO - Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant says he never expected his refusal to carry Roy Williams' shoulder pads to become such a big issue.

Time for rookie hazing to end (7/27/2010 12:19 PM)
Cowboys WR Dez Bryant was right to reject a practice that no longer matches the NFL's current landscape.

Roy Williams gets last word on carrying pads (7/27/2010 11:59 AM)
The Cowboys did their best to squash the Dez Bryant-Roy Williams story on Monday, but a media-enhanced frenzy isn't over until we say it is.  (After we post this video.)Writing on ESPNDallas' chat Tuesday, Tim McMahon said, "The veterans were...

Herm Edwards: Rookie hazing happens in NFL, but within limits (7/26/2010 8:48 PM)
ESPN analyst Herm Edwards says the better choice for rookie wide receiver Dez Bryant of the Dallas Cowboys would have been to carry the shoulder ...

Cowboys' Roy Williams: Dez Bryant refusing to carry pads is 'not a big deal' (7/26/2010 8:04 PM)
Dallas Cowboys WR Roy Williams on Monday dismissed the controversy surrounding rookie wideout Dez Bryant and his refusal to carry the veteran's ...

Cowboys' Williams Says Dez Dustup 'Not A Big Deal' (7/26/2010 7:56 PM)
Dallas Cowboys receiver Roy Williams can't even get his 4-year-old son to carry his shoulder pads. Williams joked after Monday's practice that he was mad at him too, a day after rookie receiver Dez Bryant refused to carry Williams' pads. As for the drama created when first-round pick Bryant said Sunday that he wouldn't participate in one of the rookie rituals of carrying a veteran's pads off the field after practice, Williams says it is "not a big deal" and that the teammates are fine. Williams was still holding his pads while signing autographs.

Dallas Cowboys address Dez Bryant's refusal to carry Roy Williams' shoulder pads internally, declare it a nonissue (7/26/2010 7:49 PM)
Cowboys WR Roy Williams says Dez Bryant's refusal to carry his pads is no big deal.

Cowboys' Williams says Dez dustup 'not a big deal' (7/26/2010 7:18 PM)
SAN ANTONIO - Dallas Cowboys receiver Roy Williams can't even get his four-year-old son to carry his shoulder pads.

Williams: Bryant not carrying veteran's pads 'not a big deal' (7/26/2010 6:57 PM)
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Roy Williams can't even get his 4-year-old son to carry his shoulder pads.

Wade Phillips, Roy Williams say carrying pads is non-issue (7/26/2010 6:40 PM)
For ten straight minutes, Wade Phillips answered questions about Dez Bryant not carrying Roy Williams' pads yesterday.  The look on his face went from bemused to exasperated by the end before a Cowboys staffer mercifully ended the mostly pointless proceedings."It's...

Dez Bryant refuses the chores of a lowly rookie (7/26/2010 7:50 AM)
Veteran wide receiver Roy Williams was expected to clash with rookie Dez Bryant in competition for playing time...

Dez Bryant ruffles feathers in Cowboys camp (7/26/2010 5:34 AM)
Rookie refuses to carry pads for vet Roy Williams

Cowboys' Bryant shuns rookie ritual, won't carry Williams' pads (7/25/2010 11:28 PM)
Dallas Cowboys rookie wide receiver Dez Bryant said he's in training camp to catch passes, not carry somebody else's shoulder pads after practice.

Cowboys' Bryant Will Catch Passes, Not Carry Pads (7/25/2010 10:27 PM)
Cowboys rookie receiver Dez Bryant says he is in training camp to catch passes, not carry somebody else's shoulder pads. The Cowboys were in pads for the first time in camp Sunday. Veteran players traditionally hand their pads to a rookie at the end of practice, but when receiver Roy Williams handed his to Bryant after the first of two sessions, the rookie didn't carry them. Bryant says he was drafted to play football and that he'd feel the same way if he was an undrafted rookie and not the team's first-round pick.

Cowboys WR Dez Bryant defies rookie tradition, refuses to carry Roy Williams' shoulder pads (7/25/2010 10:20 PM)
Dallas Cowboys rookie WR Dez Bryant wants no part of the rookie tradition that calls for him to carry veteran players' pads during training ...

Cowboys' Bryant will catch passes, not carry pads (7/25/2010 10:03 PM)
SAN ANTONIO - Dallas Cowboys rookie receiver Dez Bryant said he is in training camp to catch passes, not carry somebody else's shoulder pads after practice.

Cowboys' Bryant will catch passes, not carry pads (7/25/2010 9:49 PM)
Dallas Cowboys rookie receiver Dez Bryant said he is in training camp to catch passes, not carry somebody else's shoulder pads after practice

Cowboys' Bryant will catch passes, not carry pads (7/25/2010 9:32 PM)
Cowboys rookie receiver Dez Bryant says he is in training camp to catch passes, not carry somebody else's shoulder pads. The Cowboys were in pads for the first time in camp Sunday. Veteran players traditionally hand their pads to a rookie at the end of practice, but when receiver Roy Williams handed his to Bryant after the first of two sessions, the rookie didn't carry them.

Dez Bryant won't carry Roy Williams' pads (7/25/2010 8:39 PM)
NFL rookies are often required to carry veterans' pads as a sort of training camp hazing ritual. But Cowboys rookie Dez Bryant wants no part of it.Tim MacMahon of ESPNDallas.com reports that Roy Williams gave his pads to Bryant today,...

Roy Williams Talks the Talk

Cowboys' Roy Williams on relationship with Tony Romo: 'This year, we're connecting like Montana and Rice' (5/18/2010 12:18 AM)
Roy Williams has caught just 57 passes since arriving with the Dallas Cowboys in 2008. But the receiver said Monday he expects his productivity ...

Roy Williams wants to be stronger this season (5/15/2010 9:51 AM)
Wide receiver saying all the right things in Dallas

Dallas Cowboys receiver Roy Williams not ready to give up starting job (5/13/2010 2:00 PM)
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Roy Williams is confident he won't lose his starting job and can't wait for the 2010 season to begin.

Roy Williams vows to fend off Dez Bryant (5/13/2010 8:39 AM)
If Cowboys receiver Roy Williams were playing as well as he was expected to play when the team gave up a first-round pick, a third-round pick, and more for him during the 2008 season, the Cowboys wouldn't have felt compelled...

Roy Williams is talking the talk (5/13/2010 7:30 AM)
The question is, will the Dallas wideout back it up on the field?