"I made this decision on the first day of OTAs, and then we did it again at training camp and we did it again every day since then,'' Bryant tells me, the intensity of what he is about to tell me causing his eyes to widen. "No hazing. No freezing-out. None of that bullshyt. On the first day when they got here, I told Dak (Prescott) and Zeke (Ezekiel Elliott), 'Y'all not just rookies. You're players. Dallas Cowboys players. As important as me. As important as anybody.
"Family.''
Cowboys Secret: Dez + Witten On 'All Smiles'
I remember when Dez was a rookie I longed for the day we would put an end to that "Lost Boys" era of Cowboys football and craft the team in his image. They've bought the pride back. No more entitled losers thinking they won something just by putting on that star