It wasn’t intended to be shot at former Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant.
But the team’s all-time leader in touchdown passes, who was unceremoniously dumped in April and remains unsigned, is the proverbial elephant in the room when talk turns to the team’s revamped receiver corps based on precise route running and being where they were supposed to be on time.
Receiver coach Sanjay Lal was answering a lingering question about whether the Cowboys were “going to have down-the-field guys who can go up and get a ball,” which was a Bryant specialty. His answer came with a zing at the end.