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Hall of Fame QB Troy Aikman says Cowboys ‘won’t miss the Dez Bryant of 2017, at all’

Hall of Fame quarterback and FOX NFL analyst Troy Aikman doesn’t know how the Dallas Cowboys passing game will fare this season with their overhauled receiver corps under new position coach Sanjay Lal.

But his concerns have nothing to do with the absence of Dez Bryant, the team’s all-time leader in touchdowns receptions who remains unemployed after being released by the Cowboys in April.

Bryant was a great player during his career with the Cowboys but he wasn’t much of one last year, per Aikman.

“The Dez from 2017 I don’t think they will miss at all,” Aikman said during a conference with local reporters leading up his broadcast of Sunday’s season opener between the Carolina Panthers.