When the Cowboys came up short in their pursuit of free-agent wide receiver Sammy Watkins this week, two alarming things happened. And neither the club's failure to land the new Chiefs receiver nor its willingness to cut Dez Bryant to make the money work are among them.
That's not to say those things are completely insignificant. Even though Stephen Jones has been telling us that releasing Bryant is a real possibility this offseason, it would still generate a fair amount of shock value if it happens. Clubs generally don't release their most dangerous offensive player, no matter how far those players have fallen.