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NFL columnist: Dez Bryant should have held out; Cowboys aren't even 8-8 if he did

On Wednesday, when he signed a new five-year deal, Dez Bryant reiterated he was willing to sit out regular-season games if a contract was not signed.

“I’m a very passionate person, and I’m one of those guys that – I am that guy that, I have to stand by my word, because that’s how I want to raise my babies. It was all me. It was honest,” he said.

Colleen Wolfe of NFL.com was asked to evaluate his deal. She writes that had Bryant done that, it would have been the right call.

“He is the Cowboys’ offense.