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Cowboys feel Dez Bryant’s presence even when he’s not there

Dez Bryant didn’t make an appearance at OTAs this week, but the Cowboys want to make sure they don’t give the appearance of not missing him.

Via Jean-Jacques Taylor of ESPNDallas.com, the Cowboys have gone out of their way to praise their franchise-tagged wideout while trying to work out a long-term contract with him.

“Dez is somebody who has all of the respect in the world from the individuals on this team,” executive vice president Stephen Jones said. “This is the tough part of our business, which is the business of it. We’ll continue to make progress and we know that at some point Dez will join us.