Dez Bryant was a victim of a fake tweet posted on Wednesday. The former wide receiver, who spent the best moments of his career with the Dallas Cowboys, criticized the Minnesota Vikings for sending Jordan Addison to the New England Patriots in a trade.
However, the tweet was written by an account named @thejudgedan, which portrays Daniel Judgeaport, a fake sports writer who uses a picture of Mac Jones as his profile picture and states in his Twitter bio that he’s a satire.
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With the NFL trade deadline approaching, trade news will be coming quickly until next week. All 32 teams have until Tuesday, November 5 (the same day as Election Day) to agree on deals with other franchises; trades are not allowed to happen after, and can only resume in the league’s new year, in March.
Bryant later deleted the tweet in which he criticized the Vikings.
After his release from the Dallas Cowboys in 2018, his career never got close to what it was. He did sign with the New Orleans Saints midway through the season, but he tore his Achilles two days later and missed the remainder of the season.
After using 2019 to rehabilitate, he signed with the Ravens for the second half of 2020, but wasn’t as impactful as his Cowboys’ days. With only six receptions and two touchdowns during the season, it was the last time he played in the NFL.
It’s not exactly that he quit football, but rather football quit on him. When Dak Prescott became the starter in Dallas, his rapport with Prescott was not compared to what the receiver had with Tony Romo. He had just 1634 receiving yards in two seasons; with Romo, he had three straight years with at least 1230 yards.
His comeback attempt with the New Orleans Saints ended after two days, which certainly didn’t help. When he landed with the Baltimore Ravens, however, things became clear. That’s why he hasn’t signed with a team since then, and likely never will.