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Ex-scout Bryan Broaddus: Dez Bryant had the worst background I had ever seen heading into the NFL Draft
By SPORTSDAYDFW.COM
Published: 29 June 2013 12:19 PM
Updated: 29 June 2013 06:57 PM
Ex-scout Bryan Broaddus joined G-Bag Nation on 105.3 FM The Fan last week. Here are some highlights.
On if he ever looked at player and said this player is too dangerous to draft:
“The worst I had ever seen of a background is the kid Dez Bryant. When you look at what he went through and then you’re talking about these players, and it’s hard for them to get away from these people in their lives because these people have been with them when they were nothing, when they were nobodies. All of a sudden you’re thinking ok, I’m going to turn my back on my three buddies here. I have to change, but they ain’t changing. I think if Dez Bryant was playing in St. Louis or Baltimore or Seattle, I think the fact that his family is here with him, I think that was a really hard adjustment for him. Hopefully from what we’ve seen, he’s managing that well. That’s the important thing.”
On if he’s sold that Dez Bryant has changed:
“On Dez…that’s the thing as a personnel guy. You wake up. You don’t sleep at night. And when you wake up, you’re thinking did he go off the reservation today. That was something that we had to deal with. You deal with ok what happened, check TMZ, nothing happened, ok, we’re good for a day. You’re constantly worrying about players because they get put in terrible situations, sometimes by their own doing.”
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Ex-scout Bryan Broaddus: When Cowboys cut Alonzo Spellman, there was a tranquilizer gun in position to protect Jerry Jones
By SPORTSDAYDFW.COM
Published: 29 June 2013 12:09 PM
Updated: 29 June 2013 03:29 PM
Ex-scout Bryan Broaddus joined G-Bag Nation on 105.3 FM The Fan last week. Here are some highlights.
On if he ever told a GM to take a player off the board because he thought he might murder someone:
“No. There is guys that you talk about that have character issues. But would you profile a guy as a murderer? 13 years I’ve sat in draft rooms, and I’ve never had a scout say you know what Bryan, this guy is a murderer, a potential murderer. I’ll tell you what though, we’ve been scared. You remember a guy named Alonzo Spellman? Bi-polar, right? When we cut him, Jerry (Jones) had a guard waiting outside the door because he was worried about him coming over the desk after him, either that or a tranquilizer gun. We had something in position. He was an outstanding football player but you had to worry about him.”
On the Josh Brent situation:
“Jerry (Jones) has always been a let’s see how the legal process plays out. I go back to Jerry Brown’s mom. If you didn’t have that angle, Jerry Jones to me and there is a lot of things people don’t know about Jerry Jones that I do know. Larry Allen had a pain drug addiction, and Jerry Jones got his family together and got him help. Jerry Jones has always tried to help the player. Whoever that may be, he tried to help. I think that’s the approach with Josh Brent. He’s just like let’s see what happens. When they tell us what happens, we’ll make the adjustment from there. He’s never too quick to get rid of a guy. I think he’s been disappointed. I think the Dez Bryant thing really disappointed him when that whole thing came out. He was like wait a minute, you and I have had this discussion. I think that you have a very forgiving owner, but one that says let’s see what happens with the process of the law.”
By SPORTSDAYDFW.COM
Published: 29 June 2013 12:19 PM
Updated: 29 June 2013 06:57 PM
Ex-scout Bryan Broaddus joined G-Bag Nation on 105.3 FM The Fan last week. Here are some highlights.
On if he ever looked at player and said this player is too dangerous to draft:
“The worst I had ever seen of a background is the kid Dez Bryant. When you look at what he went through and then you’re talking about these players, and it’s hard for them to get away from these people in their lives because these people have been with them when they were nothing, when they were nobodies. All of a sudden you’re thinking ok, I’m going to turn my back on my three buddies here. I have to change, but they ain’t changing. I think if Dez Bryant was playing in St. Louis or Baltimore or Seattle, I think the fact that his family is here with him, I think that was a really hard adjustment for him. Hopefully from what we’ve seen, he’s managing that well. That’s the important thing.”
On if he’s sold that Dez Bryant has changed:
“On Dez…that’s the thing as a personnel guy. You wake up. You don’t sleep at night. And when you wake up, you’re thinking did he go off the reservation today. That was something that we had to deal with. You deal with ok what happened, check TMZ, nothing happened, ok, we’re good for a day. You’re constantly worrying about players because they get put in terrible situations, sometimes by their own doing.”
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Ex-scout Bryan Broaddus: When Cowboys cut Alonzo Spellman, there was a tranquilizer gun in position to protect Jerry Jones
By SPORTSDAYDFW.COM
Published: 29 June 2013 12:09 PM
Updated: 29 June 2013 03:29 PM
Ex-scout Bryan Broaddus joined G-Bag Nation on 105.3 FM The Fan last week. Here are some highlights.
On if he ever told a GM to take a player off the board because he thought he might murder someone:
“No. There is guys that you talk about that have character issues. But would you profile a guy as a murderer? 13 years I’ve sat in draft rooms, and I’ve never had a scout say you know what Bryan, this guy is a murderer, a potential murderer. I’ll tell you what though, we’ve been scared. You remember a guy named Alonzo Spellman? Bi-polar, right? When we cut him, Jerry (Jones) had a guard waiting outside the door because he was worried about him coming over the desk after him, either that or a tranquilizer gun. We had something in position. He was an outstanding football player but you had to worry about him.”
On the Josh Brent situation:
“Jerry (Jones) has always been a let’s see how the legal process plays out. I go back to Jerry Brown’s mom. If you didn’t have that angle, Jerry Jones to me and there is a lot of things people don’t know about Jerry Jones that I do know. Larry Allen had a pain drug addiction, and Jerry Jones got his family together and got him help. Jerry Jones has always tried to help the player. Whoever that may be, he tried to help. I think that’s the approach with Josh Brent. He’s just like let’s see what happens. When they tell us what happens, we’ll make the adjustment from there. He’s never too quick to get rid of a guy. I think he’s been disappointed. I think the Dez Bryant thing really disappointed him when that whole thing came out. He was like wait a minute, you and I have had this discussion. I think that you have a very forgiving owner, but one that says let’s see what happens with the process of the law.”
