The Facts: Following up on the ongoing story. ... Would Bryant really decline to sign the franchise tag and skip Week 1 of the regular season, missing a $750,000 paycheck in the process? The Cowboys reportedly don’t think so. According to Jason Cole of Bleacher Report (via the Dallas Morning News), the Cowboys are not budging from the offer they’ve made Bryant and will tell him to either sign their offer or play the 2015 season under the $12.8 million franchise tag. The reason the Cowboys think they have the leverage to hold the line with Bryant is that they believe he’s bluffing about missing games, and that he is having money problems and wouldn’t be able to afford to give up a $750,000 paycheck.

Diehards Line: It’s unclear what kind of money problems Bryant is having. He has made enough money already in his NFL career that he should be set for life, but Bryant does have expensive tastes and was once sued for failing to pay a bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry he purchased. In fact, Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram said on Friday’s PFT Live on NBC Sports Radio, the Cowboys have known all about Bryant’s total financial condition for years, since the team has been helping him manage it. So, as PFT's Mike Florio summed up, "Te Cowboys may simply decide to tell Bryant to play this season for $12.8 million. If they do, Bryant won’t have much choice but to take it."