The Facts: Bryant's status for 2018 was already going to be a big offseason storyline before Cowboys VP Stephen Jones said Dallas would "look at" Bryant's future and Jerry Jones admitted the team needed more from its top receiver. Now it figures to dominate sports talk radio in Dallas for the better part of a month. The best guess is that the Cowboys will come up with a compromise, like a short extension to lower Bryant's cap hit, because that's the sort of move the Cowboys often make.
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Bryant posted a career-low yards-per-catch figure of 12.1 in 2017, finishing with 838 yards and six scores, but the entire receiving corps underperformed in 2017. Still, Bryant's declining numbers are getting all of the attention because of his $13 million salary. The Cowboys needed more from Bryant but as NFL.com's Gregg Rosenthal noted, the franchise is rarely accused of getting rid of their great players too early.