Know your role and shut your mouth.
That seems to be the attitude that many former NFL players-turned-TV analysts have taken to Cowboys rookie WR Dez Bryant, who refused to carry Roy Williams� shoulder pads after Sunday�s practice. Even though Williams later downplayed Bryant�s refusal to participate in the rookie hazing ritual (a minor one, at that), you can still count NFL Network�s Marshall Faulk among those ex-players perturbed by the rookie�s defiance.
�When I look at what Dez Bryant did, it�s just disrespecting the tradition and kind of questioning the leadership of the Dallas Cowboys,� Faulk said.
You see, it�s not about the actual act of carrying the pads; it�s about the principle. Even veteran LB Keith Bulluck, who just signed with the Giants and has been around the block, wonders what Bryant�s problem is.
�It could be the fact that they may be giving him star treatment already down there,� Bulluck said. �He�s wearing Playmaker�s (Michael Irvin�s) number; that�s a big thing in itself. � It�ll tell a lot about the Dallas Cowboys as a team to see how they handle that, their No. 1 draft pick acting the way he�s acting, being defiant.�
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