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Apr 16

Is ex-Cowboy Dez Bryant ready to make his NFL comeback? The trainer of star wide receivers thinks so – The Dallas Morning News

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The workout locations range from Frisco to Fort Worth to DeSoto.

They start with a phone call. Dez Bryant, wide receiver looking for NFL work, calls David Robinson, wide receiver trainer to the stars.

If you dont believe in Robinsons work and influence, check out the 20 players he trained for the upcoming NFL draft. Hes been working with wide receivers since 2005 and runs the DRob Always Open Wide Receiver Academy.

If you need to work on your game, you call Robinson.

Bryant is no different. He wants to work out. He will hail former Cowboys teammates Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott. Sometimes Super Bowl-winning QB Patrick Mahomes. Ex-Cowboys receiver Lance Lenior shows up, too.

It looked like a class reunion, Robinson said of the recent workouts with Bryant and Prescott. It looked like they missed each other. You could definitely tell that they were quoting some of the plays, routes, when they played together. Dak was spitting verbiage, and Dez was remembering it. They were having flashbacks on certain routes they were working on. It was great.

For Bryant this is part of the comeback tour. Its a tour thats been scrutinized for the videos Bryant has posted on Twitter and Instagram. Its a tour criticized for a lack of social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.

The videos show Bryant running routes, catching a Prescott pass on a back-shoulder fade, running a slant, sometimes catching a pass falling down. With each video come the social media film critics.

Shoot, 80% of those people never played receiver, never played football, Robinson said. So I dont really get caught up in the responses because none of those people that are responding have never scored 73 touchdowns in their career. None of them have. So a lot of them dont know the art or have an understanding of how to run a route.

Robinson is Bryants confidant and trainer. He doesnt seek the publicity, but when asked, Robinson tells you Bryant, who didnt respond to a message seeking comment for this story, is ready to play in the NFL.

Hes been away for two years. Bryant had a chance to return to the NFL after the Cowboys released him in 2017. Baltimore offered him a contract that he turned down. There was a visit to the Cleveland Browns facility where Bryant showed up in a sleeveless T-shirt and his agent was in a power suit. It was a mess from the beginning.

In 2018, New Orleans signed Bryant to a one-year contract, and he showed up overweight. He tore his Achilles tendon in one of the first practices, ending a dream scenario where he would catch passes from Drew Brees and giving him a legit chance of a deep playoff run.

So Bryant just waited to heal. He called Robinson and told him he was ready. The early videos posted on Twitter showed Bryant looking heavy and slow.

As for the people that say hes not fast, Dez has never been fast, Robinson said. He came out of college running 4.6, 4.5, so hell tell you that thats not his game.

This is the process when you start a comeback tour. Bryant needed to lose weight, and one of the ways to do it is by working out. For Bryant, this occurred in public. He was showing the world his warts, and Robinson was there to help.

Ive been working Dez for a year and a half now. Hes looking night and day from when we first started, Robinson said. He dropped a lot of weight. Hes a lot lighter on his feet, hes a lot more efficient in and out of his cuts, and his confidence is on another level right now.

The workouts with Prescott and Elliott had some fans clamoring for a reunion. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said at the NFL scouting combine that hes not dismissing the possibility. Robinson said up to four teams are interested in Bryant.

Hes back to his old self, Robinson said. When he had that Achilles, coming off it, hes never been a real fast guy, but he was running with a limp. So we thought he would have to hang it up. [He] got discouraged, but he just keep doing his rehab and therapy on his Achilles, and we just kept working on his routes, his change of direction drills, and hes looking real good now. I think hes about 80-90% where he needs to be.

Robinson believes Bryant will find a home in the NFL. It will be interesting to see where Bryant ends up, if anywhere, considering how deep this upcoming draft class is at his position.

Meanwhile, the workout tour continues.

It might happen in Frisco today. Maybe at the field next to Bryants house. Possibly in University Park.

You can call any judge or police officer to complain about the small groups of people working out. Bryants workout tour will continue, with or without a cellphone recording it, because thats how its going to be.

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