After the Dallas Cowboys practice today, wide receiver Dez Bryant went on a rant about the media. There was a lot of yelling, but it’s still not exactly clear what he was mad about.
Reporters who were in the locker room started tweeting about the incident shortly after it happened:
There doesn’t seem to be any video of Dez’s tirade, but you can hear him shouting the background of this interview with Jason Witten, recorded by the Star Telegram:
Bryant then got on Twitter and posted this very confusing explanation for why he was mad:
According to another reporter who was in the locker room, Dez was angry at ESPN writer Jean-Jacques Taylor, who had just been accused by wide receiver Devin Street of calling Street the N-word:
Taylor hasn’t addressed the issue himself, and Dez seems done with the whole thing:
This is all very weird, but until Bryant or Taylor decide to clearly lay out what exactly happened, it’s hard to draw any conclusions.
Update: Now there is some video: