Dez Bryant Creates Rift In Locker Room

Tim MacMahon of ESPNDallas is reporting that newly signed rookie wide receiver Dez Bryant has not gotten along with veteran receiver Roy Williams. Bryant refused to carry Williams' pads, and thus has started a war.

Rookies often have to do work for veterans as a rite of passage in the NFL. "I'm not doing it," Bryant said. "I feel like I was drafted to play football, not carry another player's pads." Williams has now threatened to go to "step two".

"If I was a free agent, it would still be the same thing. I just feel like I'm here to play football. I'm here to try to help win a championship, not carry someone's pads. I'm saying that out of no disrespect to [anyone]."

Williams was not amused by Bryant. He has not released his ideas for "step two", but it can't be good for Bryant.

"We'll find out. Definitely going to find out," Williams said. "I don't know. I've seen guys take people's credit cards and go fill up their cards and wife's cards and everything. There's a lot of dirt that goes on in that locker room."

"Everybody has to go through it," Williams said. "I had to go through it. No matter if you're a No. 1 pick or the 7,000th pick, you've still got to do something when you're a rookie. I carried pads. I paid for dinners. I paid for lunches. I did everything I was supposed to do, because I didn't want to be that guy."

Surprisingly, NFL Agent David Canter has sided with Bryant. "Dez Bryant refuses to carry other WR's shoulder pads after practice, good for him. It's a dumbass tradition and he's better then R. Willams now."

Between now and the preseason, I think Dez Bryant will become familiar with the phrase, "Boom, roasted."