Ed Werder reports that free agent WR Dez Bryant turned down a multi-year offer from the Ravens and is apparently looking for a larger one-year contract from a team.
- According to Ian Rapoport, the Ravens were offering Bryant a deal similar to the contract they gave to Michael Crabtree, who secured a three-year, $21 million contract that included $11 million guaranteed.
- Rapoport explains that Baltimore had to offer Bryant a multi-year contract for cap reasons.
This would allow Bryant to a better opportunity of securing a larger long-term deal from a team as an unrestricted free agent in 2019.
Earlier in the day, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reported that Bryant isn’t expected to sign prior to the draft.
It’s clear that the market for Bryant isn’t all that active or he would have had a deal in place with a new team by now.
Bryant has made it clear that he would like to play for an NFC East team with the Giants appearing to be his preference. However, neither the Giants, Redskins or Eagles have shown any interest in him up to this point.
It’s worth mentioning that signing Bryant to a contract won’t impact a team’s 2019 compensatory picks, given that he was released this offseason.
Bryant, 29, is a former first-round pick of the Cowboys back in 2010. He was in the third year of his five-year, $70 million contract that included $45 million guaranteed and was set to make base salaries of $12.5 million over the final two years of the agreement when Dallas released him in a move that freed up $8.5 million of available cap space.
In 2017, Bryant has appeared in 15 games for the Cowboys and has caught 66 passes for 814 yards receiving and six touchdowns. Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 45 receiver out of 116 qualifying players.
We have him featured in our Top 50 Available 2018 NFL Free Agents list.
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