Martavis Bryant has been added to the Cowboys’ practice squad.
Bryant, who is now 31 years old, used to be one of the best big-play threats in football. The first year he played for the Steelers, he averaged a crazy 21.1 yards per catch and scored eight scores in 10 games.
He was, however, suspended for the primary four games during the 2015 time for violating the NFL’s policy on drug abuse. He was then suspended for the whole 2016 season to another violation.
He went back to the Steelers in 2017 but didn’t play as well, so they moved him to the Raiders in 2018.
Before the season, Bryant played for the Raiders. But he was banned again in late 2018 and hasn’t been reinstated in the NFL since.
This year, he played as part of the NFL’s Vegas Vipers but didn’t do anything exciting. It’s not clear if he still has something to offer.
There was some potential in him, though, so the Cowboys put him through practice and put him on the practice squad.
There’s a good chance he won’t ever be as good as he was at the beginning of his career, but he’s getting one last chance.
Bryant caught 145 passes for 2,183 yards as well as 17 touchdowns in 44 games for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Oakland Raiders. He was suspended several times for violating football’s substance abuse rules, but he was recently reinstated.
Bryant hasn’t played in the NFL since 2018, mostly because he was suspended several times for breaking the rules about drug use. The league just recently let him back in. Last year, he played during the XFL.
Bryant was picked by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He most recently played for the Oakland Raiders. In December 2018, he was suspended indefinitely by the NFL for violating the terms for his conditional reinstatement to a previous ban. He had been suspended for the entirety of the 2016 season for multiple violations about the league’s substance abuse policy.
On Saturday, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero said that Commissioner Roger Goodell enjoyed recently reinstated Bryant. On Monday, Pelissero said that the wide receiver was going to Dallas for a test.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones isn’t afraid to take a chance, so he signed Bryant to see what he’s got left to the tank and to see if he can stay right.
Bryant, who is 6 feet 4 inches tall, showed he could make big plays and find the end zone in his first two seasons as a member of the Steelers, from 2014 to 2015. He scored 14 touchdowns, involving a 94-yarder when he was a rookie.
Bryant played his last year for the Steelers before being traded to the Raiders. This was after he was suspended for the whole 2016 season.
In eight games with the Raiders in 2018, Bryant only caught 19 passes for 266 yards and no scores.
Martavis Bryant will play for the Dallas Cowboys again in the NFL. The veteran wide receiver, who was recently let back into the NFL, worked on with the team on Tuesday. According to the Dallas Morning News, he will sign with the team after a good workout and meeting with managers.
On Saturday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell officially put Bryant back on the team, and he has worked quickly to get back on the squad.
Stephen Jones, the COO and EVP of the Dallas Cowboys, revealed the workout on Monday in a radio interview with 105.3 FM The Fan.
When he came into the game, the 31-year-old was a very good wide receiver prospect from Clemson. The Pittsburgh Steelers picked him in the final round of the 2014 NFL Draft, and he played for them for four years.
During his first year in the NFL, he caught eight scores in just 10 games. In his second year, he played in 11 games and gained 765 receiving yards.