Dez Bryant buys dinner, self-righteous assholes scamper out of the woodworks

To avoid controversy, Dez Bryant should consider a nice drinking and driving conviction

Two months ago, the biggest deal was made about Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant refusing to carry the shoulder pads of veteran receiver Roy Williams.

You'd think the kid assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. He didn't and it took several weeks for the story to die down while the likes of Donte Stallworth still has a job despite the fact that he killed another human being while stoned.

Fast forward to Monday. Dez Bryant agrees to take the Cowboys offense out to dinner to Pappas Brothers Steakhouse. Williams invites the defense. The bill is $54,000 and change. Expensive bottles of wine are taken home.

Funny story, right? A rich rookie gets his due and has to buy 50 meaty, hungry young men insane amounts of steak, vegetables and liquor. Nope. Not funny. This is some serious shit.

Ex-coach Herm Edwards blasted the story because in this current economy, it puts the fans out of touch with NFL players.

Yes. That was said over the public airwaves. Edwards gets paid money to do this shit while thousands are at home jobless.

Guess what!? Professional athletes are out of touch with the regular Joe American! Now, I'd like to give ol' Edwards the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he criticized the five-year, $11.8 million contract -- with $8.3 million guaranteed -- that Bryant got without catching an NFL pass.

Nope. He didn't. Maybe he criticized the insane money that Jake Long or Sam Bradford got? Nope. Nothing. Edwards is clearly as out of touch with context and history as he is with fans.

Dan Wetzel at Yahoo! Sports condemned the spending because he says that this amount of money being spent could harm labor negotiations for players. Because NFL players aren't overpaid. Except for the underpaid Bryant.

Meanwhile. Braylon Edwards is drinking and driving.