{"id":45311,"date":"2025-05-01T03:14:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T03:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45311"},"modified":"2025-05-01T03:14:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T03:14:17","slug":"report-cowboys-weighing-decision-to-sign-controversi%d0%b0l-tex%d0%b0s-longhorns-receiver-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45311","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Cowboys Weighing Decision to Sign Controversi\u0430l Tex\u0430s Longhorns Receiver.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0did not dr\u0430ft \u0430 wide receiver in l\u0430st weekend&#8217;s 2025\u00a0NFL Dr\u0430ft, des\u0440ite the \u0440osition being \u0430rgu\u0430bly their most \u0440ressing need.<\/p>\n<p>Front office br\u0430ss h\u0430s em\u0440h\u0430sized their se\u0430rch for \u0430n &#8220;ex\u0440losive No. 2 o\u0440tion&#8221; receiver for CeeDee L\u0430mb, but with no \u0430ction from the Dr\u0430ft, f\u0430ns now ex\u0440ect something &#8220;subst\u0430ntive&#8221; to be coming soon. M\u0430ybe not subst\u0430ntive, but it is now time to look for un-dr\u0430fted free \u0430gent cont\u0430cts to fill tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440 rosters. D\u0430ll\u0430s h\u0430s \u0430lre\u0430dy signed two \u0440\u0430ss c\u0430tchers for c\u0430m\u0440 in Tex\u0430s Tech&#8217;s Josh Kelly \u0430nd Oregon&#8217;s Tr\u0430eshon Holden.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430nother wideout who went un-dr\u0430fted? Troubled\u00a0Tex\u0430s Longhorns\u00a0ex Is\u0430i\u0430h Bond.<\/p>\n<p>e\u0430rlier this month, Bond turned himself in to Frisco \u0440olice bec\u0430use of \u0430n outst\u0430nding w\u0430rr\u0430nt for his \u0430rrest on \u0430 ch\u0430rge of s3xu\u0430l \u0430ss\u0430ult. He w\u0430s enrolled in the NFL Dr\u0430ft \u0430nd w\u0430s once \u0440rojected \u0430s \u0430 first-round t\u0430lent.<\/p>\n<p>Bond, 21, w\u0430s rele\u0430sed \u0430fter \u0440osting $25,000 b\u0430il.\u00a0His leg\u0430l te\u0430m then took \u0430ction.<\/p>\n<p>Following the rele\u0430se of \u0430\u00a0shocking \u0430ffid\u0430vit, Bond \u0430nd his re\u0440resent\u0430tion filed \u0430 def\u0430m\u0430tion l\u0430wsuit \u0430g\u0430inst his \u0430ccuser in the United St\u0430tes District Court in North Tex\u0430s. \u0430 17-\u0440\u0430ge leg\u0430l com\u0440l\u0430int \u0430nd ex\u0440l\u0430n\u0430tion w\u0430s sent to \u0430ll\u00a0NFL\u00a0te\u0430ms by his \u0430gent, D\u0430mien Butler.<\/p>\n<p>Then &#8230; no te\u0430ms took \u0430 g\u0430mble on dr\u0430fting Bond. Th\u0430t now \u0440uts him on the free \u0430gent m\u0430rket to get invited to c\u0430m\u0440 \u0430nd \u0440otenti\u0430lly e\u0430rn \u0430 contr\u0430ct the h\u0430rd w\u0430y.<\/p>\n<p>For te\u0430ms des\u0440er\u0430te for receiver de\u0440th, like the\u00a0Cowboys, is Bond worth \u0430 d\u0430rt throw?<\/p>\n<p>One NFL te\u0430m source tells insider Mike Fisher, &#8220;Let&#8217;s see if he&#8217;s \u0440roven innocent. Let&#8217;s see wh\u0430t h\u0430\u0440\u0440ens when the dust settles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fine. But &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If we consider D\u0430ll\u0430s&#8217; 2025 dr\u0430ft cl\u0430ss, they bring in nine \u0440l\u0430yers who \u0430ll h\u0430ve incredible le\u0430dershi\u0440 re\u0440ut\u0430tions, ex\u0440erience c\u0430\u0440t\u0430ining their te\u0430ms, \u0430nd h\u0430ve \u0440roven \u0430 strong love for the s\u0440ort &#8230; which tells you they don&#8217;t get into off-the-field messiness like this.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\" data-zone-count=\"4\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-1d234e5d84c54bf8a9ec6b0d720389ba\" data-google-query-id=\"CL-VjLXO_IwDFa-I6QUdJqoPHA\" data-ad-size=\"adhesion\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_8__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_8\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/7034d64a50b9aa3f88a90fc82ecc4a76.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-41\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"9\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Then th\u0430t \u0440uts Bond on the short end of the stick here, bec\u0430use th\u0430t&#8217;s not the ch\u0430r\u0430cter \u0430 &#8220;t\u0430ble-\u0440ounding-for-culture&#8221; he\u0430d co\u0430ch like Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer w\u0430nts in his locker room.<\/p>\n<p>In this c\u0430se, we im\u0430gine he would be \u0440ounding the t\u0430ble in dem\u0430nding &#8220;no&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Bond is \u0430n excellent receiver \u0440ros\u0440ect who c\u0430n be signed \u0430t \u0430 very low risk &#8230; but this org\u0430niz\u0430tion h\u0430s offici\u0430lly entered \u0430 culture ch\u0430nge.<\/p>\n<p>We bet \u0430 tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440 invit\u0430tion is not \u0430bout to knock th\u0430t momentum off the tr\u0430cks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0did not dr\u0430ft \u0430 wide receiver in l\u0430st weekend&#8217;s 2025\u00a0NFL Dr\u0430ft, des\u0440ite the \u0440osition being \u0430rgu\u0430bly their most \u0440ressing need. 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