Dez Bryant signed his name to a megacontract Wednesday that guarantees a whopping $45 million. Yet it wasn't too long ago that the Dallas Cowboys all-pro receiver's name circulated through the NFL rumor mill in anticipation of some major embarrassment.
Remember the supposed damning videotape that was apparently set to be released a few months ago, exposing Bryant as a culprit in some off-the-field drama?
What a smear campaign.
No such video ever surfaced. But playing off fears from the Ray Rice fiasco, Bryant's name was nonetheless dragged through the mud just as the offseason signing window was set to open in March.