Dez Bryant sits atop PFR’s most recent ranking of the top 10 offensive players still available on the free agent market. Still just 29, he is a three-time Pro-Bowler with one first-team All-Pro nod to his credit, and he was targeted 132 times last season. Jan 26, 2018 This week, we offer our predictions on how the Dez Bryant contract situation will play out in the offseason and discuss Jerry Jones turning his nose up at free-agent QB Nick Foles in 2016. Aug 29, 2018 Where Dez Bryant Is Going To Play In 2018. Matt Spirio - August 29, 2018. Share on Facebook. Tweet on Twitter.

Wide receiver Dez Bryant has been in the lab this summer, working diligently to make his way back from an ill-timed Achilles injury in 2018. After his early-offseason release from the Dallas Cowboys, Bryant reportedly turned down multiple contract offers, only to end up unemployed all the way into November before catching on with the New Orleans Saints.

Unfortunately for Bryant, the Saints and anyone generally cheering for the man who meant so much to the Cowboys for so long, he tore his Achilles at the end of his second practice with the Saints, effectively ending his season before it started. Bryant still currently holds a special place in the hearts of many Cowboys fans, who wonder if and when he’ll find a home for 2019.

At the time of his injury Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network was quick to report that the “Saints (were) open to bringing back Dez Bryant for 2019.” That has not come to fruition, but Josina Anserson reported in early June that “a few NFL teams have been reaching out inquiring (about) his progress.” Saints Wire dropped their thoughts on a Bryant return last month.

With the Saints relying on so many receivers with few hides on the wall (including Tre’Quan Smith, Keith Kirkwood and Austin Carr) or those returning from stints on the injured reserve list (Ted Ginn Jr. and Cameron Meredith), there could very well be room for Bryant in New Orleans if he and the Saints can reach an agreement. Of course, the Saints would have to have interest in his services after his disappointing injury.

With a potential Saints reunion a real possibility, and multiple teams known to have checked in on Bryant’s progress, here are five teams most likely to secure Bryant’s services in 2019.

This list starts where Bryant’s 2018 season stopped, in the Big Easy. While he was picking and choosing who to sign with it was widely reported that Bryant wanted a shot at playing the Cowboys, and signing back with the Saints would give him that opportunity in 2019, when the Cowboys travel to New Orleans for a Week 4 Sunday Night Football matchup. When asked what drew him to the Saint last year, Bryant said, “For one, who wouldn’t want to play with Drew Brees?” If Bryant wants to lock in with an all time great QB on a Super Bowl Contender, New Orleans is a great start.

The Packers feature all-time great quarterback Aaron Rodgers and also are set at the No.1 receiver spot, with Davante Adams after his 1386 yard, 13 touchdown campaign in 2018. Behind Adams though, it gets murky.

Geronimo Allison and second-year players Marguez Valdes-Scantling, and Equanimeous St. Brown will get their shots, but new GM Brian Gutenkunst has not been shy about adding talent when he feels it’s needed, and said point blank after the draft that the wide receiver group wasn’t exempt:

“Obviously (with) Geronimo coming back, he’s kind of a veteran guy stepping into that role, and I do like some of our guys that are kind of competing for some spots there as well. It’s not like we wouldn’t add one if we thought the right guy was there, but I like that group.”

Bill Belichick is sitting on eight Super Bowl rings and counting, 6 as head coach in New England, 2 as defensive coordinator in New York. Like his mentor, Bill Parcells, Belichick buys the groceries he’s going to cook with, acting as both general manager and head coach.

He’s made countless shrewd moves, bringing players in and sending them packing whenever he believes it will help the team win football games, and at this point, who’s going to argue with him? If Belichick thinks Bryant can help, he won’t hesitate to bring him in.

The Patriots’ wide receiver room has always been a revolving door. Currently, the big question is whether or not Josh Gordon will be available at any point in 2019, or ever. The Patriots still retain Gordon’s rights, but if they see his return as improbable, they’ll move on. Bryant would likely be happy to catch balls from the G.O.A.T., Tom Brady. Bonus: Just like with the Saints, the Cowboys will be visiting New England this fall.

Bryant is going to want to go to a contender and Jaguars will have their shot in the wide open AFC South in 2019. William Hill Sports Book in Las Vegas currently has the Jaguars criminally underrated at 50/1 odds. Will Bryant see it like the oddsmakers, or will he see the team that reached the AFC title game just two years ago, with one of the best defenses in the NFL, that just added Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles at quarterback?

The Jaguars are not hurting for wide receiver depth, with Marqise Lee and Dede Westbrook trending upward, but adding a red-zone stud like Bryant might come in handy for a team that finished 31st in Red Zone Efficiency in 2018. (Link) Bryant could step right into Allen Hurns’ old No. 88 and tack onto his 73 career receiving touchdowns on an up and coming team in Jacksonville.

When it comes to consistency, few teams find themselves ahead of the Seahwaks over the last five years. The team from the great northwest perennially makes the playoffs, most recently getting knocked out in 2018 compliments of your Dallas Cowboys.

Quarterback Russell Wilson and the Seahawks offense lost Doug Baldwin to retirement but gained behemoth wide receiver DK Metcalf through the draft. Metcalf is and intriguing prospect, and will soak up the go-routes Baldwin left on the table, but who better for Metcalf to learn from than Bryant? The pairing could give defenses fits near the end zone, with speedster Tyler Lockett backfilling the under routes. After all, Pete Carroll does like to throw from the one-yard line.

While it is extremely unlikely that Bryant will ever play for the Cowboys again, that doesn’t mean that he wont’t play against them this year. Bryant has plenty of options to choose from that’ll give him that opportunity, including his 2018 squad, the Saints. There will always be love for Bryant in Big D, even if he does end up playing in the Big Easy.

Feb. 24 (UPI) — Veteran NFL wide receiver Dez Bryant said he quickly learned the Baltimore Ravens weren’t the right team for him last season and that he plans to play for at least two more seasons.

The Ravens signed Bryant to their practice squad in October and their final 53-man roster in November. He made just six catches for 47 yards and two scores in six games last season after entirely sitting out the 2018 and 2019 seasons due to injuries and being unsigned.

Bryant detailed his tenure with the Ravens on Tuesday when a Twitter user asked him about offensive coordinator Greg Roman’s impact on the Baltimore offense.

“I will speak on my personal experience,” he tweeted. “I was in a position where everything was already established.

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“I took advantage of getting myself right. I realized quick [that] Baltimore wasn’t the place for me. No bad blood, that’s their way of doing things so you gotta respect it.”

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Bryant said he had good chemistry on and off the field with Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, but other players had a better understanding of the team’s offensive concepts. He said the lack of organized team activities and training camp last year also had an impact on his development with the team.

Bryant called the Ravens a “first-class” franchise and didn’t rule out a possible future as a wide receivers coach.

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“I plan on playing two more years and that’s it for me,” he wrote when asked how much longer he wants to play in the NFL.

Bryant, 32, appeared in two Ravens playoff games last season, but did not catch either of his two targets. The three-time Pro Bowl selection and 2014 All-Pro led the NFL with 16 receiving scores in 2014 for the Dallas Cowboys.

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Bryant has had three seasons with at least 1,200 yards and 12 touchdown catches. The No. 24 overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft spent the first eight years of his career with the Cowboys. After he was released by Dallas, he signed with the New Orleans Saints for 2018 but a torn Achilles tendon kept him off the field all season.