Martavis Bryant is confident that he will be an asset for the Cowboys as the franchise seeks to make a run at the Super Bowl this season, despite haven’t played since 2018.
On Tuesday, the Cowboys signed Bryant to the team’s practice squad after completing a workout with the team and his official reinstatement by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. In 2018, the league issued Bryant an “indefinite suspension” for violating the terms of his prior reinstatement.
Before Bryant’s suspension in ’18, he was suspended several times during his NFL career for breaching the league’s substance abuse policy, including missing the entire ’16 campaign. However, in speaking with reporters on Wednesday, the 31-year-old feels that he hasn’t “lost anything” in his football skillset and is eager to make an impact with the franchise.
“The sky’s the limit for me,” Bryant said, per Jon Machota of The Athletic. “I know I’m 31 but I’m still fast, still big, I still want to play football. I haven’t lost anything. It’s more of a prove it point to me. I got a lot of doubters out there. It’s more of me proving to myself that I still got it.”
Bryant, a former wide receiver for the Steelers and the Raiders, played in 44 games during a four-year tenure with Pittsburgh and then-Oakland Raiders. After serving his ’16 suspension, Bryant played one more season in Pittsburgh before joining the Raiders in the ’18 campaign.
In four seasons, Bryant registered 145 receptions for 2,183 yards and 17 touchdowns. The former fourth-round pick in the ’14 NFL draft notched his best NFL seasons during his first two years in Pittsburgh, where he tallied 76 receptions for 1,314 yards and 14 touchdowns in 21 games.
