When Dez Bryant tweeted it March 14, James Washington wondered: Did Bryant know something he didn’t?
“James Washington to the Dallas cowboys just know you heard it first right here,” Bryant, a Cowboys receiver for eight seasons, tweeted of his fellow Oklahoma State receiver product.
Washington settled for a brief response: an eyes emoji.
“I hadn’t heard anything from the Cowboys at that point,” he said.
But last Friday, four days after Bryant’s prescient tweet, Washington agreed to a one-year deal with Dallas.
The Steelers’ 2018 second-round selection leaves Pittsburgh to achieve a childhood dream in Dallas, a 2.5-hour drive from his hometown and roughly 3.5 from the ranch he now lives on. He brings to the Cowboys defined goals for his development and contributions. Washington carries no ill will toward the Steelers, he insists, but he’s excited about the change.
“I feel like with everything that transpired at Pittsburgh, I didn’t really get to show my full self,”…