A Look Inside the Pre-Draft Interview

I'm sure Michael Irvin also asked the same question when Dez interviewed with Dallas. Where's the hubbub about that?





Seriously...that question? Why? That's horrible. I'm definitely no Dez Bryant question, but that question is best left to the police to ask if there's some sort of situation...not a football team. Geesh.

I mean the question is in bad taste but I wonder if it's purpose is to evaluate how the player responds as opposed to what his mother's history might have been. Bad form no doubt, but really I don't see any there there.

And the Zack Thomas/Jason Taylor dribble is just boohoo nonsense IMO. The current regime has little connection to those players, and who knows what other factors were involved. The writer was really reaching w/ this story.

There are other questions he could have asked if he wanted to test how he'd respond.

And the Zack Thomas/Jason Taylor dribble is just boohoo nonsense IMO. The current regime has little connection to those players, and who knows what other factors were involved.


sure, the current regime doesn't have the connection... and i realize that if guys are still in the league signing else where (like JT) then using the Dolphins facility might be odd, or a line that should be drawn..... but c'mon, do right by the fans for longtime guys who are so beloved to the fans in Miami. figure out a compromise or some way to honor them or wish them well.


and agree that if ireland was just trying to see how Dez repsonded to trashtalk or whatever, there were other ways to test him or provoke him in an interview setting without goin the 'your mom's a whore' route.

“I don’t care who you are or who you’re talking to – that kind of question usually gets your [expletive] teeth kicked in,” says former NFL lineman Kyle Turley(notes). “I mean, where do these people come from? That’s just completely [expletive] classless and totally unprofessional.”

This kind of made me laugh. Isn't it ironic? Dontcha' think?

There are other questions he could have asked if he wanted to test how he'd respond.

Gotta say, if you had asked me that question in a job interview when I was in my early 20's, I may not have "reacted well under pressure" .

“I don’t care who you are or who you’re talking to – that kind of question usually gets your [expletive] teeth kicked in,” says former NFL lineman Kyle Turley(notes). “I mean, where do these people come from? That’s just completely [expletive] classless and totally unprofessional.”

This kind of made me laugh. Isn't it ironic? Dontcha' think?

ha, yea i thought the same thing when i read it yesterday. droppin F-bombs in a sentence about profossionalism and class. gotta love it.

I doubt he would have apologized had this report not come out. He's probably saving face more than showing any genuine remorse

I would have insisted on an apology on the spot, and would have done so in a way that would asure the questioner would in the future, refrain from such practices. There should never come a time or place during the course of an interview those type questions should be asked.

I would really like to hear what Goodell thinks about this?

"Image is everything" for that guy.

I would really like to hear what Goodell thinks about this?

"Image is everything" for that guy.


maybe Ireland was just looking for a discreet professional hookup instead of trolling the bars in georgia for drunk college chicks. i'm sure Goodell would applaud that.