It's been a helluva week for the Dallas Cowboys. Mostly for owner Jerry Jones, whose went from rants about (what he interprets as) gloryholes to laying down the law to Dez Bryant to emphatically predicting victory over the division-rival Giants.
Thankfully, Jones was not in too talkative of a mood on Friday, but probably had a word or twenty after losing a potential diamond in the rough.
Per DallasCowboys.com, rookie receiver Cole Beasley has quit the team -- and possibly football -- for "personal reasons." More accurately, because his "heart is not in football right now," a source told the website.
Upon learning of his decision, Cowboys VP Stephen Jones "made deliberate attempts to convince him to stay." Their pleas must've fallen on deaf ears; Beasley never showed for the two-hour afternoon practice.
Beasley, signed as an undrafted free agent by way of SMU, has thoroughly impressed coaches this offseason with a display of sure-han...
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