INDIANAPOLIS - Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said in December that he would, if necessary, apply the franchise tag to Dez Bryant to keep the receiver in Dallas.
Speaking on Tuesday at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, his son, executive vice-president Stephen Jones said the team expects to meet informally with Bryant's agents during the combine, he said, though no official meetings have been scheduled between the two.
"Right now, all things being equal, it's leaning more Dez with the franchise than it is not," Jones told the Dallas Morning News. "But that doesn't mean it will stay that way. We don't ever want to give up on a long-term deal. It's something we worked on all of last year and it kind of cooled off once we got into the season. Things can go along with a lot not going on, but all of a sudden it happens."
Should Bryant receive the tag, that would leave the future of running back DeMarco Murray with the Cowboys in doubt.
"Who knows what tomorrow brings?" Jones said on Tuesday. "Things have a sudden way of getting kicked in and you start to get some traction on something. You go down that road and get that done. It's dominoes."
Jones also said he would meet with Murray's agents in Indianapolis this week, according to Rainer Sabin of the Morning News, via Twitter.
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