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Dallas Cowboys: Dez Bryant, Bryce Butler complain about bothersome sun

By The Sports Xchange
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo

FRISCO, Texas - Dallas Cowboys wide receivers Dez Bryant and Brice Butler both had second-quarter drops in Sunday's 28-17 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. Both blamed it on being blinded by the sun coming in through glass windows behind the west end zone at AT&T Stadium.

"The sun really is that big a deal," Bryant said. "I was going across as I was going up. The ball caught the light and I lost it a little bit. I told coach, 'Hey man there's nothing I can do about that one.' These fans can go to hell today."

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Bryant said he has talked owner Jerry Jones about it.

"Hopefully, one of these days he'll fix it," Bryant said. "I don't know what it is. It's a big problem."

Butler also lost a deep ball from quarterback Dak Prescott in the sun. He said he talked to vice president Stephen Jones about it after the game. He said it's a huge factor because the Cowboys often play the late afternoon game when the sun is going down.

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"I talked to Stephen," Butler said. "I was affected by it. I was like, 'Can we do something about it?' It happens, man. I'm just a guy who tries to catch passes. Today I didn't do it so well. It's a factor every week because we always play the national TV game. Now since the sun is going down earlier (it was a problem in the first half). If it was last week (before daylight savings), it would be in the second half. I remember when I first got here I was like, 'What the hell is that?'"

Butler believes the sun is a problem because the stadium is facing the wrong way. Stadiums usually are built facing north and south. AT&T Stadium is facing east and west, which makes the sun a factor.

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