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The Cowboys drafted Dez Bryant 24th overall in the 2010 NFL draft.

Q: Hi Dan, I am curious about the answer to the annual question of the NFL. Will Brett return to play this year at Minnesota? Thanks for your educated guess.
— Tom Austin, Dallas

A: I don’t see how you could guess Favre will do anything but play in 2010. He is coming off arguably the best season of his career. He doesn’t have any major injuries. He is playing on a Super Bowl contender. His coach allows him unprecedented leeway — including taking training camp off.

Favre is unpredictable, but to me it seems like a slam dunk he’ll be back.

Q: Will the Steelers ever get anything out of Limas Sweed? With [Santonio] Holmes gone I thought Sweed might have a chance but this injury is going to set him back, right?
— Mary Jackson, Austin, Texas

A: We don’t know all the details about his Achilles injury yet, but we do know that Achilles injuries can ruin wide receivers. Achilles injuries can take away explosion and short area burst — which is what receivers need to separate.

And even if Sweed’s injury isn’t that serious, he also has yet to prove he can make plays in the NFL in his two seasons. It is fair to wonder if he ever will.

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A: The Chargers did not trade up in the first round with the hopes that Matthews will be a hood ornament. They want to ride that pony.

If all goes as planned, I would suspect Matthews and Sproles will be used similarly to how LaDanian Tomlinson and Sproles were used in 2007 and 2008. Matthews will get the bulk of the work while Sproles will serve as a change of pace. Sproles is a fantastic player, but too much of him is not necessarily a good thing.

Q: I read that the Bucs say they would’ve taken Gerald McCoy No. 1 overall. Any truth to that or are they just trying to make us feel good about the pick?
— Howard, Pensacola, Fla.

A: It wouldn’t surprise me if the Bucs would have taken McCoy first overall. After all, the Bucs already have a quarterback of the future. And teams were divided over whether McCoy or Ndamukong Suh was the better prospect. McCoy probably is a better fit for the Bucs’ scheme.

And there really is no upside in lying about something like this. In fact there may be a downside — in the course of negotiations McCoy’s agent Ben Dogra is sure to bring up the fact that the Bucs said they would have taken his client first.

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