Dez Bryant has yet to be signed after being released last month, and at least one veteran NFL reporter believes that the former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver is pining for a chance at revenge twice per season.

After he turned down a contract offer from the Baltimore Ravens, NFL Network reporter Jane Slater believes that Bryant is waiting by the phone for a call from Giants general manager Dave Gettleman or head coach Pat Shurmur.

"Right now, it's a little bit about revenge," Slater said Thursday on NFL Network. "I think he's holding out to see if New York happens to have a need come training camp, and I have to tell you that selfishly, I'd like to see Dez in this division. Covering the Cowboys as much as I do, because I think that he'd make a matchup that's already entertaining now that we have Saquon Barkley and Ezekiel Elliott, now adding Dez Bryant, and I think you have a very interesting division."

Last season, his eighth in the NFL, Bryant caught 69 passes for 838 yards and six touchdowns while averaging 12.1 yards per reception.

Echoing Slater's speculation, Bryant vowed revenge after being released by the Cowboys.

"I'll see guys twice this year," Bryant told the Cowboys, according to a report from Micky Spagnola of Dallas Cowboys.com.

Signing with the Giants would pair Bryant with Odell Beckham Jr., after the pair of dynamic wide receivers have formed a strong relationship in recent years.

"He's like a brother to me," Beckham said. "We're very similar in a lot of ways. We've had a closer bond since last season going into the offseason. So to be able to get out there ... we thank God all the time for being able to play the game that we love ... and to love it so much, and the opportunities that we have in front of us."

Bryant has been working out in Los Angeles with Beckham and his trainer this offseason. Could he be catching passes opposite him in a Giants' uniform this season? Time will tell.

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