I poked some fun at this last week speculating how the interview transpired:
http://www.finheaven.com/forums/f2/the-bryant-ireland-he-said-she-said-exclusive-video-275946.html
..but now that some cooler heads have prevailed and we have a reasonable and credible alternative perspective of what actually happened (particularly in light of Mama Bryant's continued and recent criminal infractions), I thought it might be interesting for some others to fill-in some "tongue in cheek" interview dialogue- especially after the ridiculous feeding frenzy and pile-on of Ireland by ESPN and a few glorified internet bloggers.
Fill in the captions:
Interviewer.....Jeff Ireland
Mr. Bryant.....Dez
Interviewer: Alright, Mr. Bryant, you've done just fine on the Wonderlict.. your times are in good order.. your weights fine.. no difficulties with your motor skills.. And I think you're probably ready for this job. We've got one more psychological test we always do here. It's just a Word Association. I'll throw you out a few words - anything that comes to your mind, just throw back at me, okay? It's kind of an arbitrary thing. Like, if I say "dog", you'd say..?
Mr. Bryant: "Tree".
Interviewer: "Tree". [ nods head, prepares the test papers ] "Dog".
Mr. Bryant: "Tree".
Interviewer: "Fast".
Mr. Bryant: "Slow".
Interviewer: "Rain".
Mr. Bryant: "Snow".
Interviewer: "White".
Mr. Bryant: "Black".
Interviewer: "Bean".
Mr. Bryant: "Pod".
Interviewer: [ casually ] "Crack whore".
Mr. Bryant: "Projects".
Interviewer: "Mother".
Mr. Bryant: [ silent, sure he didn't hear what he thinks he heard ] What'd you say?
Interviewer: [ repeating ] "Mother".
Mr. Bryant: Dead honky!
Interviewer: [ quickly wraps the interview up ] Okay, Mr. Wilson, I think you're qualified for this job. How about a starting salary of $5,000,000?
Mr. Bryant: Your momma!
Interviewer: [ fumbling ] Uh.. $7,500,000 a year?
Mr. Bryant: Your grandmomma!
Interviewer: $15,000,000 Mr. Bryant. You'll be the highest paid wide receiver in the NFL. Just, don't.. don't hurt me,
Mr. Bryant: Okay.
Interviewer: [ relieved ] Okay.
Mr. Bryant: You want me to start now?
Interviewer: Oh, no, no.. that's alright. I'll clean all this up. Take a couple of weeks off, you look tired.
[ fade ]