Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant has stood firm in his stance that he's willing to sit out the entire training camp as well as regular season games if a long-term deal isn't reached by Wednesday, reports ESPN's Ed Werder.

As noted by Shutdown Corner, Wednesday is the deadline for any franchise-tagged player to sign a long-term deal; otherwise those players have to play for the franchise tender tag in 2015. Bryant is slated to make $12.8 million in salary this season.

"As much as I love football"¦on my beautiful babies.. I apologize #cowboynation but I will not be there if no deal #fact," Bryant tweeted Monday.

Shutdown Corner points out that the wide receiver wants to be paid in line with the top receivers in the game. The 24th pick in 2010 draft has had double-digit touchdowns in each of the last three seasons, with a high of 16 last season as the Cowboys won the NFC East.

Shutdown Corner adds that Bryant's camp and the Cowboys exchanged proposals just once before the July 4 holiday weekend, which would make it appear that both sides aren't close to a deal.

Bryant is set to lose $752,000 each game that he sits out. Other franchise-tagged players who haven't signed their tender offers include Jason Pierre-Paul of the New York Giants, outside linebacker Justin Houston of the Kansas City Chiefs, and receiver Demaryius Thomas of the Denver Broncos.

Kevin Seifert of Inside Slant points out an interesting angle to the situation. Seifert notes that Bryant is entering his sixth season, one year before elite receivers historically begin a decline in production according to a study at Overthecap.com. He opines that the question the Cowboys are facing is whether to pay Bryant big money for production that is likely to drop in the next two or three years.