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Dez Bryant cleared medically to return to practice

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Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant has been cleared by team doctors after undergoing X-rays on his right foot last week.

Bryant took part in individual drills Tuesday and can resume work on-field, but the team is being careful about his return to action.

"We're just going to take this thing day by day," Bryant said to ESPN's Todd Archer. "I feel good mentally and I think for me that's the most important thing right now."

Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett said he doesn't see Bryant doing much work during the team's upcoming three-day minicamp.

"We don't really like the word cautious," Garrett said. "We're just going to be deliberate with our players. Anybody who's coming off an injury we just got to make sure we're deliberate in bringing them back. Dez did some individual work (Tuesday). He was really good his first day back ... We'll bump him up if we feel like we want to, but we don't anticipate him practicing fully at all in the minicamp but hopefully he will get some productive work in."

Garrett said he expects Bryant to be fully recovered by training camp.

Bryant missed seven games last season due to the foot fracture that he incurred during the Cowboys' opener against the New York Giants.

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