Skip Bayless fired the first shot, but Dez Bryant notched the knockout blow

Skip Bayless has Takes, and Dez Bryant is not a fan of them.

Bayless criticized Bryant on his new Fox Sports show "Undisputed," saying the Cowboys are better off without the "old Dez Bryant."

"I hope Dez Bryant is getting the message that the Cowboy world no longer revolves just around him," Bayless said. "I'm hoping the Dez cloud is starting to lift off the Dallas Cowboys because these are the new Dallas Cowboys. I'm not saying that they're gonna be better off without Dez Bryant, I'm saying they'll be better off without the old Dez Bryant."

Bryant responded by calling Bayless a bandwagon fan, which Skip immediately refuted.

Thank you bro never thought that once.. Always dreamed of a family feel and we have it ... Skip is not a real cowboy fan #bandwagon https://t.co/l6XDUYSayF

— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) October 12, 2016

Hey @DezBryant: Now I'm a bandwagon Cowboy fan? Yep, guess I have been since the 1st Cowboy game I attended as a fan, Nov. 5, 1961.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) October 12, 2016

Of course, Dez was ready for this response, and he did what anyone in a Twitter argument would do by finding an old Bayless tweet from 2009 where he stated the exact opposite of what he claimed to Bryant.

@RealSkipBayless slow down brother I said it because you said it... pic.twitter.com/3gXakuVc5T

— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) October 12, 2016

Bryant added one last tweet for good measure:

For the record none of the bad media really bothers me... I like to be real and also I'm a human who just loves life with a passion

— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) October 12, 2016

Dez 1, Skip 0.

(h/t USA Today)