Michael Irvin spoke to the team on Thursday; Victory Confirmed

Irvin88_4life

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Greatest COWBOYS WR of all time. I love Michael too, brother, but Jerry Rice was just unbelievable. Ask Michael, himself and he'll tell you Rice was the guy he always measured himself against and only bested him one season. Even to MI, Rice is the gold standard. With that being said. I love our guy. Absolutely love him.
Rice was good no doubt but he played longer and played in an offense that was for him. Irvin was in a dominating run team and played way much less seasons that Rice. Stop looking at stats, Irvin as a player was the best receiver to ever play in the NFL. Nothing against Rice but he just wasn't better than Irvin
 

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Great stuff.
Thanks for posting that.

I love that Irvin is the way he is. Because if so many others outright show disrespect and hate for the Cowboys. Then we need him out there to counter act them.

Randy Cross and Todd Christianson out right showed their hate for Dallas when they were announcing.
Glad to see so many former Dallas players in the media now.
 

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Rice was good no doubt but he played longer and played in an offense that was for him. Irvin was in a dominating run team and played way much less seasons that Rice. Stop looking at stats, Irvin as a player was the best receiver to ever play in the NFL. Nothing against Rice but he just wasn't better than Irvin
It's not about stats, brother. That guy was smooth as silk. Don't let blind homerism blind you from the truth. Like I said, Irvin himself, has stated that Rice was the best to ever play the game. I'm certain he knows more about the subject than you and I combined. And, before you even make the argument, there isn't enough humble on the planet for Michael to make that concession if he actually believed he was the best. That dude has a Texas sized ego and if he actually thought he was the best WR in the history of the league, he would remind everyone on the planet of it every moment he got.
 

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Alright! If you say so.
I know so. Let me guess you think Rice is the best because he owns most all the receiving records. Emmitt items almost all the running back records but he isn't considered the greatest. Rice was good no doubt maybe even 2nd behind Irvin but he benefited in playing so long and an offense that show cased him. Irvin played in a run almost always offense and career was cut short. I wouldn't want any other receiver over Irvin and that's real talk, not just his playmaking abilities but his abilities as a leader and motivator
 

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It's not about stats, brother. That guy was smooth as silk. Don't let blind homerism blind you from the truth. Like I said, Irvin himself, has stated that Rice was the best to ever play the game. I'm certain he knows more about the subject than you and I combined. And, before you even make the argument, there isn't enough humble on the planet for Michael to make that concession if he actually believed he was the best. That dude has a Texas sized ego and if he actually thought he was the best WR in the history of the league, he would remind everyone on the planet of it every moment he got.
That's foolish talk
 

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You had me until you referred to the playmaker as a “class act”

Great player? Absolutely and undeniably
Unabashed Cowboys Homer? For sure
Deserving Hall of Famer? Without hesitation

Class act?
Not in a million years. Class acts do not stab team mates with scissors. Class acts are not found in a hotel room with an abundance of Coke and hookers while their wife is sitting at home with the kids.

And you've lead a perfect life? Mike overcame his addictions. I'd venture in some capacity most all of us have had some form of weakness and or addictions. At least he overcame his own. The man is a class act. Perfect? Nah, he's not perfect! But what is perfect my friend? When you find it, show it to me and I'l point out how boring it is. Nobody lives a perfect life. Mike, made his mistakes, he learned and bettered himself over them. And let us not forget, most people don't get caught.
 

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And you've lead a perfect life? Mike overcame his addictions. I'd venture in some capacity most all of us have had some form of weakness and or addictions. At least he overcame his own. The man is a class act. Perfect? Nah, he's not perfect! But what is perfect my friend? When you find it, show it to me and I'l point out how boring it is. Nobody lives a perfect life. Mike, made his mistakes, he learned and bettered himself over them. And let us not forget, most people don't get caught.

I’m quite aware that nobody is perfect, I only have to look in the mirror every day to remind myself of that. But I also don’t buy into this idea that because nobody is perfect we can’t ascribe to some common sense of decency.

Good player doesn’t equal class act, necessarily. As I said the play maker was a phenomenal football player and is a deserving Cowboys legend. But off the field he’s kind of a prick and a scumbag. That’s not really even up for debate

I can appreciate his considerable talents on the field and at the same time hope and pray that my two boys never turn out to be any sort of a person like he has been off the field

Frankly if Michael Irvin was my son I would be extremely proud of what he accomplished as a football player and totally ashamed of what he was as a man off the field

If you want to dismiss that as judgmental then have at it, that’s the beauty of this forum is we all have our own opinions
 

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I happen to like coke and hookers Mrs. Judy Judge...

We can agree to disagree on that but my point is if you want to regularly indulge in Coke and hookers, don’t get married and start a family :)
 

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Michael is the man and ultimate Cowboy. They need him on the sidelines to make sure the team I hype tomorrow night.
 

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Agreed, we need michael in the sidelines ; someone the players can look up to and play for .

These players will never quit on Irvin .
 

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It's not about stats, brother. That guy was smooth as silk. Don't let blind homerism blind you from the truth. Like I said, Irvin himself, has stated that Rice was the best to ever play the game. I'm certain he knows more about the subject than you and I combined. And, before you even make the argument, there isn't enough humble on the planet for Michael to make that concession if he actually believed he was the best. That dude has a Texas sized ego and if he actually thought he was the best WR in the history of the league, he would remind everyone on the planet of it every moment he got.

People want to take away from Rice because he played a long time. I don’t get it. The only reason he was able to play for so long so effectively was because he was the GOAT.
 
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