For Fun: Dez vs Irvin

[LittleBoyBlue]

Mike was special. I went to every camp at St. Edwards in Austin and each day as it was getting towards the end of each practice you could hear Irvin hollering at guys telling them "This is the 4th qrt" knowing guys were tired and exhausted yet knowing that is the part where you have to dig down deep inside to get over the last hurdle and game day it is the same, it is when you are near spent that you must dig a little deeper to finish.

Good stuff... Thanks. I love real stories

 

[Doomsday101]

Good stuff... Thanks. I love real stories

Mike wanted to win. I recall him saying how when he knew Jimmy Johnson was coming that he had a list name of guys who where there for the pay check and who wanted to do anything they could to win games

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Mike wanted to win. I recall him saying how when he knew Jimmy Johnson was coming that he had a list name of guys who where there for the pay check and who wanted to do anything they could to win games

Yup. I can't be around slackers or people that will delay or hinder progress. I can't even fake it. Lol

 

[KJJ]

Irvin had 3 seasons more productive yardage wise than Dez and he had one season where he caught more passes than Dez's career best. Irvin accomplished that on a running team in a running league with a QB in Troy Aikman who never passed for more than 3445 yards. Irvin wasn't the TD machine Dez is because Aikman never threw many of them. Emmitt use to score most of the TD's.

 

[Doomsday101]

Watching the Irvin video I could not help but to laugh at all the body catches he made. lol

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Having 15 more pounds doesn't necessarily mean you're stronger.

Have you seen Dez? That is a difference of 15 lbs for all intents and purposes of muscle.

 

[texbumthelife]

I might take some heat for this, but as much as I love Dez, he has a long way to go to live up to Irvin. The instincts. The pure desire. The clutch. Being big in the biggest games. Irvin is easily one of the most underrated receivers to ever play the game and he did it in the golden age of defensive backs.

 

[texbumthelife]

Watching the Irvin video I could not help but to laugh at all the body catches he made. lol

Thing about Irvin was, most of his body catches were instinctual because he felt contact coming and/or was shielding the defender.

 

[LandryFan]

Well Dez can't get away with pushing off defenders like Irvin did so kind of an unfair comparison. Just saying.

On the other side of that, defenders got away with a whole lot more back in Irvin's day that they do today.

 

[Idgit]

Dez is physically a new and improved Irvin and just about as close to a clone as you can expect to find for the same franchise. For my money, nobody matched Irvin for heart or for the ability to work hard, and that's no knock on Dez. Physically, though, Dez can already do things Michael could never do. They rank about equally in my book for their production relative to their peers in the eras they play in. Really glad that both are here and likely to be Cowboys for life.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Well Dez can't get away with pushing off defenders like Irvin did so kind of an unfair comparison. Just saying.

On the other hand, Dez doesn't have to contend with the physical nature of the game that existed when Irvin played either so I think there is room for comparisons.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

The weights listed by NFL teams are rarely accurate.

Irvin is listed at 6-2, 207 on the nfl.com website.

Terrance Williams is listed at 6-2, 208.

There is no way that I believe that Williams plays at a heavier weight than Irvin or that he is even within 5 pounds of Irvin's playing weight.

I got both weights from their rookie draft profiles. Fair to say Dez is larger and likely stronger.

 

[WillieBeamen]

Dez is my favorite Player on the team but

Irvin>>Dez all day

 

[KJJ]

It's not about speed, strength or size with receivers it all comes down to production and Irvin produced in the regular season and only Jerry Rice produced more than Irvin during the postseason. Irvin was a big part of the Cowboys three Super Bowl wins in the 90s so even though Dez is a freak he has a long way to go to be up there with Irvin.

 

[cajuncocoa]

I want Dez signed, but don't make me come up there. Playmaker is my baby.

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[ceerrece]

Irvin all the way. The passion he brought to the game, all the stories about how he stayed on the field practicing after all the other players left to their homes; hey, even his flaws as a human being, makes him an all time favorite. The one and only playmaker!

 

[THEHEREAFTER]

Hands -- Tie? Not close... Dez has way better hands. He's one of the rare natural hands catchers in the NFL. Irvin ran better routes but then again didn't have Dez' athleticism. Close call... What makes it tough is how competitive Irvin was, his leadership and the chemistry he had with Aikman was unreal. Dez has many of these same qualities. May sound like sacriledge but I'd take Dez.

 

[CowboyDan]

Hands -- Tie? Not close... Dez has way better hands. He's one of the rare natural hands catchers in the NFL. Irvin ran better routes but then again didn't have Dez' athleticism. Close call... What makes it tough is how competitive Irvin was, his leadership and the chemistry he had with Aikman was unreal. Dez has many of these same qualities. May sound like sacriledge but I'd take Dez.

Dez caught it.

 

[SuspectCorner]

Michael Irvin was THE flamboyant emotional leader of a three-time World Champion Dallas Cowboys team during his tenure. Talked it and walked it. Irvin couldn't be shut down in manacles.

I love me some Dez - but come see me when you can say THAT about Bryant.

 

[Zekeats]

Dez has 15 lbs on Irvin. Definitely stronger.

No way. Irvin was one of the strongest receivers ever to play. He outworked corners and would man handle them.