Twitter: Michael Irvin never wants his Jersey retired

[Dre11]

 

[erod]

It wouldn't be his to retire. It would have been Drew's.

Retiring numbers is stupid. Always has been.

 

[Cowboys5217]

With the RoH there is no need to retire numbers.

 

[phildadon86]

It wouldn't be his to retire. It would have been Drew's.

Retiring numbers is stupid. Always has been.

I agree. But some jerseys needed to be. Jackie Robinsons comes to mind, so does Kobe Bryant.

 

[Dre11]

It wouldn't be his to retire. It would have been Drew's.

Retiring numbers is stupid. Always has been.

Must be an old head, 88 is more associated with Irvin.

 

[805BoysInBlue]

Old news he said this on 105.3 like a month ago.

 

[Jake]

Must be an old head, 88 is more associated with Irvin.

Depends on who you ask. Pearson and Irvin are both in the HOF and Drew wore it first. I associate it with both of them, two of my favorite players to watch.

 

[GroundZero1970]

I agree. But some jerseys needed to be. Jackie Robinsons comes to mind, so does Kobe Bryant.

I agree about Robinson but not Kobe the perv

 

[phildadon86]

I agree about Robinson but not Kobe the perv

LOL. Ignored.

 

[805BoysInBlue]

I agree about Robinson but not Kobe the perv

Jackie Robinsons number is retired by all MLB teams.

 

[Dre11]

Depends on who you ask. Pearson and Irvin are both in the HOF and Drew wore it first. I associate it with both of them, two of my favorite players to watch.

I believe if you poll most now, it would be Irvin, those 90's teams are talked about on Social media and TV more than any of the other cowboys teams.

 

[Runwildboys]

Must be an old head, 88 is more associated with Irvin.

Which is part of the reason jerseys get retired, so the OGs aren't forgotten.

 

[Cowboys5217]

Which is part of the reason jerseys get retired, so the OGs aren't forgotten.

True, but it starts a slippery slope where you end up with no numbers to assign eventually.

 

[Coogiguy03]

Because clearly he was here before the ORIGINAL #88!!

 

[Runwildboys]

True, but it starts a slippery slope where you end up with no numbers to assign eventually.

I agree. That's why, if you do it at all, you do it extremely selectively.

 

[Dre11]

Because clearly he was here before the ORIGINAL #88!!

Because he's most associated with 88 today.

 

[phildadon86]

Idiot...he settled out of court and then said sorry for it so smoke=fire...remove head from s and

Personal insults. Nice.

I am sorry. Were you there? A lot of cases get settled out of court. Doesnt mean anything. But my head is in the sand. Dont tag me anymore. I dont have time for people who buy into narratives and do none of their own research. And also people who disparage some ones name who is no longer even on earth.

 

[DallasDomination]

You should never retire 88.. that should be a tradition to give that number to the best receiver on the team drafted by the Cowboys.. I’m sorry but that extra pressure is necessary. If they can’t live up to being a 88 then oh we’ll move on. We don’t need average players wearing 88. CD is barely fulfilling that responsibility atm. We can’t just hand that number out.

 

[Oz-of-Cowboy-Country]

This whole thread is out of text.
Dallas doesn't retire numbers. Some numbers maybe off limits, but they are not retired.

12-82-22-8 come to mind.

 

[nate dizzle]

Which is part of the reason jerseys get retired, so the OGs aren't forgotten.

I think we forget them quicker when they're retired. Whenever I see 88 out there it conjures thoughts of all the great wrs we had wear it. Out of sight, out of mind.