Michael Irvin may have played with Deion Sanders when he was a member of the Dallas Cowboys, but he also has quite a bit of love for Tony Romo as members of the exclusive fraternity of players who spent their entire careers with the team. Romo and Sanders are in the middle of quite a spat at the moment, as Romo jokingly criticized Sanders' tackling ability during Sunday's broadcast of the Cowboys-Chiefs game, which Sanders didn't take kindly to.

But to Irvin, who recently appeared on 105.3 The Fan's G-Bag nation (h/t The Dallas Morning News), Sanders needs to be able to laugh at himself.

"I didn't like that at all, man. I didn't like that last night. I saw it, I saw it. Here's the kicker for me. I love Tony, I talk with Tony all the time. I love Deion. But it's like, for so long Deion, you've made a living off telling people that my job is covering. Now when someone uses it within the framework of what you said ... So when Tony used it and for him to come back that way yeah that's crazy. It's having fun, guys. You've gotta be able to laugh at yourself."

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Sanders didn't tackle. Everybody knows it. It's not even criticism at this point, it is just a fact. Him coming after Romo in the manner in which he did was completely out of line, especially when you consider that Sanders, too, is a TV personality.

How many times has Sanders publicly criticized a player? Certainly hundreds by now, and yet he can't handle entirely factual criticism? Even Irvin admits that it wasn't that big of a deal.

"But yeah that was crazy. I didn't think comment Tony made was bad to be honest with you. And everybody says it, even Deion says it. So I don't know. It wasn't like he said he couldn't play. He just said hey that'd make Deion proud or something."

Sanders can dish it out but he can't take it, apparently. When even your former teammate is telling you to cool down, it means you were in the wrong. At this point, Sanders has wronged Romo by turning this into a controversy more than Romo wronged Sanders with the comments.