The Dallas Cowboys have been a kind of letdown this season, huh? A lot of ups and downs, and let’s just say they didn’t exactly end it on a high note. Still, this Dallas team has been a part of the most talked-about headlines this season. But if we take a trip down memory lane, the Cowboys’ locker room used to be full of hilarious banter and wild stories. One of them includes Michael Irvin and Troy Aikman’s “Call the cops” story.
The former wide receiver recently took a detour from his NFL analyst gig and shared an anecdote of the Cowboys’ locker room with the fans. Spoiler alert: this classic anecdote includes the former quarterback, Troy Aikman. And believe me, it might just be the funniest thing to come out from Irvin.
The setup? Aikman, a straight-laced, “too mature for this” kind of guy, once found himself in an unexpected situation. It involved a naked woman, a pool, and—wait for it—the police. Yep, you read that right. “Damn, Troy, so mature. Damn, this teenager was like a grown-old man already,” Irvin said. “You know what I mean? He was just so mature; he handled everything so right. You know, none of us was that. And then a couple years later, when we found out this girl had broken into his house and was laying in his pool naked, waiting on him, and he went and called the police.”
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Sure, you might be wondering why Irvin thinks like that, right? See, the former Dallas’ QB lived a relatively quiet and private life. He was never involved in much controversy during his playing days, and he was always described as a family man. But here’s the catch. Back in the day, Irvin wasn’t aware of his character at all until he ended up with this hilarious encounter with his QB.
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Pretty shocked, huh? Well, Michael Irvin was as shocked as a linebacker seeing a wide receiver call for a fair catch—completely not what he expected. “He called the police,” Irvin continued. “I said, yeah, okay, you see, nobody else would have called the police. Nobody else in that locker room would call the police.” Apparently, Troy Aikman does. Because, of course, that’s just the kind of guy he is. Serious, straight-laced, and always thinking by the book. And Irvin and the crew didn’t hold back after that incident.
The banter continued from Michael Irvin
It’s pretty wild thinking about how the Cowboys’ leader back in the day ended up in some of the most unexpected situations. I mean, Aikman’s “Call the cops” moment? That became one of the most legendary stories in the Cowboys’ locker room. And, of course, Irvin wasn’t just gonna keep that to himself—he had to share it with everyone, turning it into a locker room classic.
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“Troy was the only one who called the police, and we killed them for years,” Irvin laughed. You’re probably wondering how they gave him grief about it, right? Well, think about this. Every time something came up Aikman hit them with that “Yeah, I know all about that, don’t remind me” vibe. His teammates would just hit him like this. “You called the police.”
That just sounds insane. That story? It was pure gold in the locker room, especially for Michael Irvin and Troy Aikman. Sure, Irvin and Aikman might be off doing their thing post-NFL, but you can bet that whenever they catch up, this story always comes up. I mean, how could it not? It’s the kind of thing that’ll stick with you forever.
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