Cowboys Upset Bengals: Michael Irvin Picked Cooper Rush Over Colin Kaepernick - He Was Right

Michael Irvin put his reputation on this, laughing off the idea of Dallas signing Colin Kaepernick while explaining how Cooper Rush would be just fine against the Bengals.

ARLINGTON - A couple of old Dallas Cowboys seemed to know their favorite team would be OK on Sunday in Week 2 against the visiting - and heavily favored - Cincinnati Bengals.

Dez Bryant put his money on it, and won $37,000.

Michael Irvin put his reputation on it, laughing off the idea of Dallas signing Colin Kaepernick while explaining how Cooper Rush would be just fine.

The Cowboys beat the Bengals, 20-17, at the last second. Cooper Rush was fine.

The "88 Club'' knows something.

"Let’s stop with this Colin Kaepernick stuff. Let’s just stop.Colin Kaepernick’s been out of football for what five years now," Irvin said on Monday's edition of ESPN's First Take, shutting down the Stephen A. Smith suggestion that the Cowboys give Kaepernick a try in place of the injured Dak Prescott. "Come on, man. Let’s stop all of a sudden thinking we can go resurrect Colin Kaepernick and he’s going to come and resurrect a football team."

Kaepernick, 34, last played in the NFL in 2016. He did experience some success before essentially being blackballed for his political beliefs. Since then, he has conducted a couple of workouts that left the NFL unimpressed.

And Irvin is unimpressed.

Irvin made it clear that he would rather have Cooper Rush - the Cowboys' present No. 2 QB - as his starter than Kaepernick. He pointed out that Rush led the Cowboys to a clutch win at Minnesota when Prescott was injured for one game in 2021.

"I’ll take my chances with Cooper Rush,'' Irvin said. "I saw Cooper Rush win a football game last year. That’s all I’m saying."

And now Irvin and Bryant and the rest of us have seen Cooper Rush start two games in his NFL life ... and win both of them.

The "88 Club'' knows something.

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