Exclusive: Michael Irvin Says Cowboys Need 'Real Help' and Should Sign Troubled WR Antonio Brown

In our exclusive interview with Dallas Cowboys icon Michael Irvin, the NFL Network commentator says his favorite team should sign troubled wideout Antonio Brown

DALLAS - Legendary Dallas Cowboys star Michael Irvin knows that what he's about to say exists somewhere between "incendiary'' and "insane.'' So he offers up a couple of qualifiers first ... and then he just says it, wondering aloud if Dallas should "go pick up Antonio Brown."

"I'm not gonna lie: Desperation makes you think about a lot of things,'' Irvin told Shan Shariff and yours truly on the "Shan & RJ'' show on 105.3 The Fan on Wednesday. "We (the Cowboys) ain't got no time to sit up riding the high horse, like we're too good for this and we're took good for that. We need some H-E-L-P right now! Real help!''

Irvin's concern centers on the possible absence of receiver Amari Cooper for Sunday night's NFC East showdown between the visiting 3-3 Philadelphia Eagles and the 3-3 Cowboys.

"You need Amari to get back,'' Irvin said. "Unless you want to go pick up Antonio Brown until (Cooper) gets back. What do you guys think about that?''

We informed Irvin what we think about the idea of the battered Cowboys signing street free-agent Brown, one of the most electric talents in the NFL whose behavioral and legal issues were instrumental in him being run out of Pittsburgh, Oakland and New England, all in a matter of months.

No, Dallas isn't chasing Brown. And yes, Irvin was laughing - laughing through the figurative tears as his beloved Cowboys are wounded - when he suggested the improbable. Still, he suggested it.

"Where we find help,'' Irvin said, "I don't care. I don't care about media relations or a public relations nightmare. I have absolutely ...''

And then the Hall-of-Fame receiver paused, gathering and re-analyzing his own thoughts.

"Maybe,'' Irvin summarized, "we should just go pick him up for a week or two.''