Michael Irvin Says Joseph Randle Arrest Is ‘Funny’

Michael Irvin found humor in Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle’s recent arrest.

Joseph Randle’s recent arrest for shoplifting underwear clearly caused problems inside the Dallas Cowboys’ locker room.

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However, Cowboys legend Michael Irvin didn’t view Randle’s arrest as seriously as the team’s current players. Irvin admitted Thursday that he found the running back’s arrest quite humorous.

From the Star-Telegram:

"“You see, that’s funny. That’s funny,” Irvin said. “It’s an issue. It’s something you don’t want happening, but it’s more funny than worrisome, because it’s crazy. That’s why I always say, this game is great, what the game does is give a lot of guys opportunities to leave from which they came, to move to where this game takes you, and a lot of times you have a great ability to play the game and it moves you faster than your ability to mature. I suffered that situation the same as Joseph suffered.“What I’m trying to say succinctly is sometimes you can make enough money to move you out of the ghetto, but it doesn’t matter until you get the ghetto out of you. And that’s what we got to do with Joseph. You can’t be stealing drawers. He understands that.”"

However, Irvin did find some issues with Randle’s actions, especially the running back discussing past arrests by Cowboys players while he was being booked.

"Irvin called Randle’s decision to point out teammates’ prior arrests “stupid.”"

"“Let’s be real, fear makes you start rattling a lot of things out of your mouth,” Irvin said. “Stop playing around. And we can’t, and Dez can’t, don’t make it bigger than it is. It is what it is. Fear is a beast."

Dallas drafted Randle with the No. 151 overall pick of the 2013 NFL Draft.

Randle has 22 carries for 145 yards this season.

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