Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo learned the hard way this weekend that itโs never a good idea to talk smack about someone as quick and as harsh with his comebacks as Deion Sanders.
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While calling the Chiefs-Cowboys game for CBS on Sunday, Romo commented that Chiefs cornerback Marcus Peters is not a good tacklerโand took a moment to make a dig at Sanders in the process.
โPeters doesnโt want to tackle,โ Romo said. โHeโs really good out there at the corner, off coverage, but tackling? He makes Deion Sanders look good at tackling sometimes.โ
Oops.
The dig was a reference to Sandersโ time as a cornerback, during which he was known for avoiding contact, and as Bleacher Reportโs Andrew Gould pointed out, Romoโs point may have been accurate.
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Still, you donโt come after the king of slick talk unless you are ready for that slick talk, and after Sanders was shown the clip of Romoโs quip on the NFL Networkโs NFL GameDay Prime, he had some things of his own to say.
โTony, I tried my best to take the high road, but I donโt know the address to the high road,โ Sanders said. โSo I got to come at you, man. Ten years as a starter, youโre 2-4 in the playoffs. You ainโt won nothing. I tried to bury the hatchet.
โBoth of us work for CBS,โ he continued. โI went and shook your hand, I said, โTony, youโre doing a great job this year.โ I thought that would be it. But nevertheless, you keep on shooting at me. Tony, whatโs going on, man? I got a gold jacket that I didnโt buy. Dak says hi. And bye. Tony, leave me alone, man.โ
He wasnโt done: โIโve got a lot of ammunition, man. How many interceptionsโ19 in 2012? Come on, man, you threw to everyone but me. Tony, come on, man. You know you never won the big one. You know you never won the big one. So stop. Leave me alone. I tried to take the high road, but I donโt know the address.โ
As if roasting Romo on television wasnโt enough, Sanders dug the knife in deeper via Twitter.
Anyone who has known Deion Sanders for any amount of time knows that, if nothing else, the man is a shit talker. Itโs best to just keep your comments about him to yourself and avoid the wrath if at all possible.
In any case, it will be interesting to see if Romo has anything to say back after getting cooked up by Prime Time.
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