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David Irving makes his push to remain in the NFL, but still doesn’t sound like he gets it

If only David Irving knew what it takes to remain on the field for an NFL team. The guy is an enormous talent, a difference-maker when he’s on the field. He’s just not on the field enough. Here is the conundrum facing any NFL team that wants to employ Irving. In the last two seasons for the Cowboys he’s participated in 10 games. Yet, in those 10 games he has eight sacks. What NFL team wouldn’t want a sack-a-game defensive lineman? On the other hand, what team wants a player who has been suspended twice, a player who has had other off the field issues, a player who it’s been rumored isn’t as committed to his work as he should be; essentially a player who can’t be counted on?