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Colorado's Deion Sanders says he 'couldn't coach pro ball'

Deion Sanders stayed at Colorado after the Dallas Cowboys showed interest in him for their head-coaching vacancy early last month.

But the pro game is, well, too "Primetime" for even Sanders these days, he said on his show "We Got Time Today" on Tubi.

Speaking with former Cowboys star Troy Aikman, Sanders reflected on the intensity of practices when the two were teammates in Dallas in the 1990s and how it compares with today's NFL.

"I couldn't coach pro ball," Sanders said on his show, which streamed Tuesday. "That's why I say, I couldn't coach -- I know it was cute.