Cowboys News: David Irving Says Jason Garrett 'Uncomfortable' with Black Players

Former Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman David Irving called out Jason Garrett in a radio interview Thursday, saying the coach is not comfortable with "people of color."

"It's not just one person who doesn't get along with him. It's a lot of people," Irving told Damon Amendolara of CBS Sports Radio (h/t Dallas Morning News). "I feel—if I could say anthing—I feel like he needs to be more comfortable with people of color, to be honest with you. This is a league where there's a lot of people of color around and you're gonna have to deal with us. And if you don't know how to talk with us or relate to us, I don't know. It's a tough position. 

"We just never along and he's the only person I haven't got along with in pretty much all my career as a football [player]. Him and [former Iowa State head coach Paul] Rhodes."

Garrett has been the Cowboys' head coach since 2010. Irving did not offer any specific instances where Garrett acted inappropriately due to any racial bias and noted he does not think the coach is racist. 

"I think it's a little uncomfortable for him. Not to say the man's racist. He's definitely not racist, do not get me wrong. I don't know. It's just, maybe he's socially awkward?"

Irving retired from the NFL in March amid multiple failures of the league's drug policy. He spent his entire four-year career with the Cowboys but was limited to 10 games over the last two seasons due to injuries and positive drug tests.

Irving noted Garrett didn't like him and guessed it was a result of his attitude:

"Me personally, I know he has a problem with me because I don't necessarily work as hard as he thinks I should work to be as good as I am at football. I feel like Jason's one of those guys where growing up in football he was always the second-hand man or the third-string guy. I feel like he had to work his a-s-s off to be able to even step on the field with some of these guys. Where me, I could roll over out of the bed with a hangover and outperform anybody. And I don't think he liked that."

Former NFL quarterback Sage Rosenfels, who is white, tweeted he has never seen Garrett act with any racial bias.