Colorado football analyst does damage control for controversial Warren Sapp comments

Colorado football GA Warren Sapp wasn't worried about any connotation one would make between his very specific gun-related comments -- "We got bullets you get shot with a .38 or 9mm, you pick it," Sapp said about his defensive line -- but DNVR Buffs podcast host Ryan Koenigsberg was.

He felt the need to clarify that Sapp wasn't being literal.

"Because these things have to be specified now… Coach Sapp is using a metaphor here to accentuate his point," Koenigsberg prefaced before saying, "He does not mean that Colorado is bringing actual weapons on the field.

"Hope this helps."

The snark was sent across the Twitterverse because of Athlon Sports' reporting about the supposed rampant gun culture in Colorado's locker room.

"It's rampant there," Athlon Sports' Steve Corder said of the gun allegations behind the scenes at CU during an appearance on the Dan Le Batard Show. "There's a video that's circulating that I found after the piece, where they're asking, I believe it's Bucky, is going around asking who's the most strapped on the team. And people are giving their opinions. It's not just one person. It's multiple people.

"I found a video also last night of Travis Hunter and Deion fishing and there's a gun in plain sight while he's fishing. It seems like it's just part of the culture."

The Dan Le Batard Show's official Twitter account deleted the segment for what it's worth.

Warren Sapp towing the line with comments after his controversial Colorado football hiring

Sapp's comments would still be news had it been anyone else on the coaching staff, particularly so if they were said by Deion Sanders himself, but it becomes even more sensational in the shadow of his controversial hiring.

Violence Free Colorado had actively lobbied against Sapp's hiring at CU because of domestic violence in his past.

Sapp's comments most likely weren't meant to be anything more than playful, but it was alarming enough for the pro-anything "Prime Time" DNVR Buffs crew to do damage control on them.