The eventful life of Dallas Cowboys’ star running back Ezekiel Elliott took another weird turn this weekend, and former Cowboy Marcus Spears was less than supportive.

Since entering the league the former Ohio State Buckeye has steadily established himself as a polarizing figure. It began harmlessly enough with Elliott’s bout with NCAA over their uniform restrictions that stopped him from wearing a crop top jersey. Things got serious around the draft, however, when images surfaced of an alleged domestic abuse.

On Saturday, Elliott, the NFL’s rushing leader last season, saw himself at the center of controversy again when he was caught on video pulling down a woman’s top during a St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Dallas. This action has already drawn the ire of women’s rights group UltraViolent, and now, the SEC Networks’ Marcus Spears also chimed in. Spears was also a former first-round pick for the Cowboys.

Spears spoke to 103.3 FM in Dallas, where he had some honest advice for Elliott, “Stop being dumb, man.”

He went on to say:

“That’s really what it boils down to. And I’m not going to speak on it like I know all of the particulars but I saw it and I don’t understand it. I was talking to my wife last night about it. With all of the social media, all of the media coverage that we give because we have to and we have to talk about these things, you would think that these guys would have in their minds and they would understand that I have things that I can’t do. And not as a football player but just as a human. At the end of the day, the eye of the world is on Ezekiel Elliott and Dak Prescott because of the success that they had. They not only have the eye of the world but they play for the Dallas Cowboys, who are always in the eye of the public.”

Spears, a national champion at LSU and consensus All-American, has seen his share of hype as a member of America’s Team. It’s fair to say that his continual dealings with the press have helped to prepare him for a career in the media himself. Though it seems recent, the whole scope of how athletes are treated and how they interact with their fans has changed since Spears entered the league in 2005 due to social media.

At the end of the day, the theme of Spears’ message seems to be timeless: Elliott’s mistakes aren’t just his anymore; they’re the property of the Dallas Cowboys.