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    "Yeah," Johnson told him, "because if we hadn't made the Herschel Walker trade we'd have done something else. We might not have gotten good as fast as we did, but we would've eventually been there." Copyright 2009 Associated Press. Full Article at Sporting News
    because if we hadn't made the Herschel Walker trade we'd have done something else. We might not have gotten good as fast as we did, but we would've eventually been there.
    Jimmy Johnson – Jimmy Johnson SOURCE: Sporting News 2 months ago
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20 years later, Cowboys' trade still reverberates
  1. I might be interested in that Herschel Walker guy
    SOURCE: Sporting News 2 months ago
  2. I've had times in my life when I wouldn't take risks because if I lost, I would've busted ... When you have the dynamic of a pocket full of picks, you can gamble. ... As much as the picks themselves brought us players, that attitude of risk-taking made a big difference in how we built the team.
    Jerry Jones – Jerry Jones SOURCE: Sporting News 2 months ago
  3. When we heard about the Herschel Walker trade, we were like, 'Wait a minute? Are we sure this is right? Is it true?
    SOURCE: Sporting News 2 months ago
  4. It was a once-in-a-lifetime thing
    – Charley Casserly SOURCE: Sporting News 2 months ago
  5. That's why at the press conference I said 'This is a great train robbery ... Everybody looked at me like I was a complete fool, including Jerry, because they weren't sure we could pull this thing off.
    SOURCE: Sporting News 2 months ago
  6. Herschel was basically an I-back and we were a two-back, sweeping, trapping team ... He made every accommodation. On at least two or three occasions, he told me he'd cover kickoffs or punts. Things just didn't work out real well. ... You know how it is in pro football, your team reaches a peak then leve...
    – Jerry Burns SOURCE: Sporting News 2 months ago
  7. That's the only Pro Bowl player that we've got.
    SOURCE: Sporting News 2 months ago
  8. We knew right then it was a hell of a bonanza.
    SOURCE: Sporting News 2 months ago
  9. We felt that the last piece of the puzzle, the last spoke on the wheel, was a running back - and not just a running back, but a marquee running back ... If we don't get to the Super Bowl while Herschel Walker is a member of the Minnesota Vikings, then we have not made a good trade.
    SOURCE: Sporting News 2 months ago

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