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    Football news from a chick :: 20 years later, Cowboys' "Great Train Robbery" trade is still talked about
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    Lynn was happiest of all. "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." Uh, no, they didn't. The Vikings made the playoffs in '89, lost right away, and didn't make it back in 1990 or '91. Full Article at Sports Blogs
    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: Sports Blogs 1 month ago
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Football news from a chick :: 20 years later, Cowboys' "Great Train Robbery" trade is still talked about
  1. It was a once-in-a-lifetime thing
    – Charley Casserly SOURCE: Sports Blogs 1 month ago
  2. 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: Sports Blogs 1 month ago
  3. 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: Sports Blogs 1 month ago
  4. That's the only Pro Bowl player that we've got.
    SOURCE: Sports Blogs 1 month ago
  5. 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: Sports Blogs 1 month ago
  6. I might be interested in that Herschel Walker guy
    SOURCE: Sports Blogs 1 month ago
  7. When we heard about the Herschel Walker trade, we were like, 'Wait a minute? Are we sure this is right? Is it true?
    – Charley Casserly SOURCE: Sports Blogs 1 month ago
  8. We knew right then it was a hell of a bonanza.
    SOURCE: Sports Blogs 1 month ago

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