Cowboys Nostalgia Thread

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Well, at least Pup isn't missing any meals... :unsure
 
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Texas Ace said:
He was so good before he tore his achilles.

One of the things that I don't think gets talked about enough is how good our CBs did against Jerry Rice in both 92 and 93.

They contained him in 92 and pretty much made him a non-factor in 93.
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That whole defense was solid … great front 4 .. solid LB’s…good corners and a stud at safety … damn I miss the days when we were relevant and respected..
 
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SaveAHorseRideACowboy said:
That whole defense was solid … great front 4 .. solid LB’s…good corners and a stud at safety … damn I miss the days when we were relevant and respected..
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They went 9 deep on the DL and rotated them constantly with Leon Lett and Charles Haley being special talents and Tony Casillas well above average himself. Russell Maryland was a bust as a #1 overall pick, but was still a good player, along with Chad Hennings who we got in the 12th round in 1988 but who would have been taken in the first two rounds had he not had the Navy obligation.

We also drafted a stud in Tony Tolbert in the 4th round and some good but not great guys in Jimmy Jones and Tony Hill. Add in a very good Landry veteran in Jim Jeffcoat and you had a really, really strong front that can't be reproduced in the free agency era.
 
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ravidubey said:
They went 9 deep on the DL and rotated them constantly with Leon Lett and Charles Haley being special talents and Tony Casillas well above average himself. Russell Maryland was a bust as a #1 overall pick, but was still a good player, along with Chad Hennings who we got in the 12th round in 1988 but who would have been taken in the first two rounds had he not had the Navy obligation.
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To answer the question, Herschel played on many teams because
1) Jimmy Johnson completely fleeced Mike Lynn of the Vikings getting outsized trade value for Walker. Dallas needed players and draft picks to fuel a talent infusion, and Walker was one of their (very) few tradeable assets.

2) The coach of the Vikings, old-assed Jerry Burns, didn't have the first clue how to use Walker believing in a committee approach, and rather than resign him at his salary they released him a couple of years later. He was a curmudgeon who resented Walker being thrust on him and losing multiple veterans across the team as part of the trade. Burns retired in 1991.

3) Walker went to Philly (under Rich Kotite) and helped them immediately (averaging 4.0, 4.3, and 4.7 ypc over the next three seasons)-- and they started rotating backs. The new coach Jim Rhodes signed 25 year old Rickey Watters and rather than pay both, they cut Walker.

4) Who (at age 34) went to the Giants as insurance for an injured Rodney Hampton, who then also cut him when the younger Hampton re-signed

5) Dallas then signed Walker, mainly to keep him from going to San Francisco, and Jerry Jones all but benched him in favor of playing Emmitt Smith whom he had just paid a fortune. Walker played well every time he touched the ball, but they refused to give him carries and even throw him the ball, despite his early success there and more than doubling the y/r from other backs like Emmitt Smith. Bewildering, honestly. He was great on ST's often bailing the team out time and again with long KR's.
 
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Nice, Ravi.

Was about to say, if I had an account on Reddit I'd straighten out some of those dummies who weren't around then.

The biggest reason IMO, and one barely mentioned by only a few over there, is he wore so much tread off the tire in the USFL. They had 18 game seasons back then and he averaged 381 carries and 43 carries per year! Think of Zeke and how fast he was worn out -- and the most carries he ever had in a season was 322. Herschel had over 400 twice in three years (and the other was 293). Especially considering Herschel's style where he didn't dodge many guys, but mostly ran over them,

Total stud who is criminally underrated today.
 
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Texas Ace said:
He was so good before he tore his achilles.

One of the things that I don't think gets talked about enough is how good our CBs did against Jerry Rice in both 92 and 93.

They contained him in 92 and pretty much made him a non-factor in 93.
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The entire secondary was fun back then.

After the triplets, my favorite Cowboy back then was James Washington. I loved the way he played. IIRC, he was never a Pro Bowler or All-Pro, but the guy always seemed to make big plays.

To this day it still pisses me off that he was robbed of the MVP for Super Bowl XVIII.
 
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