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Darren Woodson: Jerry Jones, Jimmy Johnson “blew it” by letting pride get in way
Posted by Charean Williams on August 9, 2017, 5:59 PM EDT
During his Hall of Fame speech, Jerry Jones tried to heal some old wounds with almost apologetic words to Tom Landry, Gil Brandt and Jimmy Johnson. But some players on the Cowboys’ three Super Bowl teams of the 1990s still haven’t gotten over Jimmy and Jerry’s breakup.
“I think both of them understand one thing: They didn’t live in the moment back then, because if they had lived in the moment, we would probably have four or five rings instead of the two we had with Jimmy,” former safety Darren Woodson said on Matt Mosley and Ed Werder’s Doomsday Podcast. “I think it’s pride got in the way. Both of them realize that. Would they go back and change things? Probably not. Their pride would probably still be big in those situations. But time has healed a lot of those wounds, and Jimmy is a different guy. You see Jimmy now from what he was in ’92 and ’93 and back to ’89. He was intense, felt like this was his team and for the right reasons, Jerry felt like, ‘Hey, I pay you, and I pay all the rest of these coaches at the same, so it’s my team.’ So I can understand there being some issues, but again, I should probably have four or five rings on my fingers if those two would have just gotten along.”
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...-johnson-blew-it-by-letting-pride-get-in-way/
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Darren Woodson calls Dallas Cowboys suspensions ‘sickening’; warns of threat to championship window
The Ring of Honor member and current ESPN NFL analyst joined Dennis and Cowlishaw on 103.3 ESPN Radio in Dallas on Thursday to talk about how the time missed could hurt the club’s window to win a Super Bowl.
“It’s sickening, man,” Woodson said. “David Irving is going through this process. Damien Wilson is about to go through this process. [Ezekiel Elliott] is probably another one. And it is. It’s very frustrating.”
Though Woodson observes the entire NFL and admits some of the off-field issues may be blown out of proportion due to the Cowboys being a marquee franchise, the three-time Super Bowl champion pointed out how the actions of a few players can be so unfair to the rest of the hardworking players who strive to make the team better.
“It has to be frustrating for the coaching staff, for the veteran players like the Jason Wittens who are doing the right things or Tyrone Crawfords who are doing the right thing,” Woodson said.
https://www.all22.com/dallas-cowboy...cowboys-dont-want-suspensions-rob-prime-years
Posted by Charean Williams on August 9, 2017, 5:59 PM EDT
During his Hall of Fame speech, Jerry Jones tried to heal some old wounds with almost apologetic words to Tom Landry, Gil Brandt and Jimmy Johnson. But some players on the Cowboys’ three Super Bowl teams of the 1990s still haven’t gotten over Jimmy and Jerry’s breakup.
“I think both of them understand one thing: They didn’t live in the moment back then, because if they had lived in the moment, we would probably have four or five rings instead of the two we had with Jimmy,” former safety Darren Woodson said on Matt Mosley and Ed Werder’s Doomsday Podcast. “I think it’s pride got in the way. Both of them realize that. Would they go back and change things? Probably not. Their pride would probably still be big in those situations. But time has healed a lot of those wounds, and Jimmy is a different guy. You see Jimmy now from what he was in ’92 and ’93 and back to ’89. He was intense, felt like this was his team and for the right reasons, Jerry felt like, ‘Hey, I pay you, and I pay all the rest of these coaches at the same, so it’s my team.’ So I can understand there being some issues, but again, I should probably have four or five rings on my fingers if those two would have just gotten along.”
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...-johnson-blew-it-by-letting-pride-get-in-way/
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Darren Woodson calls Dallas Cowboys suspensions ‘sickening’; warns of threat to championship window
The Ring of Honor member and current ESPN NFL analyst joined Dennis and Cowlishaw on 103.3 ESPN Radio in Dallas on Thursday to talk about how the time missed could hurt the club’s window to win a Super Bowl.
“It’s sickening, man,” Woodson said. “David Irving is going through this process. Damien Wilson is about to go through this process. [Ezekiel Elliott] is probably another one. And it is. It’s very frustrating.”
Though Woodson observes the entire NFL and admits some of the off-field issues may be blown out of proportion due to the Cowboys being a marquee franchise, the three-time Super Bowl champion pointed out how the actions of a few players can be so unfair to the rest of the hardworking players who strive to make the team better.
“It has to be frustrating for the coaching staff, for the veteran players like the Jason Wittens who are doing the right things or Tyrone Crawfords who are doing the right thing,” Woodson said.
https://www.all22.com/dallas-cowboy...cowboys-dont-want-suspensions-rob-prime-years
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