Early Nineties Cowboys & Micah Parsons

[DogFace]

Return to Glory

 

[DogFace]

95

 

[unionjack8]

And Kevin Smith was a lickdown corner until his achilles(?) Injury

 

[Runwildboys]

And Kevin Smith was a lickdown corner until his achilles(?) Injury

Is it too late to edit that?

 

[sbark]

Compare Thomas Hollywood Henderson’s athleticism to Parsons

As a Lb...returned a kickoff for a td...
Off the charts size, speed..
But...had a weakness

 

[xwalker]

Larry Allen is the greatest offensive linemen of all time...not just guard. Put some respect on Larry's name.

What do you know about.

I watched all the games in real time and I have them all recorded on VHS.

Erik Williams was the key to 3 Super Bowls, not Larry Allen.

Defensive players coming up 'injured' before facing the Cowboys started with players avoiding EW.
- It become known to fans with regards to LA, but EW was the one players were the most scared for face.
- Try listening to Darren Woodson, Mike Irvin, Emmitt Smith, Troy Aikman or John Madden.
- Madden said EW was best that he had ever seen.
- Woodson said EW was by far the player most feared by opponents and teammates.

LA played OG for 12.5 seasons of his 14 year career.

Your Mom is calling...time for school.

 

[xwalker]

Them the good Ole days....
If we kept Jimmy and there was no cap how many SBs could we have won?

If Jimmy stayed for 94, Erik Williams probably wouldn't have had the car wreck.
- During Jimmy's time the player partied hard, but still had a strong sense of boundaries.
- The boundaries were all gone once Jimmy was gone.

If EW had played in the 94 NFC championship game, then the Cowboys would have won the Super Bowl that season.

 

[GORICO]

For the younger generation here at CZ I just wanted tell some 'war stories'.

In the early nineties the Cowboys had multiple players that could be featured on youtube videos completely dominating much like the videos of Micah Parsons.

• Emmitt: Juked defenders out of their jock on a routine basis.
• Aikman: Probably the most accurate QB in history.
  • To his WRs "Do you like the ball at the top, middle or bottom of your Jersey number...
• Irvin: Perfect route running and bullied DBs.
• Erik Williams: Pre car-wreck as good or better than any OT ever. Mean & nasty.
• Charles Haley: Has 5 Super Bowl rings. NFC player of the year twice in his career.
• Darren Woodson: The team was so stacked in 92 that he only started 2 games.
  • He could play any position from Nickel CB to LB.
• Ken Norton Jr: The best Cowboys LB (non 3-4 OLB) since 93 until Parsons arrived.
• Larry Allen: Only Super Bowl was 95 but un-disputed most dominant OG ever.
• Daryl Johnston: His picture is probably in the dictionary next to the word Fullback.

• They had backups that were better than most Cowboys starters from the past 2 decades.
  • Leon Lett: Aaron Donald type quickness on a 6-6 300+ frame.
  • Chad Hennings: Reported to have benched 600 pounds. Brick wall vs the run.
  • Jimmie Jones: Would be a starter on this year's team.
  • Jim Jeffcoat: A backup in 92 & 93. Has 102.5 career sacks.

mr xwalker--love the pre- car wreck Erik Williams one of the best tackles of all time my opinion...and just think if we did not have free agency introduced in 1993...we could have kept a "core" where 5 super bowls in a row not out of possiblity....and 5 victories in those 5 super bowls....totally achievable

 

[xwalker]

Compare Thomas Hollywood Henderson’s athleticism to Parsons

As a Lb...returned a kickoff for a td...
Off the charts size, speed..
But...had a weakness

Are cocaine and a touch of insanity weaknesses?

Hollywood was definitely one of the best pure athletes of his era.

 

[GORICO]

Stepnoski…. Absolute technician at C. High IQ and leveraged near perfect technique at the position. Does not get enough love and respect for his work

mr Hawkeye--loved Step...only weighed 250 lbs...but such a technician one of the best centers for 3 years in NFL

 

[xwalker]

mr xwalker--love the pre- car wreck Erik Williams one of the best tackles of all time my opinion...and just think if we did not have free agency introduced in 1993...we could have kept a "core" where 5 super bowls in a row not out of possiblity....and 5 victories in those 5 super bowls....totally achievable

Even after the car wreck he made 1st team All Pro twice and made the Pro Bowl 3 times.
- The car wreck basically reduced him from being the most dominant OT of all time to being about on Tryon Smith's level.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

So we just going to skip over Primetime...... whether people like him or not he was a Dallas Cowboy and helped beat Pittsburg in the Superbowl...... not just on defense but offense and as a returner

 

[xwalker]

Kenny Gant was a special teams demon. He was called the shark because he used to form a shark fin with his hands prior to kickoff coverage. Saw him play in person in 1995 in Arizona. We also won the SB that year...

We met him at training camp one year.

My girlfriend and I were leaning against the 4' chain link fence surrounding the practice field in Austin Texas.
- Kenny just came up after practice and started talking to us for probably 10 minutes.
- He had the strongest handshake of anybody that I've ever met and my hands are larger than average (10" by the NFL measurement method).

Watching practices at St. Edwards University back then was one of the highlights of my sports/Cowboys fandom.
- It was 10x better than Oxnard and 1000x better than the Alamodome.

 

[xwalker]

So we just going to skip over Primetime...... whether people like him or not he was a Dallas Cowboy and helped beat Pittsburg in the Superbowl...... not just on defense but offense and as a returner

Good point. My post was primary focused on players that were on the 92/93 teams but I had to include Larry Allen despite not being on the team until 94.

I still say that Deion was one of it not the most unique athletes in history.

There has never been anybody with his type of athleticism.

I'm not saying that he was necessarily the greatest athlete ever, but the most unique of the great athletes.

Jordon is regarded as the greatest basketball player because he combing extreme athletic ability with uber elite skill.
- However, there have been similar pure athletes pass through the NBA. They just didn't have Jordon's skillset.

Deion's athletic ability was far more than just speed.
- His body control while running full speed is unmatched.
- His ability to stop and reverse directions while running full speed is also unmatched.
- The top thing that I look for in CB draft prospects is how long is takes them to stop and reverse directions against comeback routes.

 

[xwalker]

mr Hawkeye--loved Step...only weighed 250 lbs...but such a technician one of the best centers for 3 years in NFL

He was one of the strongest players on the team with regards to weight room strength.
- In the past, some publication had created an "All Weight Room" team or something like that. I don't remember the exact name or details.
- Step was often on that list.

In 92 the average NFL DT was similar to Tony Casillas (6-3, 278).

The Cowboys success with their super sized OLine started the trend to get bigger on the DLine.
- That made it harder for Step in the later years of his career.

Back in RB Jim Browns day, he was literally the same size as some All Pro OLinemen.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

Good point. My post was primary focused on players that were on the 92/93 teams but I had to include Larry Allen despite not being on the team until 94.

I still say that Deion was one of it not the most unique athletes in history.

There has never been anybody with his type of athleticism.

I'm not saying that he was necessarily the greatest athlete ever, but the most unique of the great athletes.

Jordon is regarded as the greatest basketball player because he combing extreme athletic ability with uber elite skill.
- However, there have been similar pure athletes pass through the NBA. They just didn't have Jordon's skillset.

Deion's athletic ability was far more than just speed.
- His body control while running full speed is unmatched.
- His ability to stop and reverse directions while running full speed is also unmatched.
- The top thing that I look for in CB draft prospects is how long is takes them to stop and reverse directions against comeback routes.

All great points. Deion was just on another level, just like Larry was on the OL.

Jordan doesn't get nearly the credit he deserves as an athlete. At UNC he ran a 4.2 40

 

[xwalker]

Not even sure the point of this thread besides wanting to talk about the 90s team?

I get chills when watching interviews and video reviews of Micah Parsons.
- It occurred to me while watching an interview with him that younger Cowboys fans really missed out on days of having many players on Parson's type of elite level.

He has true Super Star ability that we've rarely seen since the nineties Cowboys teams.
- DWare, Tyron & Zack Martin are the only others that come to mind.

 

[Ranched]

MEANWHILE....

 

[xwalker]

He was my idol and turned out to be a great guy....I'm proud to say I've had some private conversations with him and he's the real deal.

Yep, we were having dinner on a quiet patio and Randy was there with his wife.

I've crossed paths with many local Pro athletes but I try to avoid bothering them.

When he walked past our table I just said "Mr. White, I'm a big fan".
- He then sat down at our table and talked for several minutes.
- He said "Call me Randy. Mr. White is my Dad".
- Later when we were walking out, he called us over to his table and introduced us to his wife.
- Literally the nicest guy I've even met.

 

[Ranching]

Yep, we were having dinner on a quiet patio and Randy was there with his wife.

I've crossed paths with many local Pro athletes but I try to avoid bothering them.

When he walked past our table I just said "Mr. White, I'm a big fan".
- He then sat down at our table and talked for several minutes.
- He said "Call me Randy. Mr. White is my Dad".
- Later when we were walking out, he called us over to his table and introduced us to his wife.
- Literally the nicest guy I've even met.

It's nice when you meet these guys and they turn out to be regular folk.....I had a similar incident with John Dutton....he came over to my table and brought a pitcher of beer and two mugs....we were in South Padre Island....we ran into Michael Irvin at the Riverwalk..he had a couple of body guards....one of my assistants asked to meet him, when Michael found out we were football coaches, he invited us into his VIP section.......we need to start an off topic to share all if the stories we have as fans. Salud!