Johnson-Jones Trade: Cowboys' Dynasty Blueprint

0:00On April 16th, Jimmy Johnson took over as Cowboys head coach in 1989 and hit the reset button hard, trading away their top guy. Herschel Walker, to rebuild from scratch. He teamed up with owner Jerry Jones for what became the biggest trade in NFL history, shipping Walker to the Minnesota Vikings who thought he was. Their Super Bowl Missing Link. The Cowboys scored big with the first round pick that turned into Emmett Smith, a second rounder, plus four players, but the real magic was in the fine, print. If those players got cut, more draft picks flowed in, and that's exactly what happened. Stocking Dallas with the talent for three Super Bowl wins in, the 90s. Meanwhile, the Vikings chased that ring, but came up empty, proving Johnson and Jones flipped their risky move into the ultimate dynasty blueprint.