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**Shannon Sharpe** (0:00)
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At the Cowboys' trade in Micah Parsons, to the Packers last year, Jerry Jones compared the move to Herschel Walker trade in 1989 Today, Jerry did it again. You could say those picks got us key players, but the main thing is that Herschel Walker trade did.
**Joe Johnson** (0:41)
Jerry and Sting, y'all, man.
**Chad Johnson** (0:43)
We're gonna stir it up every time, man.
**Joe Johnson** (0:44)
You what, Ocho?
**Shannon Sharpe** (0:46)
He was, he was. Micah sacrifice one of the best defensive players in 2026 for a first round pick in the 2027 second first round pick and a defensive tackle, Kenny Clark. For Walker. he had 1,000-yard performance in three NFL seasons. The Cowboys have worked with three first-round picks, three second-round picks, a third-round pick, and a sixth-round pick. How is that comparable?
Now, if they had traded, if that was Barry Sanders, okay. Sure.
Herschel Walker was not one of the best offensive players. He was the best player Dallas had, but he was not one of the best players in the league. Because you do realize like Jerry was in the league at that time, right? Joe Montana was in the league, Bruce Smith was in the league, Reggie White was in the league. All those guys were in the league.
**Chad Johnson** (1:40)
I mean, at the running back position, wasn't Herschel Walker that boy?
**Shannon Sharpe** (1:42)
Barry was that, Christian Okoye was that boy.
Barry Sanders was that boy. Thurman Thomas was that boy.
He had 1,000-yard season, Ochocinco. Like I said, he was the best. He was the only thing the Cowboys could trade. Do you realize what the Cowboys got for Herschel? Three first-round picks, three second-round picks, a third-round pick and a sixth-round pick.
**Chad Johnson** (2:07)
Yeah. Hey, who would get that right now in today's game?
Those exact numbers.
**Shannon Sharpe** (2:16)
Prior to the injury, probably been Mahomes.
**Chad Johnson** (2:20)
He's the only one, too. Three first-round picks?
**Joe Johnson** (2:28)
Wow. Game different.
**Shannon Sharpe** (2:32)
Three.
**Chad Johnson** (2:34)
Y'all better go back.
**Shannon Sharpe** (2:35)
Man, look here. Like I said, he was the best player Dallas had. He was the only thing that Dallas could trade.
**Joe Johnson** (2:43)
Right. That was the only value that they had.
**Shannon Sharpe** (2:45)
For that matter. Micah, for me, I think Micah was a top-five defensive player.
**Joe Johnson** (2:52)
Yeah.
**Shannon Sharpe** (2:58)
So, I don't think it's the same. Jerry's gonna make it seem, maybe Jerry, that's wishful thinking. And all it has to do is Jerry said, if I win a Super Bowl, that's all that matters.
**Joe Johnson** (3:10)
That's it.
**Shannon Sharpe** (3:10)
That's all that matters.
**Joe Johnson** (3:12)
And he just want him another Super Bowl before he go off.
**Shannon Sharpe** (3:15)
He does.
**Joe Johnson** (3:15)
That's all he wants, man. That's all he wants.
**Shannon Sharpe** (3:19)
And you know, it seems like, the farther, the more time passed between you and the one that you just want, the one that you want, you're like, damn, it's gonna happen? Am I gonna win another Super Bowl? Or, because think about it. Jerry brought the team in 89
By 95, they had three.
**Chad Johnson** (3:44)
Right.
**Shannon Sharpe** (3:46)
Damn. By 95, they had three.
So you know what happens when you have that kind of success so early, Ocho and Joe? You think, this bad, this bad, this, hey, like, Ha Ha Davis say, this is about to be a breeze.
**Chad Johnson** (4:02)
Breeze. Oh, no.
Listen, it was a breeze when you had that kind of college you had.
**Shannon Sharpe** (4:08)
And you had that kind of coach that could drive them.
**Chad Johnson** (4:12)
That too, until the rest of the league caught up.
**Shannon Sharpe** (4:14)
If you came to Kansas City, and you came to Kansas City from 2019 to 2024, all you know is going to the Subo.
**Joe Johnson** (4:24)
That's it.
**Shannon Sharpe** (4:25)
You're like, man, this thing, man, people talk about going to the Subo hard. Man, we go there every year.
**Joe Johnson** (4:34)
It's normal.
**Shannon Sharpe** (4:36)
It ain't normal. There's nothing about getting to the championship in your sport and doing it consistently. There's nothing normal about that.
You might think it's normal.
**Joe Johnson** (4:45)
I'm saying, but-
**Shannon Sharpe** (4:45)
It ain't.
**Joe Johnson** (4:46)
I'm saying, but when you making it consecutively like that, you feel like that's normal. Like, you know, I mean, every year, you feel like you're gonna get back to that point. And hell, then it may become a point here. You don't see that for the rest of your damn career.
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