All but Eric Dickerson any one who sells out their college alma mater and causes them to be put on the death penalty after all they done for him isn’t worth a shit in my book
@@ronaldcoleman2569 and if I recall. Dickerson before that, had accepted a brand new Trans Am in exchange for a verbal commitment to Texas a&m. Then backed out of that and kept the car.
That was because there were many other factors that destroyed dallas that year. 1. THe offensive line was horrible that year allowing a team record 60 sacks. 2. THe defense was getting old and not nearly what it used to be. But EVEN with those glaring issues, the main reason the boys failed was because Danny WHite went down in week 9. Up until then, White was having one of his best seasons and Dallas stood at 6-2. THen with shithead Pulleur as QB, they finished 1-7. Had White played, the boys would have probably finished 10-6 anyways.....even with their other issues.
Who cares? Only one of them can carry the ball at a time. Tony was miffed that they signed Walker, and I don't blame him. He was the better back overall, he had paid his dues, and was still as fast as ever. That money would have been better spent on linemen. Can you imagine how many yards TD would have wound up with if he had had Emmitt Smith's offensive line?
Loved the fact that Herschel never grandstanded after a score. No "look at how great I am!" dance. He just handed/ tossed the ball to the official and went on his way.
@@cedjazz There are a LOT of defensive players that would disagree with you. Plus, he played most of the Sugar Bowl where UGA beat Notre Dame for the National Championship after popping a dislocated shoulder back into place.
@@cedjazz ...You are an IDIOT !!! Walker would place 7th as the all time leading rusher in pro football if you include his 3 years in the USFL. He carried the ball a total of 3,097 times for 13,787 yards. That comes to a 4.5 average. Only Barry Sanders and Jim Brown had a better yard per carry of the top 15 rushers in history.
Dallas used a fifth round pick on Walker, not a bad choice for a fifth rounder. Dallas made the pick thinking the USFL was going to go belly up, and they were right.
They could still find talent where others couldn't in those years but the problem was they kept missing badly with their first and second and third round picks. From 79 to 87 the only real contributor they found in those rounds that had a serious impact on the team was Jim Jeffcoat and even with him they would have been better off taking Dan Marino who was still on the board when Jeffcoat was taken. You find diamonds in the rough and with midround gambles to complete your roster not build your whole team around. That 88 draft (last of the Landry Era) turned out to be a good one though with Irvin and Ken Norton Jr.
Played together in 86 and 87 then Dorsett demanded a trade. Not enough touches to go around to keep two running backs happy especially since they had to play with Pelleur a lot of the time they spent together.
He would have been competitive in any days of the NFL... He was a beast who could fly with the grace of a ballerina. It makes me sad that we didn't get to see him play his entire career there. Those first few years could have been awesome.
And they still managed to lose the damn game. One heartbreaker after another that year, and the next and the next. And then of course the unkindest cut of all came in early 89 when Coach Landry was fired.
Seth Joyner who was blocked in the backfield on this play was a tremendous player for Buddy’s defense. I always admired his eye for defensive talent. I think he was a 7th round pick and Clyde Simmons was an 11th rounder. Rounds that don’t even exist anymore! The Eagles had one of the most potent fronts in history with Reggie White and Jerome Brown. I’ll never forget the absolute jailbreaks the Eagles performed in early Jimmy/Jerry games. Lucky for the Cowboys that Aikman survived those games!
Yes Bud did draft defense well. Don't forget on the Eagles front, the great Clyde Simmons. 1989 they were stacked Reggie White, Jerome Brown, Clyde Simmon, and Mike Pitts! Many don't know Simmon or Pitts but these four were as good a unit that has ever played. Ever.
Thank Coach Landry and Tex Schramm they drafted him in the 5th round while he was still playing for the USFL on a hunch that the league would fold. A lot of players on those 90s Super Bowl teams came out of the Landry Era or came as a result of the Walker trade that only happened because they gambled a mid round draft pick on Walker.
Walker was runner who needed to be in a run oriented offense with himself as the featured back. Both the eagles and vikings were pass oriented teams and he never got enough carries, only managed one or two 1000 yard seasons after his 1500 yd season in Dallas. He was used as trade bait by Dallas to gain a crap load of draft picks and players, those deals created the Dallas dynasty of the 90s with Aikman and Smith and Irvin etc but for Hershel it was not a good deal. He managed about 9000 NFL yards but you have to remember he ran for over 5500 yards in the USFL including a 2400 yard season that would have put him at around 14000 career yards. The USFL fielded a very competitive pro football operation nearly on par with the NFL, so the stats he and all the other guys like Jim Kelly, Anthony Carter, Bobby Hebert, Doug Flutie and so many others who went on to long and very successful NFL careers deserved to be included in their career totals
@@r.g.o3879 I strongly disagree with including USFL stats for those players. The two leagues were not comparable in talent aside from a 3 or 4 teams. Also Irvin and Aikman were not part of the Walker deal. Irvin was drafted in 88 by Landry and Tex and Aikman was drafted in 89 when Walker was traded mid season. Even if the only player they got out of the trade was Emmitt Smith it still would have been a lopsided trade in favor of Dallas but they got so much more than that.
I went to U of S Carolina so we got Herschel every season. I described him way back then as like one of those piece in electric football.....he doesn't seem to be moving, but you look down and yard lines are zipping by....
I liked the pre-snap shift, with Dorsett lining up as a Flanker. The safety had to respect him running a route, based on his speed. Walker made a nice move in the backfield and took it to the house. Excellent display of speed and strength.
I remember some of this game.I believe the Eagles won 23-21.Cowboys suffered their first losing season in 20 years with a 7-9 record while the Eagles with Buddy Ryan's first year finished 5-10-1 in the 1986 season.
Yeah but the Fullback was Newsome not Walker or Dorsett. Neither was a very good blocker honestly. Timmy Newsome was underrated and of course later on Moose was legendary.
The problem was, the Cowboys didn't use them right. They were very seldom in the same backfield, on running plays. It could have been a great one two punch, but the Cowboys chose not to use them that way.
Both were great. Dorsett was considered small at 190 lbs compared to Walker at 225. Dorsett's career was extended because of Landry. If Landry used Dorsett the way Earl Campbell was, he wouldn't have had 13 seasons and retired at #2 All-time.
@@ynot6781 IS THAT THE SAME LINE HE HAD WHEN HE HELD THE RECORD FOR ALL-TIME RUSHIN YDS as a college running back? MAKE IT MAKE SENSE THEN?? SOUNDS LIKE HE'S ALWAYS BEEN GOOD!!
@@mc-lp4zl SAYS WHO? LANDRY AINT THE BE ALL TO END ALL?? THERE WERE TIMES 33 SHOULDA BEEN ON THE FIELD and WASNT(per film I saw)!!RUNNING BACKS NEED RHYTHM/GROOVE!! NOT1 OF THEM WILL TELL U ANY DIFF!! TOOK SOME YRDS AWAY FRM DORSETT!! NAME THE PLAYER THAT HAS SAID "DORSETT WAS TOO SMALL TO PLAY RB?" ALL people do is repeat what others say. U don't have to be Earl Campbell(size)to excell.
Walker was a truly special player.....I'd rather have him on my team than Bo any day. Jackson was just a little bit faster, but Walker was bigger, and could catch. I'll take that.
I hate stupid fucking people. Walker had legit Olympic 100 meter speed. He had legit track times. Walker's best 100 meter time was much better than Jackson. You know google will help you not look like a fucking moron.
Yup. That '86 offense was clicking before White got hurt. Walker and TD. Sherard was a nice looking rookie paired with T Hill. Doug Cosbie… And then Carl Bank crushed D White. End of dynasty
He really doesn't. His career was shortened by his time in the USFL and while he had a few good years in Dallas and later in Philly he never did play on a contending team. He only went to two Pro Bowls, didn't rush for 10,000 yards in his career, never earned a Super Bowl ring and didn't even have 100 TDs in combined rushing and receiving. He was an amazing talent at UGA and he was above average in the NFL but he did NOT have a HOF career.
Dorsett was in his 10th season in '86. The avg RB lasts about 5 yrs. Because Dorsett was considered small, Landry conservatively used Dorsett to help extend his career.
This was not a good offensive line. If it had been, Dorsett would likely have made it to #1 in NFL career rushing. Walker likely not because of his seasons in the USFL. But Smith did have that great line and did get there, courtesy of the Walker trade. So, which is more important? A great line or a great back? Certainly Smith couldn't challenge either of the other 2 in speed. But the idea obviously didn't work to put so many resources into one great running back, when he's one player among 11 on the offense.
Too bad they lost the game. This was the year the consecutive winning season streak got snapped. This was the beginning of the end of the Landry Era. Herschel was an outstanding athlete but it wasn't enough with Pelluer at QB. And Dorsett was so unhappy with splitting duty that he would demand to be traded by the end of the 87 season.
WALKER WAS THE BEST. BUT THEY USE HIM TO GET 6 BETTER PLAYERS. AND YEARS AFTER. THEY GOT BETTER. DRAFT CHOICES. ALL CAUSE OF A GREAT SUPPER MAN. WHERE HE PLAYED HE DID GOOD. DAM GOOD.
Herschel was a class act. After he scored, there was no dancing, no showing off, no "look how great I am." He'd just hand the ball to a ref and head to sidelines.
How many great players did we see do that? Jim brown, Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, and many other great players never did end zone dancing. A few but the majority did not do that
It was not a happy arrangement. Dorsett was nearing the end of his career but was still capable of being a 1000 yard per season back and he was not pleased to see his touches cut and given to Walker. They played two season together in 86 and 87 before Dorsett demanded to be traded. Dorsett had one pedestrian season in Denver in 88 and then tore up his knee in training camp in 89 and had to retire. It was a sad end for a HOF career.
Before someone gets too excited about Bo Jackson they need to remember and look at old film to see that he could not have made people Miss completely like the way Herschel Walker does here. There is no footage of Bo Jackson completely changing direction making so many people miss a tackle. . Bo Jackson almost entirely speed and not too much in the way of moves. And for larger running backs Eric Dickerson was probably the best at evading a tackle.
The shoulder pads back then were absolutley ridiculous. Made Walker look 3 times wide. I know he was big, but holy crap those pads are insane. And remember.....Walker eventually became one of the biggest reasons the cowboys were able to rebuild and eventually win 3 out 4 superbowls. Of course Jimmy would do some genius wheeling and dealing with Minnesota. Woo hoo
This is an offensive coordinator's wet dream to have Tony Dorsett and Herschel Walker on the same field together. Outstanding. I remember when Marcus Allen and Bo Jackson were on the same field together. Simply amazing.
Thing is neither situation worked. Dorsett resented the loss of playing time (especially since his contract had a lot of bonuses tied to his stats) and neither was a good blocker for the other. Walker was a terrible blocker and Dorsett was just too small to be an effective blocker. Al Davis just killed Marcus Allen's career and basically got Bo Jackson to replace him not to work with him. The best tandems of that era were still a fullback and a tailback like Rathman and Craig for the 49ers or later on Moose and Emmitt for the Boys. Chicago had the same problem in the late 80s with Walter Payton and Neal Anderson. Neal Anderson resented having to share time with Payton and even though Anderson was actually talented and gave the Bears some good years he was never able to coexist with Payton in the same backfield.
@@donnamarievalentine1156 my comment was about his football skills. It has absolutely nothing to with his complete lack of knowledge of politics. He talks as if he took way too many hits to the head during his playing days.🤣
