He was asked what the difference is between the Vikings, marching on in the playoffs, and the Cowboys, who are finished.

His excellent role model attributes gave coach Grant Bell the easy choice of naming him in the Cowboys early years as Captain.

And you can see the competitive spark in all the Cowboys when Johnson tells them they should whup on the 49ers.

Under head coach Tom Landry, he was designated as the starting middle linebacker in the Cowboys 4-3 defensive scheme.

But on this night, they all might as well have been draped in the famous Cowboys blue and white.

It was a side of Parcells that had not been revealed in the Cowboys to this point.

But he smiled when a fan asked him, "Would you be interested in the Cowboys next year if they fire Barry Switzer?"

He had the ball with 24 seconds left in the second overtime and the Cowboys nursing a 1-point lead.

There is something there that brings out the bully in the Cowboys.

Schneider compared his departure to that of John Wayne in The Cowboys.