By MBIIIEffect
Do you remember a cornerback in Dallas named Everson Walls? No? Maybe this will jog your memory. (Warning: this video is not for the faint-of-heart Cowboys fans)
You see Walls coming into frame at the end of the catch, wearing number 24. But because he made that last frame that is now immortalized in posters and highlight reels, he has forever been associated with that one play. And that association, according to Walls, could keep him out of the National Football League Hall of Fame.
“I think a lot of people like to associate me with that play,” said Walls, who was posterized on the cover of Sports Illustrated to help that moment live in infamy. “Which goes to show the ignorance of some of the Hall of Fame voters. I had two interceptions and recovered a fumble in that game. I’d have been the MVP if we’d have won it.”
In addition to overlooking Walls’ stellar play in that NFC Championship against the 49ers, HOF voters could be turning a blind eye to Walls’ stellar 13-year career. During his time in the NFL, Walls was selected to the Pro Bowl four times (‘81, ‘82, ‘83 and ‘85), led the league in interceptions three times (‘81, ‘81 and ‘85) and finished his career with 57 interceptions, enough for 10th on the all-time list. It’s fair to say that Walls’ career was remarkable. It’s especially remarkable to have that kind of career as an undrafted free agent from Grambling State in 1981. But Walls has never even made it close to getting into the NFL Hall of Fame. His best shot so far came in 2006, when Walls made the list of preliminary nominees. Not even giving a kidney to former teammate Ron Springs in 2007 helped Walls’ HOF chances. So will Walls ever make it into the Hall of Fame? Nobody knows, but this slight from HOF voters isn’t bothering Walls very much.
“They can’t take away what I’ve done on the field,” Walls said. ”I don’t think anyone who wasn’t drafted has ever had 57 interceptions before. I think I’ve got my niche.”
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I fucking hate NFL films. The guys they all interview WAY after the fact are all like “We knew they were going to score” and “They knew they couldn’t stop us”
It’s just so overdone and over the top, And it’s always some former backup lineman or someone that had nothing to do with the play
Weak Sauce!
amen, everson walls……HOF……. it’s long over due to see him recognised. he should be very close to getting up on our ring of honor as well. who the hell could ever be an un-drafted freeagent db and pull down 57 ints in your career? what did he have as a rookie, 13 or something like that? and i watched that game from every play down to the last one. walls had clark covered like a blanket. montana was throwing the damn thing away, because if he throws it on clarks #’s, walls picks the pass!!!! clark looked like a basketball player going up for it. walls was not planted with his feet, so he could’nt have timed his jump to go up with clark. montana, later said, “ed jones was barring down on me, and i was just going to toss it away because of the good coverage walls had on dwight. well, dwight made the catch of a lifetime.” > thus the name, “the catch”. AND if you did see the game, you’ll damn well know that mcintyer made a game saving tackle on pearson across the middle, with 50 seconds left in the game, after the “catch”, or he would have be gone for 6. then a SF pass rusher got lucky and reached in to cause danny white to fumble at 2nd down with 40 seconds left. i think we’d have beatin them if white could have secured the ball. that ain’t just my conjection, that is what most football experts will say. so to blame walls for that play is pure texas bullshit.
“Do you remember a cornerback in Dallas named Everson Walls? No? Maybe this will jog your memory.”
Anyone visiting this site who does not know who Everson Walls is could use a swift kick to the ass.
Politics in sports, God this topic always makes me sore…
cowboys still win that game if d white hangs on to the ball on the last drive!
yeah, campbell, read my last post. i saw the game in it’s entirety. when SF scored do you remember there was still 58 seconds left on the clock. the first offensive play we had was a long pass to drew pearson that without a game saving, diving tackle by the shoestrings on pearson, he would have went the distance fo 6…..game over. that put us at mid field with 42 seconds left. the next play SF blitzed and knocked the ball out of whites hands. they recovered and then the game was over. many respected football analists say that dallas would have had enough time to win it, and probably would have. for all you un-believers out there, look it up. i ain’t just blowin smoke, thats the way it happened.
walls played the game of a lifetime in that game. he did’nt loose it for us. the offense gave up the ball, and could’nt score in several occasions we should have.
HEY NOT TO GET OFF THE SUBJECT, BUT SPEAKING ABOUT NFL FILMS; THE NFL NETWORK IS HOT AT GRUDEN FOR LEAVING TO GO WORK FOR ESPN AND MONDAYNITE FOOBALL. YEAH THATS RIGHT I CALLED IT FOOBALL. BECAUSE EVER SINCE ESPN HAS TAKEN OVER, IT HAS BECOME FOOBALL. BECAUSE THEY ONLY REPORT HALF OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENS. THEY DON’T REPORT ALL THE ACTUAL FACTS THEY JUST GLAZE OVER THEM TO SENSATIONALIZE IT. THEY FOR GET TO DOT THE EYES AND CROSS THE “Ts”. THUS THE “FOOBALL REFERENCE. THIS WAR SHOULD BE INTERESTING. THE NFL NET WORK WON’T TAKE ANY SHIT FROM ESPN. THEY’VE HAD A LITTLE WAR GOING ON ANYWAY. IT’S LIKE A DISTRIBUTOR FITGHTING WITH A PARENT COMPANY OVER SHIPPING RIGHTS??????
HEY, LANDRY STAFF, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT LITTLE COOP OF A STORY FOR YOU GUYS HERE AT THE BLOG. GET ONE UP ON THE BLOGESPHERE. THIS STORY JUST BROKE THIS MORNING FROM KFFL FANTASY SPORTS NEWS?
Not sure Dave. Not sure
it’s just funny to see espn and the network go at each other. we all know the network has the upper hand because they are part of the nfl itself. espn knows its behind the eight ball with the nfl over the nfl news reporting, so they go after gruden…..wow. thats huge. this means war between the two. they’re all ready tense with each other. today on nfl.com, they did’nt even report that gruden will take over on mondaynite????? thats big football news is’nt it? well the nfl.com does’nt think so. funny
I also dont mean to get off the subject even though I think Walls should have been in the Hall a while agoand its a travesty that he still is not but did anyone watch 4th and long last monday night??
I hate so much that something like 4th and long is associated with my Cowboys….. but for Jerry any attention is good attention.
I actually thought the show was pretty good. This is also great publicity because it does not at all distract the organization. There’s an 80-man roster, if the 80th man has piercings, tattoos of barbie dolls, and green hair… A lot of people still probably won’t notice him.
It could turn into something but if it doesn’t, does it make a bit of difference?
Nice to see Michael Irvin, what a motivator…
And I hate to say it but I think the 5′7″ Hawkins will win. I hate to say it because, well, he’s 5′7″. But it’s the first week so my prediction is probably meaningless.
Everybody should stop bitching about the show, though, it’s really not even a drop in the water and it’s the first sought after attention that didn’t distract the team. It’s not like Hard Knocks, by a long shot. It’s putting a nobody in the position that some other nobody probably would have been in.
If the show’s winner makes the practice squad, it’s a success. If he disappears from the football world altogether, again — it’s not a failure. It’s entertaining TV. Is American Idol a failure even though most of the stars end up no where? One dude is on a cruise line. Ok I don’t care for the show, but I don’t hate on it or deem it a failure.
It’s good stuff, y’all go take a looksie, you can watch the whole thing online.
K done.
Issiah Stanback had surgery on his right knee today.
For what? I don’t remember him getting hurt, I guess??
What’s his timeline for return? Guessing it was something minor? Athroscopic or something of the sort?
Ellis sent home from OTA’s and put on the trading block. Thank GOD. Maybe we can get 10 Maple baseball bats for him… Whiny little punk.
DONT FORGET EVERSON WALLS WON A SUPERBOWL WITH THE NEW YORK GIANTS. So he is a 5 time pro bowler and superbowl winner.I was just a young Cowboy fan when he played and I can still remember how good he was.