Jimmy Johnson hypes up 2022 Cowboys while taking shot at Eagles

Beloved former Dallas Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson knows a thing or two about football. The 79-year-old spent nine years coaching and famously led the Cowboys to back-to-back Super Bowl wins in the early 1990s. Since leaving coaching, he’s spent his time as a football analyst for FOX Sports.

So when he has an opinion about football, you can trust it. He may be biased toward his former franchise but the man knows what makes a good football team.

Not only does Johnson think the 2022 Cowboys have the best player he’s ever seen in Micah Parsons, but he also thinks that this is “the best Cowboys team” that he’s seen in his lifetime. In other words, he thinks the present-day squad is better than his famous 1992 and 1993 teams. That’s pretty impressive.

Perhaps one of the reasons he’s so sold on this version of America’s Team is his love for the head coach. While some Cowboys fans are chomping at the bit to get Sean Payton to Dallas, the Hall of Fame coach thinks that Mike McCarthy is doing an excellent job with this team.

When asked about the Payton rumors in a recent interview with 105.3 The Fan, Johnson said the franchise shouldn’t be thinking about looking elsewhere:

"“Y’all have a great head coach in Mike McCarthy. Mike has done a heck of a job. I admire what he’s doing. (Sean) is gonna go back into coaching somewhere, but you’ve got an outstanding coach right there with Mike McCarthy”"

But Parsons and McCarthy don’t make up the whole story. Another reason Johnson thinks the Cowboys “have a better shot than most” is because he is one of few who is surprisingly “not 100% sold” on the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles.

Jimmy Johnson isn’t sold on the Eagles, thinks Cowboys have ‘better shot than most’

Most football analysts believe Jalen Hurts and the Eagles are the best team in football right now, but Johnson just isn’t on board with that. Although his former team is two games behind the unbeaten rival, Johnson thinks the Cowboys can still win the NFC East title. His reasoning has to do with how Philly scores their points:

"“If you look at Philadelphia, they run a different style of offense that gives people problems right off the bat. Most of their scoring comes early, especially in the second quarter. but once a team adjusts to that different style, the second half they’re playing them touch and go. And the other thing is, a team playing them for a second time will be that much better prepared for them.”"

He has a point here.

When Dallas lost to Philadelphia in Week 6, the Cowboys were down by a score of 20-3 at halftime. Once the third quarter hit, America’s Team looked brand new. Dallas made enough adjustments to be able to bring the score within three points in the final quarter even with a backup quarterback at the helm.

In fact, if it weren’t for Cooper Rush’s three interceptions, Dallas might have pulled off a major comeback victory on the road against their arch-rival.

The Cowboys learned from the frustrating loss, but unfortunately, have to wait until Week 16 for their rematch with Philly. However, it’s not nearly as long as Johnson has had to wait (and continues waiting) for Jerry Jones to rightfully put him in the Cowboys’ Ring of Honor. Sigh.

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