Jimmy Johnson Doesn’t Hold Back on Changing Cowboys Mentality That Kickstarted Super Bowl Dynasty Jimmy Johnson’s bold mindset still echoes in Dallas as the Cowboys gamble on depth and belief heading

“How ’bout them Cowboys?” Four words that captured the sweat, blood, and joy of a dynasty… But above all, it captured the essence of Jimmy Johnson’s Cowboys . He turned that phrase into legend in the locker room after toppling the 49ers at Candlestick Park in the NFC Championship Game in January 1993.

Because let’s be honest: no one thought the Cowboys were ready yet. The ’92 team was the youngest in the NFL, brushed off as a year away, with pundits predicting Dallas would fold on the big stage. Instead, they opened by knocking off Washington and the Giants —the last two Super Bowl champs—while Jimmy Johnson’s brutal chess moves like the Herschel Walker trade stocked Dallas with the draft capital that birthed “The Triplets” : Irvin, Aikman, and Emmitt. Talent alone didn’