You’ve probably heard the old saying. “It’s not the X’s and the O’s but the Jimmys and the Joes.” If you were a Dallas Cowboys fan in the glory days of the 1990s, you would have heard Jimmy Johnson espousing that philosophy. It’s not something he invented, as it is one of those things that floated around college football for years before he used it. It may have been coined by Darrell Royal, but the origins are just a fun side note. What is important is that there are some strong arguments to be made for it being accurate.
Fixing the Cowboys defense needs to focus on the Jimmys and the Joes
