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Former Cowboy Everson Walls opens up about playing for legendary coaches, including Tom Landry and Bill Parcells

Bill Parcells and Tom Landry are legendary in NFL circles, the fire and ice of the coaching profession.

Everson Walls has a perspective few can offer. He played for both men.

"Both are tough coaches,'' Walls said. "They didn't believe in giving you a break. But Parcells would actually talk to you as a person. He was like Jackie Gleason or someone, saying 'Hey kid.'

"He didn't look at you, at least at me, like Tom did. Every time I talked to Tom he was like, 'oh, what is it now?'"

Walls pauses for a second to smile.