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How the Cowboys are following Jimmy Johnson's advice to a T - and it's working

I can remember Jimmy Johnson stalking the training-camp practice fields in Austin during the pre-dynasty days of the Cowboys, spinning his football philosophies to his players.

One of my favorites was the one he'd spit out after watching an Emmitt Smith fumble or a Troy Aikman interception on those steamingly hot days on the St. Ed's campus.

"Success in the NFL is not the team that makes the most great plays," Johnson would preach. "It's the team that makes the fewest bad plays."

Cowboys coach Jason Garrett wears Super Bowl rings from his playing days during the Johnson era.