In 2021, in front of a national TV audience, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones declared that the team’s two-time Super Bowl-winning coach, Jimmy Johnson, would be honored in the franchise’s Ring of Honor. But on Thursday, Jones was hesitant to name Johnson as one of this year’s inductees.
“Nothing to talk about there, at all,” Jones said when asked about the Ring of Honor. “That’s something that I never really decided upon almost until a week or two before I do it. Obviously the people that are qualified are career-qualified, that is a career process, but as far as the timing of any individual that will ultimately be in that Hall of Fame—I don’t have that timeframe.