Watch: Johnson gives awesome speech during Ring of Honor ceremony

Throughout his speech, Johnson thanked his household (“Nobody is aware of your sacrifices like your loved ones”), his gamers for sticking with him (“At instances you thought I used to be a tyrant, an A-hole”) and Cowboys followers and haters alike.

And naturally, he ended his speech with Michael Irvin and Emmitt Smith behind him, shouting, “How ’bout them Cowboys!”

Johnson received back-to-back Tremendous Bowls in 1992 and 1993 however was purchased out of his contract following the 1993 season. 

On the time, Johnson discussed the brewing rigidity between himself and Jones by telling reporters, “[Jones] mentioned he needed to be extra a part of it. He mentioned, ‘I would like it to be Jimmy and Jerry … not simply Jimmy.’ From that point on, it is at all times been an issue.”

Final 12 months, Johnson additional opened up in regards to the untimely cut up throughout an interview selling his 2022 memoir. (h/t Pro Football Network)

“After we began profitable, issues modified slightly bit. There began to be slightly little bit of rigidity … He needed to be extra within the highlight. I used to be pleased with what we completed. Perhaps I did not need to share it,” he mentioned.

Whereas Jones and Johnson, who had been teammates in the course of the Sixties at Arkansas, have been cordial lately, Johnson’s notable absence from the Ring of Honor led to questions on potential lingering animosity between the pair.

With that within the rearview, Jones, Johnson and everybody else liable for the Cowboys success within the 90s can return to celebrating what they completed. The New England Patriots (2003-04) are the one franchise for the reason that Cowboys to win back-to-back Tremendous Bowls.

Social media lit up after Johnson’s speech, with a number of individuals cheering the second, together with famous Cowboys antagonizer Stephen A. Smith.