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Tottenham and Liverpool had already been drawn in Groups A and D respectively, with Manchester City in Group G. Groups A-D typically play their matches separately to groups E-H and Chelsea were left with no other option. Associations with more than one representative will see their matchdays divided between Tuesday and Wednesday. It led to some confusion on social media as most fans are aware that no team from the same country can be drawn in the same pot.īut Chelsea’s inability to be drawn into Porto’s group stems from the fact the Premier League have four clubs in the Champions League. They instead had to be put in AC Milan’s group with Atletico being put in Porto’s group. Group B with Porto or Group E with AC Milan were waiting for Chelsea, but when the Blues were drawn by Yaya Toure, it was announced that Thomas Tuchel’s side couldn’t be drawn in Porto’s group.

There was only two groups left when Chelsea and Atletico Madrid were still in the pot to be drawn. Both PSG and Real had their groups filled with Juventus and RB Leipzig respectively from Pot Two. Chelsea were in Pot Two, along with fellow Premier League clubs Liverpool and Tottenham based on their UEFA club coefficient ranking.Ĭhelsea fans were waiting to see who they would get with Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid both ones to avoid from Pot One. Thursday’s Champions League draw led to some confusion among Chelsea fans after they were placed into Group E with AC Milan despite Porto’s group also being empty at the time. Landry won the same number of Super Bowl titles with the Cowboys as Johnson, defeating the Dolphins in Super Bowl VI and the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XII. The Cowboys Ring of Honor includes 22 inductees, with the legendary Tom Landry being the only coach in that group. Since then, the Cowboys have had little success in the postseason, making 11 appearances in 25 seasons and only winning four playoff games.Īll four of those wins came in the Wild Card round, with Jason Garrett the only coach to manage more than one playoff victory. Switzer may have won Super Bowl XXX three years after that decision, but it was mostly with a roster developed and curated while Johnson was coaching. Johnson left for the Miami Dolphins and Jones hired another former Arkansas Razorback in Barry Switzer. Johnson, a defensive lineman, and Jones, an offensive lineman, were both part of the undefeated Razorbacks team of 1964 that was voted national champions.Īfter Jones bought the Cowboys in 1989, one of his first moves was to fire legendary coach Tom Landry to hire Johnson, who had won the national title with the University of Miami Hurricanes in 1987.Īfter a rocky start in Dallas, Johnson went on to win back-to-back Super Bowls, defeating the Buffalo Bills in both Super Bowl XXVII and Super Bowl XXVIII.ĭuring that time, Johnson and Jones fought internally over control of personnel decisions – with Jones unwilling to grant his coach that power. The two men have a long and complicated relationship dating back to their time together at the University of Arkansas. Jones previously promised at the 2021 Hall of Fame game that Johnson would be inducted, but did not make an official decision or say when that might happen. ‘It isn’t, at the end of the day, all tailored around whether Jimmy is sniveling or not.’ ‘I get to make that decision,’ Jones told the reporter. Speaking to a sports reporter from NBC Dallas/Fort Worth, the long-time owner dug into his position when asked why Johnson has yet to be inducted into the Cowboys Ring of Honor.

However, that doesn’t mean the man who coached his teams to two Super Bowl titles will get any credit from the owner any time soon. And life would be good.’ Now that I would do.Cowboys owner Jerry Jones will be forever linked to his former head coach, Hall of Famer Jimmy Johnson. So give me $50 million, and I’ll come back,’ " he said laughing.“ ‘Fire me after one year, but you’ve got to make the contract guaranteed.

“I’ll say right now: ‘I’m half the coach Jon Gruden is. However, he said he might be tempted to return if the right offer came along … and let him explain. He’s done without it the past decade, working for FOX and the NFL Network. And if you can do without it, you’re probably pretty smart in doing so.”Īpparently, Billick is pretty smart. “And then there came a point where I enjoyed the life that I had that we had developed in the media that I was doing. And I didn’t want to make the mistake of just going back. I kind of knew what that looked like, and the opportunities that came my way the first couple of years afterward really didn’t seem to size up right for me. “I had a pretty good first marriage with (former Baltimore GM) Ozzie Newsome and the Ravens.