Zack Martin just got something promised to him that Jimmy Johnson would've loved to have back in the day. Halfway through Martin's retirement press conference on Wednesday, longtime Cowboys' radio play-by-play announcer Brad Sham hit Jerry Jones with a hard-hitting question: "Will you commit to putting (Zack) in the Ring of Honor before he goes in the Hall of Fame?

The lack of interest in signing free agents, plus the snail-pace extensions of Dak Prescott and CeeDee were all met with criticism. But for regular readers of Cowboyscountry.com, this was known to be part of what our Mike Fisher called the "Blow It Up'' plan, and funnily enough, Jerry admitted that.

The Dallas Cowboys made headlines last year in free agency for not being players, and according to Jerry Jones, that was part of the plan.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was incredibly close to making what would have gone down as one of his worst football decisions.. Instead, thanks to a bit of help from his son, Cowboys vice president Stephen Jones,