Deep Blue

After three straight 5-11 seasons – the worst stretch of Dallas Cowboys football since the 1960s – Jerry Jones made a bold move to reel in a big fish. Bill Parcells, two-time Super Bowl championship coach with the New York Giants, left the TV studio in 2003 for his latest reclamation project: America’s Team. The result was a Cinderella playoff season, a major culture change and an unlikely partnership between two powerful personalities.

In arguably the most important regular-season game of this era, Emmitt Smith dismissed pain en route to a dynasty, giving the Giants “The Cold Shoulder.

Faced with too many obstacles to count, Tyrone Crawford has overcome them all, dodging stereotypes, disabilities and a near-death experience, leaving him constantly “On The Edge.”