Vikings fans know him for orchestrating one of the greatest thefts in sports history: the trade of Herschel Walker to the Vikings for seven high draft picks and a handful of players. Johnson’s ...

"NFL 100 Greatest" counts down the top 100 game changers in NFL history, and the trade of running back Herschel Walker (between the Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings) in 1989 lands at No.

It’s been that way since the Herschel Walker days ... The entire NFL world was stunned when the Cowboys sent Walker to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for a blockbuster package of players ...

"I'm old enough to remember when they traded Herschel Walker, Herschel Walker ... and if the players were dumped (which the Vikings wrongly assumed they wouldn't be) more picks.