{"id":30517,"date":"2025-03-04T09:05:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T09:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=30517"},"modified":"2025-03-04T09:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T09:05:25","slug":"breaking-jimmy-johnson-sends-4-word-message-to-nfl-on-fox-after-retirement-announcement-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=30517","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Jimmy Johnson Sends 4-Word Message to NFL on FOX After Retirement Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ac_98847062\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ybmedia\/image\/upload\/c_crop,h_675,w_1200,x_0,y_36\/c_fill,f_auto,h_900,q_auto,w_1600\/v1\/m\/9\/c\/9cddb7e3f868671be7ef2654f6f8c11d2575cc73\/usatsi_13985509.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Johnson Sends 4-Word Message to NFL on FOX After Retirement Announcement\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Former\u00a0<a class=\"yard_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/teams\/dallas_cowboys\/51\">D<\/a>allas Cowboys\u00a0head coach and NFL studio analyst Jimmy Johnson announced his retirement Monday after 25 years at the network, sharing his decision on &#8216;The Herd&#8217; with Colin Cowherd.<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, Johnson became the talk of the sports world as fans reminisced about his legendary career as a coach and, perhaps more famously, a broadcaster.<\/p>\n<p>His longtime employer FOX Sports shared a message on X with four pictures of Johnson plus a photo of his Hall of Fame bust in Canton, Ohio at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, which the former Cowboys coach was inducted into back in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_98847064\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>&#8220;Thank you, coach,&#8221; the NFL on FOX wrote on Monday, drawing a rare response from the former Dallas coach on X.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;NO! 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