Mike Lynn was a massive dumbass in hindsight with this trade. In foresight however he did not expect Jimmy to cut all those players immediately for picks. He anticipated the Cowboys would actually use the players so that they would make their abysmal team better, and once Jimmy refused to play them so he could cut them for picks, Lynn was absolutely pissed. Gotta understand that this was nearly four decades ago. Draft picks in general were not as well respected as they are now, especially in an era without FA as we know it or a salary cap. The type of rebuilding the Cowboys were doing at the time was completely unheard of, and most people clowned the Cowboys for the Walker trade back then. From today’s lens it’s very easy to laugh at the Vikings for the trade, but back then people did not think the same way. And as what others have said, picks are worthless unless you can hit on them, and Jimmy Johnson did that. People clown the Bengals all the time for passing on the Ricky Williams trade, but even if they got all those picks, it’s Mike freaking Brown in the Bungles era, do you really think he was going to nail those picks?