The Cowboys just put Gil Brandt in the Ring of Honor, and it's pretty clear who Troy Aikman thinks should be next.

The former Cowboys QB joined The Musers on KTCK-FM 96.7 The Ticket for his weekly appearance on Tuesday. He was asked about if former Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson is bothered that he's not in the Cowboys Ring of Honor or Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Aikman had a long response, and said 'it's a major disappointment' to both he and Johnson that the coach who led the Cowboys to two Super Bowls isn't in the Ring of Honor.

Here are Aikman's comments:

"I'm a big fan of Jimmy's and we're very close friends. That wasn't always the case as the local people know here in Dallas when our careers began. Jimmy would tell you that it's not important to him, that it doesn't matter. I know it does. I don't know that the Pro Football Hall of Fame is as important to him, although who wouldn't want to be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But I think he understands that's a long shot because he just simply didn't coach long enough.

"People talk about records and yardage and stats, it's all a product of doing it for a long time. You do something long enough, you're going to put up some pretty big numbers. Jimmy chose not to, and I always admired that about him. I've always respected that he knew at a very young age, late 40s early 50s, that what made him happy was being in Florida and fishing and he went and did it. He went and did. He could have made a lot more money, he could've been a general manager, he could've done a lot of things that most people would have. But he's very content with his lifestyle and I applaud him.

"But I do know that not being in the Cowboys Ring of Honor is a major disappointment to him. It's a major disappointment to me, for that matter. The guy turned the franchise around and brought back America's Team and made the Cowboys relevant again. I ran into a lot of people when we began to win and they said they were big Cowboys fans, but that stadium was not selling out in 1989. It probably wasn't in '88 the year before I got there either. Jimmy was a big part. He certainly was an architect of putting togteher those teams and drafting those players that you could argue was maybe the most talent in the history of our sport.

"I hope eventually it will happen. I'm sure at some point at will. I'm hopeful it happens and he goes into the Ring of Honor while he's still alive and I hope Jerry's still alive when it happens. I hope they're able to hug out on the 50-yard line and acknowledge what they did together.

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"There was rumors that Jimmy was going to go in last year and I think that would've been the right hing. But with it being Jerry's Hall-of-Fame season after he went into Canton, maybe the spotlight wasn't wanting to be shared. Whatever the reason, I don't know where that relationship is right now. Sometimes it feels like everyone is getting along great. Other times it seems like they're at each other's throats. I think that's just part of knowing someone for such a long period of time. They go back to college, of course, as you guys know. I think there's a mutual respect for each other and I think it's probably like being siblings where some days are great and some days aren't so much.

"But this is the Cowboys Ring of Honor. It's not the Jerry Jones Ring of Honor, it's not the Tex Schram Ring of Honor, it's the Cowboys Ring of Honor. As I've said many times about when people ask me about a Hall-of-Famer in Canton, I've said if you can't tell the NFL story without talking about that guy then he deserves to be in. You cannot, without a doubt, tell the Cowboys story without talking about Jimmy Johnson just like you couldn't without Gil Brandt. That was long overdue as well, I'm glad he's in. In time, Jimmy will as well. I just hope it happens here relatively soon."

Jerry Jones put in former vice president of player personnel Gil Brandt as the Ring of Honor's 22nd member last week against the Saints.

If the relationship between Jones and Johnson has gotten better, could Johnson be next?