NFL teams may learn a thing or two from Emmitt Smith.
No one in NFL history has run more than Smith, who has scored 18,355 yards in his 15-year career, mainly with the Dallas Cowboys.
Smith also has the NFL record of most hasty attempts, touchdowns and overall touchdowns. When the NFL was a real ground and a strong league, Smith dominated everyone on his path.
But football has changed a lot since retirement 20 years ago, and even Smith knows the team will make quarterbacks a star in the league.
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Dallas Cowboys run back Emmitt Smith (22) through San Francisco 49ers defensive back Merton Hanks (36) and guard Bill Romanowski (53) ), earned 4 yards in the second quarter won by the Cowboys’ 38-21 NFC Championship on January 23, 1994, Irving, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, file)
So maybe it’s some analysis that in recent years, the defender’s position is insufficient. When the general manager determines other positions, it is difficult for running guards to get big contracts.
However, after a lot of offseason turnovers, the team may now get a hint. They will have people like Saquon Barkley to come to see. The Eagles ran back to the Lombardy Trophy after the Giants decided not to re-sign him a long-term deal.
“These guys have some commitment to running games. They’re still doing quality work before that, but the league’s focus is on the quarterbacks’ game and what they want the quarterback to be the league, and Smith has recently accepted Fox News Digital said in an interview.
He specifically quoted Barkley, Derrick Henry and Josh Jacobs, who all switched teams during the offseason.
“The quarterbacks’ game is mediocre at best in some of these organizations, but they still want to talk about the devaluation of running back positions,” Smith said. “I call it the underutilization of running back and depreciating the position. It’s The defender’s position is not valuable enough as the offensive coordinator and the league pushes this narrative.”
Super Smith will be addicted to snacks during the Super Bowl. He is in New Orleans and is part of the “Share and Sips” campaign of Pepsi and Frito-Lay.
“Whenever you have an event like Super Bowl, you have to have your favorite fries with your favorite soda dish. Everyone has the opportunity to celebrate something and provide some quality snacks for the big game,” Smith said. ,” Smith said, adding that he “likes[s] A small ranch. ”
Former NFL player Emmitt Smith attended the Augustan Vikings at Cameron Indoror Stadium in Durham, North Carolina on November 4, 2016 The match with the Duke Blue Devils (Lance King/Getty Image)
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Smith also seems to have called out the hypocrisy of the coach, who rely on running games when quarterbacks are not up to standard.
“That’s how I look. The team talks about underrated running, but when the team can’t throw football, or the number one quarterback goes down, when Cooper Rush is in the game,” Smith said. explain.
“They lowered his attempts, guess what they did? They rely on Rico Dowdle and the Dallas Cowboys’ guard corps. … If you can play in the Cowboys’ last four, five-game way without Dak in the game Come running to do this effectively, of course, you can do this with Dak Prescott and better than the better football team now.
“Think about Bijan [Robinson] Down in Atlanta. He is the best thing they have. Michael Penix became a better quarterback because he had a solid run behind him. …But people don’t want to talk about it anymore. They want to talk about what Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes are doing. ”
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Five defenders have run at least 1,400 yards this season, the most since 2012. In 2023, there is only one. Christian McCaffrey led the league with 1,459 rushing yards last year, while Barkley and Henry (1,921) destroyed that number this season.
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