Comments on: Emmitt Smith able to hide gray, but not able to hide mediocrity

By: OnTheRoadToVictory

OnTheRoadToVictory — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:12:25 +0000

AMEN.

Emmitt most overrated professional athlete in my lifetime.

By: Bobby B

Bobby B — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:34:04 +0000

“In the history of the NFL, Emmitt Smith is the only man to ever win a Super Bowl, the Super Bowl MVP award, the NFL MVP award and the rushing title”…in the same year. You are still an incredible idiot.

By: Bobby B

Bobby B — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:24:50 +0000

You are an imbecile. Why, why, why do people insist on diminishing Emmitt’s accomplishments because he played on a good team? And they all get it. Michael Irvin wasn’t that good because he played with Troy and Emmitt, Troy wasn’t that good because he played with Emmitt and Michael, none of them were that good because they played behind a great offensive line. Holy smokes. Is there any other team that gets less respect BECAUSE they were so great? Emmitt’s vision and balance made that offensive line into Pro Bowlers. Barry Sanders had Pro Bowlers on his offensive line, too. Look it up. And he played for playoff teams. Tomlinson’s teams have sucked? Why does the assumption that Tomlinson and Sanders would have produced on the Dallas team diminish Emmitt’s accomplishments? The very fact of his lack of spectacular physical assets points to what made Emmitt great, what makes him the man to hold the record for most yards, what makes him a champion: his WILL. He was great in high school, an all-American in college, but in the pros when he turned out great he was actually mediocre and everybody else was just too dumb to see it? In the history of the NFL, Emmitt Smith is the only man to ever win a Super Bowl, the Super Bowl MVP award, the NFL MVP award and the rushing title AND IT’S BECAUSE HE WAS LUCKY??? Emmitt Smith always accomplished a lot, at every level. He was named Rookie of the Year, an eight time Pro Bowler, a four time All-Pro, and the NFL’s 1990 All Decade team apparently by a bunch of morons who don’t know football and who couldn’t see that “Helen Keller” (the guy who said that line is another mental midget) could have set all those records on that team. Emmitt didn’t play on fifteen Super Bowl winning teams. He played on three. Yet he was the FIRST player to post eleven (11) ELEVEN consecutive 1000 yard seasons and the FIRST to put up 11 in a career period. That same great team wasn’t together eleven years. He also holds the records for most yards in the post season, most 100 yard games in the post season, and shares the record for most touchdowns in the post season. He is one of only five(5)FIVE players IN NFL HISTORY that accumulated over 10,000 yards on the ground and 400 career receptions. Yes, he could catch and did catch and he was an excellent blocker as well. He and Jerry Rice are the only two non-kickers to have scored over a thousand points. All this and he was MEDIOCRE? Anybody could have done it? Really? EMMITT SMITH IS PART OF WHAT MADE THAT COWBOYS TEAM IN THE EARLY NINETIES SO GREAT. WITHOUT HIM THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AS GREAT.Why should I even have to explain that? Was Jerry Rice only great because he played with Montana and Young, two of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game? For that matter did Magic Johnson actually suck because he played with two Hall of Famers in Kareem Abdul Jabbar and James Worthy? Lou Gehrig was actually a bum who just happened to play on a baseball team Babe Ruth and the Murderer’s Row? You like Barry Sanders better? Fine. But calling a man’s accomplishments mediocre — who are you? If what Emmitt Smith accomplished in his career makes him mediocre what do yours make you? If your blog is any indication you’re in big trouble. Stupid, stupid, stupid blog.

By: The Truth

The Truth — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:40:21 +0000

Agreed…..there are at least ten backs that would have been able to accomplish what Emmitt did during the Dallas dynasty of the early 90′s, they would not be able to match his longevity, but there are many that would have had similar success

Sanders
Payton
Faulk
Dickerson
Dorsett
Sayers
Tomlinson
Simpson
Brown
Westbrook
Peterson

To name a few

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:38:11 +0000

What are you stupid or just plain ignorant. While you said that the others made Emmitt great, I think its the opposite. I think Emmitt made the others great. I opened up the field for Irvin and Novacek. You apparrently seem to be bias on the matter. Sanders was flashier, but Emmitt was an all-around back. You seem to forget that part.

By: Moose Cock

Moose Cock — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:06:06 +0000

dave sucks!

By: YoDookie, pick up the phone

YoDookie, pick up the phone — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:56:09 +0000

Two words:

Walter
Payton.

By: AxeMurderer

AxeMurderer — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:51:38 +0000

No one’s disputing that Dallas had a great offensive line during their Super Bowl run. But you also just can’t ignore the fact that NO ONE was touting how good they were BEFORE Emmitt arrived. So what came first — the chicken or the egg?

Half the running backs in league could have helped Dallas to win multiple Super Bowls…? Dude, you’re out of your mind. You think the team would have accomplished ANYTHING with guys like Erric Pegram, Leonard Russell, Reggie Brooks, Ronald Moore, Gary Brown, Johnny Johnson, Rod Bernstein and Leroy Thompson (all in the top half of the league in rushing yards in 1993, Dallas’ 2nd SB season).

Sorry, but it’s pretty apparent you have an axe to grind.

By: David

David — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:20:01 +0000

I dont know how many times I have to state the fact that i think he was a GOOD RB, although I mentioned average in the article I was trying to make a point. And to the last person that posted: what I am trying to say is that there is a direct correlation to the people that blocked for Emmitt, and his performance on the field. And you call those two pedestrain players but somehow they combined for 8 pro bowls. I dont think thats a mistake.

Say what you want, the Cowboys would have won multiple superbowls with half the starting RB’s during that period. Find me another team that for 3 consecutive years had 8 of their eleven offensive starters in the pro bowl.

Emmitt would not have achieved what he did had he not played for the Cowboys. On that point I agree you cant take anything away from him, but at the same time i cant proclaim his accomplishments nearly as much as everyone else does.

By: AxeMurderer

AxeMurderer — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:42:09 +0000

So because Emmitt Smith failed to rush for 1000 yards in 2002 is your “proof” that he was really just an average back…?

Hey, Einstein — HE WAS 33 YEARS OLD! Show me the list of 33-year old running backs who rushed for more than 1000 yards.