7 Reasons why Emmitt Smith is Underrated

  Posted By Gino Tomaselli on September 9, 2017 Photo by © Jerry Coli Dreamstime.com.LLC Over the years I have seen many lists compiled from several different sources attempting to rank the greatest running backs in NFL history.  While it is difficult, even impossible, to compare players from different eras it is a certainly a cause for great debate among football fans of every generation. I for one am a die-hard Dallas…

(con’t from Reason #6: Different running styles, different systems) https://cowboyscoffeetalk.com/7-reasons-why-emmitt-smith-is-underrated-reason-6-different-running-styles-different-systems/  Reason #7: More valuable to his team How on earth could this be?  If you were to listen to most Detroit fans they would tell you how Barry Sanders miraculously took a terrible Lions team with no hope of success and carried them on his shoulders into respectability.  Without him, they will tell you, the Lions would have plummeted to unimaginable…

  (Con’t from Reason #5: The offensive line and supporting cast argument is overblown) https://cowboyscoffeetalk.com/7-reasons-why-emmitt-smith-is-underrated-reason-5-the-offensive-line-and-supporting-cast-argument-is-overblown/ Reason # 6: Different running styles, different systems What if Barry Sanders played behind Dallas’ offensive line?  Would it really matter?  The answer is NO simply because Emmitt Smith’s offensive line was suited for Emmitt Smith.  The Dallas Cowboys offense beginning under Norv Turner was predicated on a power running game in the classic I-formation. …

Over the years I have seen many lists compiled from several different sources attempting to rank the greatest running backs in NFL history.  While it is difficult, even impossible, to compare players from different eras it is a certainly a cause for great debate among football fans of every generation. I for one am a die-hard Dallas Cowboys fan who idolized a certain All-Time Leading Rusher during his glory years…