NFL information: Emmitt Smith calls out Cowboys, hates Eagles’ latest success

Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Emmitt Smith is “sick” of watching his Dallas Cowboys’ Tremendous Bowl drought. 

The Philadelphia Eagles profitable two Tremendous Bowls, together with February’s, solely provides to the frustration.

“I’m sick of it,” Smith instructed Sports activities Radio 94WIP. “Now we have allowed others to nitpick on the star and make enjoyable of the star, and that’s what occurs. Now, swiftly, during the last 20 years, [Eagles] win two Tremendous Bowls, and so they assume they’re the perfect factor on the planet. And all over the place I’m going, I hear ‘Go Birds.’ 

“I’m sick of listening to ‘Go Birds.’ I’m at all times asking, ‘The place are you going?’ You continue to acquired a protracted approach to go to get to us.”

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Former NFL participant Emmitt Smith attends a sport between the Augustana Vikings and the Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium Nov. 4, 2016, in Durham, N.C. (Lance King/Getty Pictures)

Smith was speaking in regards to the 5 Tremendous Bowl titles Dallas has in its trophy case, three of which they gained in 1993, 1994 and 1996 whereas Smith was main the Cowboys’ backfield.

It’s true the Cowboys have extra titles than the Eagles, who’ve two. However these two have come within the final seven years. The Eagles gained their first in 2018 earlier than defeating the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in February. 

The Eagles are primed to have one other nice season, assuming they shore up a pair holes on protection. Saquon Barkley, Jalen Hurts and A.J. Brown lead a potent offense.

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However Smith looks like three many years of not making it again to the NFC championship, not to mention the Tremendous Bowl, was once unthinkable.

“That half bugs me,” he stated of Eagles followers taunting him in regards to the Cowboys’ drought. “It bugs me as a result of in my coronary heart I actually consider our group needs to be contending for an NFC championship and even a Tremendous Bowl a minimum of a few times each decade as a result of each workforce recycles each decade. 

“For us to not be there during the last 30 years is a crying disgrace.”

Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones earlier than a sport in opposition to the Washington Commanders at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Jan. 5, 2025. (Kevin Jairaj/Imagn Pictures)

The Cowboys seemed like a workforce destined to make a playoff run throughout three straight 12-5 seasons from 2021-23. Nonetheless, Dak Prescott & Co. misplaced two wild-card video games in 2021 and 2023, and so they fell within the divisional spherical to the San Francisco 49ers in 2022. 

The Cowboys haven’t made it previous the divisional spherical since they gained all of it in 1996, a season during which Dallas went 12-4 and Smith rushed for 1,204 yards with 12 touchdowns. 

Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones has been adamant in saying he’ll do no matter he can to make the roster or teaching employees higher. However he has been criticized this offseason for his hiring of Brian Schottenheimer because the workforce’s new head coach after letting Mike McCarthy go. 

Emmitt Smith speaks at SiriusXM at Tremendous Bowl LVIII Feb. 9, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Cindy Ord/Getty Pictures for SiriusXM)

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McCarthy had led the Cowboys because the 2020 marketing campaign. However after a 7-10 season during which Prescott’s marketing campaign ended early as a result of a hamstring harm, they parted methods. 

The Cowboys haven’t been too aggressive in free company, and all eyes might be on the 2025 NFL Draft subsequent week after they decide twelfth total within the first spherical. 

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