Yes

It was Tuna that sent him packing.

And he still almost broke 1000 his last year there. Actually matched his rookie season yards I believe.

Seeing Tony Dorsett in a Broncos uniform was bad too.

@@deathevokation1017 ouch

Not to mention if his line was so good then why did Aikman have to retire early because of the hits he was taking. For maybe 2-4 years that line was the best in the NFL but that's it. The rest was 100% Emmitt

That line was really good, but Emmitt had a way of making the blocks work, even if they weren't great. Similar to a quarterback throwing a receiver open. Also that acceleration. Some of these runs he was on the line so fast, the linemen didn't need to block for very long at all.

Yeah man. You cannot attribute 1 man's greatness to the o-line in every case. Emmitt was a legend. End of.

Those morons also don't understand his unique and one of a kind ability to set up blocks making those same o-lineman look good. One of the most patient runners in history.

They just want him to be Barry Sanders when he wasn't. Emmett was an awesome running back. He was also not the equivalent of Barry Sanders by any means. You better shelf that goat conversation if you think he was better than Barry who had no line. I still think if you stuck Sanders back in the Cowboys backfield of that era and ran him behind Larry Allen, he would have had three or four 2000 yard seasons.

4.2 per carry does not = GOAT status. Sorry ES fans. Even take away three or four worst seasons. Avg per carry is not impressive enough to warrant GOAT status.

Apple Fritter 4.2 yard average over a 15 year career is actually great, move along hater.

Robert Branford FACTS.

@Robert Branford Not saying he isn't great.....He just aint the GOAT. And try coming up with an actual logical rebuttal this time. I don't even play football, nor have any desire or ability to do so.

@@Jigsyboy1 so all-time leading rusher in yards, td's, attempts, 3 rings, 2 mvp awards don't count? Your a fool, he is 2nd to Rice in td's and no matter what you say those are facts

I would have to disagree. The oline was more important.

THAT FUCKING LINE WAS!!!!

Tru Reid its pretty obvious. The offense was built around them and cowboys struggled to win game without him

akvalues emmitt broke hella tackles for extra yards line can’t help that. The man was a beast

Charles Haley, look him up

Lt was pretty close

@@user-co1gi7yd2r proves the point it will never be broke

It'll be broken at some point...not any time soon, bit it'll be broken.

@@dannyh5937 nah

@@dannyh5937 it is unlikely to be broken for two basic reasons : 1) teams pass way more nowadays 2) teams that rush a lot try to use two running backs to share the carries. Emmitt was essentially the lone back for 12+ years , and very productive the whole time

That's been my argument for years as well. Emmitt is the only player in the history of the NFL that gets shit on for playing on a good team. Rice played with 2 hall of fame QB's and in an offensive system that was designed to get the #1 receiver the ball early and often. He played for a lot longer than Emmitt as well. Plus Emmitt only had that great line for about 4 years l. After that injuries and drugs took their toll and Aikman had to retire early because of the hits he was taking. Emmitt is #1 in my opinion because he had the stats and rings to back that up. Barry literally had a playoff game with 13 carries for negative 1 rushing yards. Emmitt would never allow that.

Let’s also not forget that Jerry Rice cheated as well.

God bless you bro it’s gonna be Alr man

Erik Williams was a great lineman.

Don’t forget Moose Johnson taking/shielding a good deal of punishment from linebackers for Emmitt. It wasn’t just the O-line. At any given time, Emmitt had a wall of 1,500-1,900 pounds of manhood clearing the way for him.

@zeroinfinityzero I wasn't old enough to really watch walter payton my era barry Sanders and emmitt smith but i wouldn't be mad if people said that Walter is better than emmitt though

Hector Rodriguez Smith had 3

Barry was better

Emmitt Smith was better!!!!!

ONLY SOME WHO NEVER SEEN THEM PLAY WOULD EVER SAY DUMB SHIT LIKE THIS!!!!

The yards he gained after initial contact is absolutely unbelievable

Greatest ever. My favorite cowboy.

Consistency! Slow and steady wins the race. Year after year. And by “slow”, I mean that you do not need to run 50 yards on every carry. Just keep grinding them down

Not even the best running back for the Cowboys. Tony Dorsett.

King Dallas pretty sure this is an offensive line highlight reel

stu desmond 0:27 0:40 1:10 1:30 - 1:40 2:02 2:20 4:40 - 4:50 5:10 - 5:30 5:50 - 7:22 8:08 - 8:43 9:02 - 9:26 9:33 10:30 10:44 - 10:55 13:22 13:40 - 14:40 14:42 - 15:11 16:00 - End of the Video Emmit Smith 164 Rushing Touchdowns 2x NFL MVP 8-time Pro Bowler 1x Super Bowl MVP 3x Time Super Bowl Champion ALL TIME LEADING RUSHER Barry Sanders 99 Rushing Touchdowns 1x NFL MVP 10x Pro Bowler 0x Super Bowl MVP 0x Time Super Bowl Champion THIRD ALL TIME RUSHER Barry is not the GOAT, that’s a common misconception. Cowboys Record in 1987: 7-8 Cowboys record in 1988: 3-13 Cowboys Record in 1989: 1-15 (All of Emmitt’s So Called Great O linemen were apart of those 3 seasons) Cowboys Record: 1990 (Emmitt’s first year) 7-9 Cowboys Record 1991: 11-5 Cowboys Record 1992: 13-3 Cowboys Record 1993: 12-4 and Super Bowl Champions. People use offensive line as an excuse. Is Tom Brady not the GOAT because he threw to Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman? Is Jerry Rice not the GOAT because Joe Montana was his quarterback? Is Ed Reed not the GOAT because Ray Lewis was in the middle of the field? Is Larry Allen not the GOAT because of Erik Williams, Ray Donaldson, Nate Newton, and Mark Tuinei? Please Emmitt Smith made that line not the other way around, as soon as they had someone to block for they were the best unit in football. Best Offensive line and best running back. Emmitt Smith is the GOAT and it’s not close. Nobody is saying the line doesn’t deserve credit but not ALL the credit for his success. Edit: 1. Walter 2. Emmitt 3. Barry

@@isaaxvalid not only that, but there's nobody on the line higher than a 3rd round pick... Emmitt had better vision, balance, blocking, durability, longevity, and receiving skills than Barry... Plus All the records...

@@HumpD624 hahaha! Does it hurt to see the great one in a Cowboys uniform? 😂 fuckin 🐐 boy!

Telamon Bro your like 2 months late, catch up.

bad players can be winners. This is the all time leading rusher. elite

And a team player Even all of that and he wasn't selfish. Legend.

Emmitt is not the GOAT. Goats get eaten. Emmitt was and still is a Lion. Let no one tell you different.

Remember too, teams came in the game, priority #1 stop Emmitt Smith. His endurance, his vision, ability to avoid big hits, 2nd to none.

Idc 🤷🏿‍♂️ what anyone say Barry is better

@@SNBTELEVSION nah, Barry never won a ring. He had a playoff game where he had 13 attempts for a grand total of -1 yrd. Definitely not better than ES buddy. Try again

AMEN! They kept drafting guys to be his backup, and anytime he was out (which wasn't often) we couldn't run the ball.He was just as elusive and hard to tackle as any running back ever.

Everybody loves to hate the Cowboys.

EM fell down took a nap got up and the hole was still open for him to run through 😂

Barry better

@@Max-kg9fk not in the playoffs. Emmitt Smith was 10x better in the post season than Barry Sanders.

Says Who?

Eric Dickerson

A lot of games he actually went into halftime with like 25 or 30 yards, but the point was that they would run him over and over and make the defense tired and next thing you know he's gashing the defense for big gains and the cowboys own the clock in the 2nd half.

Agreed

@@piercex3834 as great as Eric was he too often disappeared in crucial playoff games or he fumbled. The Rams didn’t win. Smith won the championships. He was very consistent and never seemed to have a bad game when it counted.

Making it look easy is a sign of greatness

@Tod Wilkinson 4 at the most. By 96, Jay Novacek retired because of his back, Charles Haley would eventually retire for a short time because of his back. We were losing players in free agency and Michael Irvin's arrest put him out for 4 games. The Packers just had the talent and finally got it together to win their Super Bowl.

Yes, that offensive line was special for many, many years.

@@redmustangredmustangpackers were nothing. Dallas even beat them in 96 on FG’s. The balance of power was never taken by GB cause they won cause of Dallas’ 96 injuries. 97 they flopped so bad- not even close to a team worth talking about.

Except that time he tossed a trophy in the trash. It kind of made him look like a prick lol

Emmitt goal in life was to break the rushing yards record and he did.

His performance against the Giants (I'm a Giants fan) was beyond unbelievable

Emmitt Smith was consistent and get the points when it matters. E. Elliott on the other hand just a good RB but lacks the mental drive.

Great time for a cowboys fan. Painful time for us 49er fans. Emmitt was great , I haven't seen anything great about Zeke so far

Amen.

I believe Fitzgerald was drafted in 05.

Mark Schlingloff nope 3rd pick in 04. I’m a pretty die hard cardinals fan, so I know. He has also caught a pass from 21 different quarterbacks. (Old record being 13 in the 1950s)

I didn’t even know he played on the cardinals😂

EFG_ Metalzero991273 had 1000 scrimmage yards in his last season in 2004 aged 35

Ice J yea it was his worst season ever but was still a serviceable starter XD

Smith was a juke master

Jay Please dont ever say some stupid shir like that again

Well like he said, wasn't the biggest, the fastest or the stronges, there was always someone better than him at every other thing, that's why he's stucked with "consistency".

Sanders lost more yardage from scrimmage than any other player in NFL history. That disqualifies him from any conversation in regards to his greatness overshadowing the one and only Emmitt Smith. Greatest highlight reel maybe, but not the G.O.A.T.

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I miss watching Emmitt running the ball.

Your lucky i had Barber and Felix Jones 🤧. but now i got Zeke and Pollard i was also unfortunately given 10 years of garrett 😂

NLV LOLO don’t disrespect the Barbarian like that 😏

Bradley Carroll I would say Barry sanders, then Walter Payton are better

Tod Wilkinson didnt win a super bowl like 2017 eagles did

Bradley Carroll When I think about Emmitt playing the Eagles, I think of number 21 from the Eagles always chasing Emmitt on long runs to the endzone. Lol

What's a shame is the Eagles had some real quality teams in this same time frame. Unfortunately for them, the Cowboys were just an unbelievable machine of a football team!

A GAME EVEN THE RECENT SB CHAMP NY GIANTS COULD NOT STOP THIS MAN

Well if that was the best moment, that's pretty sad then...

@@Primevals33 He said it was one of the best, never said it was, plus how often is it to see one of best backs ever in person

Lmao yea pretty sad dude

@@Primevals33 You should learn to read, I said one of the best moments of my life.

@@cdogjboy What is so sad about meeting one of the greatest running backs of all time?

Barry would of best just saying

@@johnmarston3071 I disagree

No. Those linemen made Emmitt HOF.

SPTO cowboys injured him in 2003 lol

@@user-co1gi7yd2r to be fair, he was old then

@@FreshPrincex4 yeah of course, I pointed out that it was the cowboys who injured him out of all teams

Yea Those Years The Cowboys management Dropped the ball on that one and many others during that era

Just saw an all time running backs list where he was number 15......Complete joke of a list.

@@cdr861532 They will justify it saying it was all the O line. Indeed it was a huge part but many many teams had great O lines why did their RB never get close to the stats Smith produced.... because it takes a exceptional rare breed of a RB to do what he did. Also I thought this was a pretty good video. 👍🏼

@@Altered76 exactly. look what happened in the first 2 games of 1993 while emmitt was holding out... Derrick Lassic couldnt do shit. Same o-line. The moment Emmitt came back....dominance again. Emmitt was key.

I mean he did play for 37 seasons

@@JL-ix5io don’t ya know it just kills the haters. 😂

Piss on that! BARRY SANDER'S!!!

Jim brown is better

This is a very overlooked detail. Its comical how people just dismiss Smith, saying their grandma could get yards behind that line.

I tell people this all the time. Curvin Richards got cut the next day after beating the Bears, because he fumbled the ball like three times trying to run behind that (soon to be) Super Bowl winning OLine. Derick Lassic started the first two games after winning the Super Bowl with that "great" OLine, and he couldn't run behind that line, either. Give the ball to Emmitt and watch things happen! Emmitt was quick, agile, tough, hard-nosed, finesse, make you miss, run you over, catch the ball, block for the passer, do everything kind of back. The best to strap'em up!

Ah yeah!! You said it best… Oh, the nostalgia!!

Acceleration and top speed are two different things. Emmitt could accelerate and change direction with the best of them.

@@zorro149 I am not so sure about the acceleration part. Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity with regards to time, which suggests that he has a quicker "burst" than most other running backs. For me, watching him play, it didn't seem like he could change his velocity any faster than the average running back; I could be wrong...maybe I need to go back and watch him more carefully. I definitely agree with you on the changing directions-- I think it helped that he had an incredible balance, probably one of the best ever, even more than Barry Sanders, which is saying a lot. I will not be surprised to find out that he took ballet for some time.

@@jehushaphat You may be right. People keep talking about how "slow" Emmitt was, yet he ran by a lot of people. I can't go along with the narrative that Emmitt was an average runner with a great offensive line. Whatever it was, there was something special about Emmitt.

@@zorro149 I agree. Emmitt was definitely special...it wasn't just about the offensive line. You could tell there was a difference when he wasn't playing.

Oliver McCall What about him

Dak isn't even close yet, but has the Heart to become one.

@@markschlingloff5155 if he can win a ring or two? Dak will definitely take over Romo as the greatest Cowboy QB ever

@@FreshPrincex4 Romo?? LMAO

@@lancefloray6930 I would've said aikman or staubach but many put Romo as the greatest due to the amount of franchise records he owns. It's crazy I know

Give Barry the Cowboys Oline and you'll be singing a different song. Barry is still a better RB than Emmitt. Even Emmitt knows that

@Black Raider i disagree i hate the cowboys so I'm not being bias. But emmitt ran that offense. Some games against great defense when cowboys couldn't run or pass. Like the giants emmitt carried them Barry couldn't cause he only ran he was like jim brown he couldn't pass block he couldn't catch out the backfield or get tough yards against a strong front 7. And lowkey emmitt had the best accelertion I've ever seen he had low gravity just like Barry strong just like Barry and would go north and south Barry didn't. Emmitt might have made Detroit better. Only dude i seen I'd take over emmitt is sweetness.

@Black Raider i love Barry and i get it cowboys had a great team. Especially after seeing stafford get a ring with LA I could be wrong

@Black Raider Barry Sanders my opinion greatest college running back all time

@Black Raider the o line thing is great but could Barry pass block let's be honest. Did aikman retire early cause concussions where did i lie. I'm going to leave emmitt out do you think the 85 bears would win the superbowl with Barry Sanders and not Walter Payton. I doubt it. Sweetness was the offense and he did dirty work like emmitt. Barry wasn't the only back that did this bullshit jim brown did also he was successful so maybe Barry does get his shit off it's hypothetical but me as a steelers guy who enjoys pure football i like a complete football player at rb like franco Harris who had the most all purpose yards till LT.

You aren't kidding - so much talent and depth on those teams that Jimmy built . Those were the days !!

Lmao bro you fit all the stereotypes of being a cowboys fan🤣 and im a cowboys fan but i grew up with quincy carter on up💀

Haters say he was All oline...they only do tht to discredit his accomplishments ..mainly becomes he wore the Star on his Helmet...

Correct!

Lol all of them were undrafted expect Erik Williams I wish people stop bringing up line because ain't that what the offensive lineman supposed to do block and open up lanes for the running back

@@raymondthomas1574 exactly. But imagine Barry ran behind that line

Agreed. He was just such a complete football player just as Payton was. I'd say the closest to those two as far as being a complete running back is Ladanlian Tomlinson, who like Emmit, tried to model his game after Walter Payton.

@@williamkoscielniak7871 Don't forget Marcus Allen

It’s only because he was on the Cowboys

He will have to play that long to even have a chance, which I hope doesn't happen.

Frank gore will play until he is 79 years old

GKdunch LOL he just has a cane and they hand him the ball and he just hits the defenders with his cane and wears glasses every game and takes 3 hours to gain a first down

Frank gore jus retired 😀, so the record is Safe for a minute

ABSOLUTELY! While Barry Sanders was one of the best running backs in the history of mankind, he didn't even START to compare to the best two running backs of all time, Emmitt Smith and Walter Payton. It is not an accident that those two men are #1 and #2 in lifetime rushing yards. BTW, I also love the fact that both could run directly at any of the 120 best linebackers or safeties on Earth (both at each position on every team in the league, IOW), and as they went past the guy that had only been hired for his ability to make tackles, he had not laid a finger on them. edit: In my book, Barry Sanders would be ranked #3 in the last 40ish years.

TheOriginalMyocardia Barry is a way better runner than smith

Not to mention Barry Sanders disappeared in the playoffs outside of one big game. 64.3 playoff YPC with linemen such as Bill Fralic, Kevin Glover and Lomas Brown, so the o-line excuse doesn't work here. Emmitt? 93.3 playoff YPC. It isn't even close. When the game's on the line, Emmitt's your man.

No, that's simply not true. Barry ran a spread formation because they simply did not have the blocking good enough to run a power I formation, like Emmitt. When you run a spread formation, you run a lot of draws, delayed handoffs and shotgun formation runs and when those fail, you're going to lose some yards, regardless of the running back. Where a power I formation is just going to get back to the line of scrimmage, 90% of the time. Barry's rookie season had 1500 yards and his longest run was only 34 yards. Next year 1300+ and only 42 yards. 1996 he had 1550+ and only 54 yards. 2K season and *ONE* run over 55 yards. Those numbers simply don't add up to what you're saying. Barry went in holes and followed blocking like any running back.

@@dibslin985 .....did you just brag that Barry had BOB FRALIC? He was waaaaay past his prime by 93 and retired the next season. You really don't know anything if you brag about Kevin Glover. The guy was notoriously pathetic in the post season, while Emmitt had Erik Williams, who was an absolute *GOD* in the playoffs. Lomas Brown wasn't much better. Meanwhile, Emmitt had Erik Williams, Nate Newton, Mark Stepnoski, Mark Tuinei and Larry Allen, with his *WORST* linemen being Kevin Gogan and John Gesek, 2 very good, borderline probowl linemen. Emmitt had more help than any player, ever.