http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1981383

see ya emmit, thanks for kicking our ass all of those years.

i also read in the paper today favre will retire this offseason too. donald driver was quoted as saying so.

thanks for 3 titles emmitt... you the man, now and forever

see ya, it's about time you quit. barry was better

Walter was better than both of them

maybe....he was definitely better than Emmitt

emmitt was amazing.


so many great memories; i met him once at training camp and he was so nice to me.


what a great guy and a symbol for dallas.

thanks emmitt for racking up all those meaningless garbage time yards that make people think your an all time great.

why do people seem to hate Emmitt Smith so much?

He's still a great running back whether he's your favorite or not.

dont get me wrong, Emmitt is definately an all time player, but THEE all time back? How many games (ask any NYG fan) were there when the game was way out of hand and emmitt refused to come out, just kept racking up clock eating yardage for whole quarters....there was a special on this a while back on espn that did a good job of presenting this argument.

andre ware, eric hipple, scott mitchell.....how many yards would emmitt have gained with these guys as his qb?

i kinda doubt favre quits..i just wanna think he has one more year in him

i'm a diehard dallas fan and not once have i seen where johnson or switzer wanted him to come out and he said no.


here's a quick lesson about what teams do in the nfl: the get a lead and run the ball. running the ball well, with an all time great like emmitt, greatly increases your chances of holding onto the lead.

im just telling you what driver said. i thought this was kinda odd philly broke the news before green bay did

whatever... but while youre at it, make sure to ask the giants fans about this game... i know they havent forgotten it... amazing performance by an amazing man

1/3/94
By ED WERDER / The Dallas Morning News

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The Cowboys clinched another NFC East championship Sunday because Emmitt Smith has a pain threshold considerably more than his tolerance for losing.

He would wince. The Cowboys would win.

Despite a first-degree separation of his right shoulder and a punishing New York Giants defense, Smith won his third consecutive league rushing championship and made certain the Cowboys would not finish as runners-up.

He carried on and on at Giants Stadium, his feet crossing the carpet for 168 rushing yards as the Cowboys defeated Giants, 16-13, in overtime of the most important regular-season finale ever. The football was Smith's a team-record 42 times - 32 carries, 10 receptions - and he took the handoffs and the opportunities to produce 229 of the 339 yards the Dallas offense compiled.

In addition to all of that, he provided the Cowboys with a bye in the first round of the playoffs, and himself time to recover before the team makes its first playoff appearance at Texas Stadium in two weeks. Team trainer Kevin O'Neill said there are three degrees of shoulder separations with Smith's the least serious.

"I wanted to do whatever it took to win the game," said Smith, who scored the Cowboys' only touchdown of the game. "Sometimes the linemen would ask me if I was all right. I'd tell them I was. I lied. I wanted to do what I could. I've heard about guys playing hurt. I wanted to play hurt and be effective."

Smith was hurt in the second period, when Giants safety Greg Jackson tackled him after a 46-yard sprint. He missed two snaps, played almost three more quarters. He accepted 19 more carries and another seven receptions and represented about all the success on offense the Cowboys offered.

He touched the ball nine times for 41 yards in the Cowboys' overtime possession, a 12-play series that covered 52 yards and led to Eddie Murray's game-winning field goal.

"He told us in the huddle to make sure we ran behind him so someone could pick him up," offensive lineman Nate Newton said. "Coach (Jimmy) Johnson asked him if he would be ready and there wasn't a doubt or hesitation. He said he was going. That really touched me because you could see how hurt he was. After we made our blocks, the main thing was to get to him and get him up."

The performance was a microcosm of the season for Smith, who missed the first two weeks because of a contract dispute. Still, he finished with 1,486 yards, becoming the first player to win the rushing title after missing two games and the fourth in history to win three times in succession.

O'Neill had a thigh pad taped to Smith's shoulder pad to absorb the punishment and provided the player a pill at halftime to limit his pain.

While Smith's right arm often hung limp, while his range of motion was so limited Troy Aikman had to lower his handoffs and passes, Smith refused to stand on the sidelines.

At one point, in the winning drive, Smith sprinted into the middle of the line, changed direction to his right and picked up 10 yards. Johnson immediatedly called for Lincoln Coleman, who nonetheless never played another down.

"Jimmy told me to go in," Coleman said, "but Emmitt told me to get out."

The Cowboys were able to get out of Giants Stadium with a victory because of Smith's remarkable performance, one that marked the fourth time this season he rushed for 150 or more yards against an NFC East opponent.

Smith carried 19 times for 109 yards and had six receptions for 42 more as the Cowboys took a 13-point halftime lead. He had 13 carries for 59 yards and four receptions for 19 in the third and fourth periods, his importance increasing as his team's advantage diminished.

"He's going to run the ball because that's our offense," offensive coordinator Norv Turner said. "In my time at USC with Rickey Bell and Marcus Allen and at the Rams with Eric Dickerson, I've coached some guys who are as physically talented as he is. But I've never been around someone who is as good a runner - vision, break tackles, power, moves, catch the ball like he did today. And he did it with an arm tied behind his back."

Smith extended his right arm and stiff-armed Lawrence Taylor on his final carry. In the locker room afterward, the team's medical staff had to assist Smith when he put on his sweat jacket.

"What happens if Emmitt goes out in the second quarter? Who knows?" Turner said. "If Emmitt goes out of the game, it changes a lot of things, possibly the outcome."

Jim Brown was better than all three of them.

i remember that dallas/nyg game; freakin amazing.


in the freezing weather also!

so in other words he was the Cowboys version of Corey Dillon. Who else were they going to give the ball to? They pay the guy to run right?

Forget the argument. What about the last two years playing with the Cardinals. Other than padding his stats what was that all about?