For a few years, the Dallas Cowboys have had a nasty behavior of shedding early within the playoffs that has earned them a number of ridicule throughout the NFL.
However many years in the past, they had been one of many league’s iconic franchises, and within the Nineteen Nineties, they received three Tremendous Bowl championships in a span of 4 seasons with legends similar to quarterback Troy Aikman, vast receiver Michael Irvin and working again Emmitt Smith.
Smith hasn’t minced phrases concerning the present state of the Cowboys, who went 7-10 this season and missed the playoffs.
Only a 12 months in the past, the Cowboys appeared dominant within the common season, particularly on protection, solely to get rolled within the wild-card spherical of the playoffs by the Inexperienced Bay Packers.
Smith mentioned that loss was when he was “performed” along with his former workforce.
“‘I used to be performed after we obtained smashed by the Packers. … I used to be performed then,” Smith mentioned, by way of FOX Sports activities: NFL.
“‘Who’s your daddy?’ sort of smashed!” 🤣
Emmitt Smith didn’t maintain again about his Cowboys 😅 pic.twitter.com/EVz3wGJ6QB
— FOX Sports activities: NFL (@NFLonFOX) February 7, 2025
Smith talked about that although Dallas was in a position to beat the groups it was alleged to beat moderately simply this season, it was embarrassed by the higher groups throughout the league.
There was some concern concerning the Cowboys coming into the season after they misplaced some key gamers throughout the offseason, however many nonetheless anticipated them to make the playoffs.
After a 3-2 begin, they misplaced 5 video games in a row, together with blowouts to the Detroit Lions, Philadelphia Eagles and Houston Texans.
Dallas now has a brand new head coach in Brian Schottenheimer, who wasn’t precisely the primary selection of their followers, in addition to a top-heavy roster and a difficult wage cap state of affairs.
It is not going to be simple for the Cowboys to herald any reinforcements this offseason, which suggests Smith and different followers will seemingly must endure extra ache in 2025.
