NFL -Team maybe learn a thing or two from Emmitt Smith.

No one in the NFL story has run in more meters than Smith, who got 18,355 yards during his 15-year career, mostly with Dallas Cowboys.

Smith also has the NFL record for most rushing attempts, touchdowns and overall touches. When the NFL was a real earth-and-pound league, Smith all dominated all on his way.

But football has changed a lot since he retired 20 years ago, and even Smith knows that teams are doing quarterbacks, like the league’s stars.

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Because of this and perhaps some analyzes, the running back position was under used in recent years. Driving on the back had trouble getting large contracts as general managers prioritized other positions.

However, after significant revenue during the high season, teams can now have the hint. And they get someone like Saquon Barkley to look at. Eagles running back is a win away from a Lombardi trophy after a 2,000-yard regular season after Giants decided not to sign him for a long-lasting deal.

“There has been an obligation to the running of these guys. Before that they still performed quality work, but the weight of the league was about the quarterback game and how they want Quarterback to be the league’s face,” Smith said in a recent interview with Pakinomist Digital.

He specifically quoted Barkley, Derrick Henry and Josh Jacobs, who all changed teams during the peak season.

“Quarterback games have at best been mediocre in some of these organizations, but still they will still talk about the devaluation of the running back position,” Smith said. “I would call it the understatement of the race back versus devaluation of this position. And it is on the offensive coordinators and the league that pushes this tale that the running position is not valuable enough.”

What is not mediocre is the snacks Smith will indulge in the Super Bowl. He was in New Orleans as part of Pepsi Co’s and Frito-Lays campaign “Chips and Sips”.

Emmitt Smith enjoys some of her favorite snacks for the big game. (Pepsico)

“Every time you have an event like the Super Bowl, you need your favorite chips with your favorite soda. Everyone has a chance to celebrate something and enjoy some good quality snacks for the big game,” Smith said, adding “like[s] A little ranch. “

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Smith also seemed to call the hypocrisy of coaches who end up relying on the ridge when the Quarterback game is not at the level.

“That’s how I look at it. Keep talking about the underrated run back, but still when teams can’t throw football, or # 1 -quarterback goes down, they don’t throw the ball the same way when Cooper Rush is in the game,” said Smith.

“They lower his attempts and guess what they are doing? They lean on Rico Dowdle and Running Back Corps of the Dallas Cowboys … If you can run the ball without dak in the game, as cowboys did the last four, five games and be effective That way, definitely you can do it that way with DAK Prescott and be a better football team than what they are right now.

Former NFL player Emmitt Smith participates in the game between Augustana Vikings and Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium on November 4, 2016 in Durham, North Carolina. (Lance King/Getty Images)

“Think of Bijan [Robinson] Down in Atlanta. He is the best thing they have. And Michael Penix became a better quarterback all because he had a solid run back behind him. … but people don’t want to talk about it no more. They will talk about what Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes are doing. “

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This season, five running backs ran for at least 1,400 meters, mostly since 2012. In 2023 there was only one. Christian McCaffrey led the league last year with 1,459 rushing yards, while Barkley and Henry (1,921) destroyed this number this season.