Apr 8, 2018; Fort Worth, TX, USA; Dallas Cowboys former running back Emmitt Smith before the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Dallas Cowboys legend Emmitt Smith is no longer buying what the franchise has been selling for the last few years.
Smith offered a scathing assessment of the Cowboys from top to bottom in a Friday appearance on “PFT Live.” Smith said he was “completely surprised” that coach Mike McCarthy was retained after the team’s ugly 48-32 home playoff loss to Green Bay, and suggested that the decision reflected poorly on owner Jerry Jones.
“Things have to change,” Smith said, via Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk . “I thought the reason why I was so convinced that [McCarthy] was going to get fired because last year there was a whole lot of talk about ‘OK, this might be it. If he doesn’t perform this year, OK.’ You’re gonna accept twelve wins and the playoff berth, but you’re gonna accept the way we got kicked out of the playoffs? I mean, dominated.”