{"id":429902,"date":"2022-04-11T15:38:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T12:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/emmitt-smith-on-ihop-troy-aikman-and-disjointed-cowboys\/"},"modified":"2022-04-11T15:38:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T12:38:24","slug":"emmitt-smith-on-ihop-troy-aikman-and-disjointed-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/emmitt-smith-on-ihop-troy-aikman-and-disjointed-cowboys\/","title":{"rendered":"#Emmitt Smith on IHOP, Troy Aikman and &#8216;disjointed&#8217; Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3fee9d10462\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3fee9d10462\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/emmitt-smith-on-ihop-troy-aikman-and-disjointed-cowboys\/#%E2%80%9CEmmitt_Smith_on_IHOP_Troy_Aikman_and_%E2%80%98disjointed_Cowboys%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Emmitt Smith on IHOP, Troy Aikman and &#8216;disjointed&#8217; Cowboys&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CEmmitt_Smith_on_IHOP_Troy_Aikman_and_%E2%80%98disjointed_Cowboys%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Emmitt Smith on IHOP, Troy Aikman and &#8216;disjointed&#8217; Cowboys&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Emmitt Smith would like to see his beloved Dallas Cowboys be more focused and committed.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, the NFL\u2019s all-time leading rusher and a three-time Super Bowl champion, spoke to The Post on behalf of IHOP, where he is on a campaign for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ihop.com\/rewards\">the company\u2019s new rewards program<\/a>, the International Bank of Pancakes, for customers to earn PanCoins. <\/p>\n<p>Smith covered a wide range of topics, including what he wants to see the Cowboys improve on, Troy Aikman leaving Fox Sports for ESPN and, of course, his enormous IHOP order.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this offseason, Smith discussed how it was \u201cfrustrating as hell\u201d to watch the Cowboys squander their talent. This was still a topic he was passionate about a couple months later.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/emmitt-smith.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"Emmitt Smith \" class=\"wp-image-21851409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/emmitt-smith.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/emmitt-smith.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/emmitt-smith.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/emmitt-smith.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Emmitt Smith spoke to The Post on behalf of his new IHOP rewards program campaign.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">IHOP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think in order to be a Super Bowl champion and to have a successful football season, your team has to be focused and committed to the mission, and be willing to look and analyze oneself and what they\u2019re doing to help the team become successful \u2014 or not become successful,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat goes for the players and the coaching staff as well. Always trying to find ways to get better and improve, and to create momentum. Sustain that momentum for longer periods of time. The reason you do those things is you work your behind off in the offseason, and preparing yourself for what\u2019s supposed to be a great season for you and your teammates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys have just three playoff wins since 1997. Dallas lost, as home favorites, to the 49ers in the first round this past season. The final moments saw Dak Prescott, to no avail, scrambling to get one more snap off as the team felt in disarray. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-981790780.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Emmitt Smith\" class=\"wp-image-21852908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-981790780.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-981790780.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-981790780.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-981790780.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Emmitt Smith during the 1997 Dallas Cowboys season.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Smith, 52, wants to see a more cohesive mission up and down the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, every man on the football field and every man that\u2019s coaching the Dallas Cowboys has to be on the same issue,\u201d he said. \u201cThose missions cannot be disjointed, and if they are you\u2019re going to get sporadic play. You\u2019re going to see exciting moments, but you\u2019re going to see more inconsistencies than you\u2019re normally going to see.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd being an inconsistent football team and organization, you will not become a Super Bowl champion. You may look good. You may make a playoff but you\u2019re going to beat yourself. What I\u2019m asking of my Cowboys and the coaching staff is work those things out. Do that now. Do that during the offseason. Make that part of your DNA and habits so when you go into the season you develop and sustain momentum \u2014 through every play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith said that it\u2019s incumbent on every player and coach to be rowing in the same direction of improvement and practice mistake avoidance. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re not calling timeouts when they shouldn\u2019t be burning time outs. They\u2019re not jumping offsides when they shouldn\u2019t be jumping offsides. You\u2019re going to make mistakes but they should be minor, not costly, and there shouldn\u2019t be that many. If you look back at the Cowboys\u2019 losses, look at penalties, mistakes, burnt timeouts \u2014 look at the efficiency of the entire team and you\u2019ll see that there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Smith would not have advised Jerry Jones to fire Mike McCarthy this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have kept the way it is because the team did not play badly last year \u2014 they made the playoffs \u2014 but they did not build upon what they were doing well, and did not eliminate the things we were not doing so well,\u201d Smith said. \u201cWe had to do with a makeshift offensive line. This offseason should be focused on getting healthy, and executing getting plays in on a timely fashion, and analyzing tendencies we show opposing teams, and broadening the offense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith added that he was extremely h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y for his former quarterback, Troy Aikman, who is leaving Fox Sports for the massive contract on ESPN\u2019s \u201cMonday Night Football.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019s one of the best \u2014 if not the finest \u2014 announcers out there calling the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>,\u201d Smith said. \u201cI think Troy and Joe Buck have become the John Madden and Pat Summerall of this generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith said he still keeps in touch with his former teammates, getting lunch every once in a while with Michael Irvin, and texting back and forth with Aikman for milestone occasions like birthdays and anniversaries. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1013\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-51621616.jpg?w=1013\" alt=\"Emmitt Smith\" class=\"wp-image-21852918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-51621616.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1013w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-51621616.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=507 506w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\"\/><figcaption>Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin celebrate during the 1993 Super Bowl.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Smith accumulated over 10 miles of NFL rushing yards, his body has held up greater than nearly any other ex-football player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy body feels pretty good, to be honest with you,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m doing alright. I try to stay in shape by riding my bike and playing golf and relaxing. I try not to do too many stressful things besides working out every day. I don\u2019t have aches and pains. I don\u2019t wake up in the morning like \u2018Awww this hurts.\u2019 Not at this stage. I\u2019m sure at some point in time. \u2026 I don\u2019t know when to anticipate it, but right now I\u2019m feeling good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While he takes his physique seriously, Smith is not afraid to go all-out in his breakfast order. When eating at IHOP, he orders two stacks of pancakes, scrambled egg with cheese, hash browns with cheese, crispy bacon and maybe some sausage links.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI go all out, but I don\u2019t have any butter or sugar on my pancakes,\u201d he said. \u201cI want my pancakes plain Jane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Smith had such a legendary athletic career, it\u2019s not something he dwells on mentally unless he\u2019s prompted \u2014 only then does it all comes back to him. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only time I think about my playing career is when others bring it up,\u201d he said. \u201cOther than that, I don\u2019t really think about it. It is in my rear-view mirror. When someone brings it up and I have a chance to reflect, that\u2019s when I start to think in depth around that scenario. That could be about any point in time, as long as I\u2019ve got a vivid memory of it \u2014 fond or even not so fond \u2014 I can have a conversation around it.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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