Inducted into the Hall of Fame Tonight.

AMOTHER Cowboy NFL Legend..

Congrats.

# 22..

wheel,

Piss on him. Barry Sanders was WAY better.

^ the Stats say different,,

sorry,,

wheel,

I will agree that Barry never had much in the way of the D-line.He should've packed up his toys and left if he wanted better stats.

Emmit is a quality guy that deserves all good things that comes his way.Congrats #22........One of the few in the NFL I truly miss.

Ron

I've never heard anyone say a bad word about Emmit. GOAT.

Had Barry not quit, and I don't blame him, he would have eclipsed Sweetness sooner than Emmitt.

And Emmitt benefited from a very, very good offensive line. A luxury Barry NEVER had.

Give Barry Emmitt's line and he goes over 20k yards, easy.

^ conjecture,,

Sanders is a quitter..

i like emmitt, but i agree with shawn. barry could have had brilliant numbers under better circumstances.

MACS, why would you not blame Barry for quitting? I agree Sanders was a phenomenal talent. For a couple years after he quit, I thought he'd come back. He didn't--he stayed quit. Gotta hold that against him. Can't say what he would have done. He could have gone elsewhere.

I don't blame him for quitting because the Lions didn't even TRY to help him.

He chose to quit, rather than to abandon the team he played his whole career for, just to play for another one to pad his stats (like Emmitt did).

He also went on record as saying another reason he chose to quit was because he had too much respect for Walter Payton to break his records.

I don't agree with it, and I am sure Walter wouldn't either, but I respect it.

All of that aside, you have to respect what Emmitt has done.

Kudos to him. Congrats.

Well, you obviously know your chit and I respect your view, but this is the first I've heard anyone dissing Emmit's accomplishments. As for padding his stats, he broke the record as a Cowboy and added jack to those yards as a Cardinal. I see his move as just a great not knowing when to retire. Class act all the way. Wish I could have see more of Sanders, but didn't get the chance.

(didn't see 11 before I posted 12)

^I am on record as a staunch Cowbitch HATER.

You don't know how difficult it is for me to praise ANY Cowboy. Most of all Emmitt, who kept my beloved Niners out of 2 more Superbowls. (92 and 93... we lost the NFC title game to them).

^MACS

I knew there was something wrong with you......a fugging 69'rs fan.

In the mornin' air

There's so much to bear

Blow me down Chief

Ron

Well, you repaid the favor in 94. And I love watching the endless replays of "The Catch."

Sanders may have fizzled like LT has..

nobody will ever know..

wheel,

Emmit Smith ws like an Iron Version of Earl Campell.

Season Team Rushing Receiving Fumbles

G GS Att Yds Avg Lng TD Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FUM Lost

1985 New Orleans Saints 16 -- 158 643 4.1 45 1 6 88 14.7 39 0 -- --

1984 New Orleans Saints 8 -- 50 190 3.8 19 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- --

1984 Houston Oilers 6 -- 96 278 2.9 22 4 3 27 9.0 15 0 -- --

1983 Houston Oilers 14 -- 322 1,301 4.0 42 12 19 216 11.4 66 0 -- --

1982 Houston Oilers 9 -- 157 538 3.4 22 2 18 130 7.2 46 0 -- --

1981 Houston Oilers 16 -- 361 1,376 3.8 43 10 36 156 4.3 17 0 -- --

1980 Houston Oilers 15 -- 373 1,934 5.2 55T 13 11 47 4.3 10 0 -- --

1979 Houston Oilers 16 -- 368 1,697 4.6 61T 19 16 94 5.9 46 0 -- --

1978 Houston Oilers 15 -- 302 1,450 4.8 81T 13 12 48 4.0 20 0 -- --

TOTAL 2,187 9,407 4.3 81 74 121 806 6.7 66 0 0 0

Earl gave it all But Emmit played alot longer.

Jim Brown would have Mowed them all down and Payton excelled on real bad teams and was the most skilled other than Gayle Sayers. Sayers probably had the most potential of all but wanted to have a body to live in when he retired.

I could have broken record behind that O line he had. Emmitt deserving but not to what his numbers show IMO.

Yards after first contact, and Emmitt is WAAAYYYYYY behind everyone else. He was across the line of scrimmage 2-4 yards before being touched. Barry was lucky to get the ball from the qb before being grabbed.

He was also the only option for most of the years. Most teams played them 90% run. Emmitt had a stellar recieving corp that took alot of the defenses attention.

Just think if Barry got his east/west yardage! He would have tripled the record!